Anthrozoology
Research Group
Potential Projects
- Pet-assisted therapy --why do pets make people feel
better?
- Attitudes to pets - why do some people hate cats but
not other pets? Do people value dogs differently from cats?
- Is there therapeutic benefit in keeping robotic pets?
- Pet/owner attachments using the Strange Situation Test
- Factors contributing to the development of barrier
aggression in dogs
- Potential benefits of kitty kinder or obedience training
for cats
- Does attachment to dogs predict positive environmental
behaviours such as recycling, donating to environmental charities and
purchasing environmentally friendly products.
- Zoos play an important and primary role in connecting people with nature. Could this connection be strengthened and improved by incorporating more interactions ("close encounters") between visitors and zoo animals?