Program animal welfare: Using behavioral and physiological measures to assess the well-being of animals used for education programs in zoos

This study investigates program animal welfare using both behavioral and physiological measures in two separate experiments. In Experiment One, we examined possible differences in behavior and fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) between education, exhibit and off-exhibit armadillos (N = 59) housed at 17 Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoos. In Experiment Two, the specific […]