Welfare-First Demonstrations
Introduction to new show delivery methods:
Putting the focus on animals’ natural behaviours instead of direct contact.
We’re driving the wildlife demonstration and education industry away from animals being available for human entertainment, and showing the public that animals have their unique behaviours with the right to exist just for themselves, and giving them the right to choose when, how, and if they feel like engaging.
Further Reading
Animal Welfare - WOAH - World Organisation for Animal Health
Animal Welfare: Freedoms, Dominions and “A Life Worth Living”
Animal Welfare Strategies - WAZA - can download copies of “Advancing Animal Welfare: The World Zoo And Aquarium Animal Welfare Strategy” (2025) and “Caring For Wildlife The World Zoo and Aquarium Animal Welfare Strategy” (2015)
WAZA Animal-Visitor Interaction Guidelines - WAZA - Can download a copy of their interaction guidelines.
Reptile Encounters would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, the people of the Kulin Nation, who have never ceded sovereignty. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.