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@article{item_3548691,
title = {{Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity}},
author = {Tidi{\`e}re, Morgane and Colchero, Fernando and Staerk, Johanna and Adkesson, Michael J. and Andersen, Ditte H. and Bland, Lucie and B{\"o}ye, Martin and Brando, Sabrina and Clegg, Isabella and Cubaynes, Sarah and Cutting, Amy and De Man, Danny and Derocher, Andrew E. and Dorsey, Candice and Elgar, William and Gaglione, Eric and Anderson Hansen, Kirstin and Jungheim, Allison and Kok, Jos{\'e} and Laule, Gail and Goya, Agust{\'\i}n Lopez and Miller, Lance and Monreal-Pawlowsky, Tania and Mucha, Katelyn and Owen, Megan A. and Petersen, Stephen D. and Pilfold, Nicholas and Richardson, Douglas and Richardson, Evan S. and Sabo, Devon and Sato, Nobutaka and Shellabarger, Wynona and Skovlund, Cecilie R. and Tomisawa, Kanako and Trautwein, Sandra E. and Van Bonn, William and Van Elk, Cornelis and Von Fersen, Lorenzo and Wahlberg, Magnus and Zhang, Peijun and Zhang, Xianfeng and Conde, Dalia A.},
language = {eng},
issn = {0962-8452; 1471-2954},
doi = {10.1098/rspb.2023.1895},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-10-25},
abstract = {{An intense public debate has fuelled governmental bans on marine mammals held in zoological institutions. The debate rests on the assumption that survival in zoological institutions has been and remains lower than in the wild, albeit the scientific evidence in support of this notion is equivocal. Here, we used statistical methods previously applied to assess historical improvements in human lifespan and data on 8864 individuals of four marine mammal species (harbour seal, Phoca vitulina; California sea lion, Zalophus californianus; polar bear, Ursus maritimus; common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus) held in zoos from 1829 to 2020. We found that life expectancy increased up to 3.40 times, and first-year mortality declined up to 31{\textpercent}, during the last century in zoos. Moreover, the life expectancy of animals in zoos is currently 1.65-3.55 times longer than their wild counterparts. Like humans, these improvements have occurred concurrently with advances in management practices, crucial for population welfare. Science-based decisions will help effective legislative changes and ensure better implementation of animal care.}},
journal = {{Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences}},
volume = {290},
number = {2009},
eid = {20231895},
}