A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals

Authors: Steve Martin, Grey Stafford, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training

2024

A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals

Authors: Steve Martin, Grey Stafford, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training

2024

Environmental Enrichment Devices Are Safe and Effective at Reducing Undesirable Behaviors in California Sea Lions and Northern Elephant Seals during Rehabilitation

Authors: Kirsten Donald, Amanda Benedetti, Vinícius Donisete Lima Rodrigues Goulart, Alissa Deming, Hendrik Nollens, Grey Stafford, Sabrina Brando

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, habituation, pinnipeds, rehabilitation, stereotypic behavior

2023

The perception of felid welfare by zookeepers in North America and the implications for zoo managers

Authors: Brian Ogle, Annabel DeSmet

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare management, felids, five freedoms, zookeepers, zoos

2023

The influence of welfare and bonds with animals on the job satisfaction of felid keepers in North America

Authors: Annabel DeSmet, Brian Ogle

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, felids, job satisfaction, keepers

2022

Sustainable species management of the elasmobranch populations within European aquariums: a conservation challenge

Authors: Max Janse, Brian Zimmerman, Lotte Geerlings, Chris Brown, Leo A.J. Nagelkerke

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: conservation, elasmobranch, sustainable population

2017

Why pace? The influence of social, housing, management, life history, and demographic characteristics on locomotor stereotypy in zoo elephants

Authors: Brian J. Greco, Cheryl L. Meehan, Jennifer L. Heinsius, Joy A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, elephants, epidemiology, stereotypic behavior forms, zoo

2017

Analysis of the distal gut bacterial community by 454-pyrosequencing in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Ousama AlZahal, Eduardo V. Valdes, Brian W. McBride

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 16s rrna, giraffe, gut, microbiome, pyrosequencing

2016

Lambs show changes in ear posture when experiencing pain

Authors: M. J. Guesgen, N. J. Beausoleil, E. O. Minot, M. Stewart, K. J. Stafford, P. C. H. Morel

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, ear posture, emotion, husbandry, lamb, pain

2016

Feed-restricted broiler breeders: State-dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state?

Authors: Louise Anne Buckley, Victoria Sandilands, Paul Morison Hocking, Bert Jan Tolkamp, Rick Brian D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeder, choice test, feed restriction, preference test, state-dependent learning

2015