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The main attraction is the gator wrestling show, in which a wrestler drags an alligator to the stage, gains control over it and performs various stunts with the animal. The dominance of the wrestler is manifested in a variety of activities, such as forcing the gator to open its mouth while the wrestler places his/her head inside. In addition, children are permitted to sit on the alligator’s back at the end of the show. Another dominionistic show in Gatorland is the ‘Gator Jumparoo’, in which alligators are manipulated by performers to jump four to five feet out of the water to retrieve food.
First of all, it is difficult to measure the level of ‘freedom’ the animals enjoy, as this term and its meaning are vague and contentious (see Bostock, 1993). Secondly, even in a single attraction, the animal displays may not be homogenous. An attraction can include a wide variety of exhibits, which can each be distinguished based on different criteria, such as mobility restriction or the purpose factors described by Shackley (1996). Thus, the diversification within the attractions requires that more attention be paid to the nature of the wildlife exhibits themselves, rather than to the attraction as a whole.
Rainforest, desert). g. g. dragons). Nevertheless, these and similar examples are either situation-based classifications of animal exhibits or are based on technical, biological and/or ecosystem taxonomies. Thus, they do not offer comprehensive perception into the unique nature and meaning of the exhibits, which can be applied to a wide variety of animal-based attractions. This chapter will propose an alternative typology of exhibits in captive-based animal attractions, based on the seminal work of Kellert (1985), who described nine basic wildlife values.