title: [Life and death of captive eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei) (1923-2012)].
abstract: The evolving channels through which zoos acquire animals is an important-albeit often ignored-part of the history of these institutions, allowing a better understanding of human-animal relationships. Following current developments in animal history, this essay focuses on animals themselves, their experience of capture, and of captivity. A micro-historical approach based on the case of Eastern gorillas'capture highlights human practices and policies, their effects on gorillas and the evolution towards a decrease of captures.
authors.affiliation: Université libre de Bruxelles, CP 175/01, Av. F. Roosevelt 50, B-1050, Bruxelles, France. Violette.Pouillard@ulb.ac.be.
authors.forename: Violette
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pouillard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003643:Death; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006802:Human Activities; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: animals; colonization; fauna protection; history; zoo