Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on Behaviour and Physiology in Captive Animals

Authors: Andrew Smith, Paul Rose, Claudia Mettke-Hofmann

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, captive animals, enclosure complexity, enclosure design, physiology

2024

Health and Welfare Benefits of Computerized Cognitive Enrichment in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) at the US Navy Marine Mammal Program

Authors: Kelley Winship, Abby McClain, Amber Ramos, Jennifer Dunham, Mark Xitco

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, computerized task, pinniped welfare

2024

In Absentia—Can a Lack of Behaviour Be a Useful Welfare Indicator? An Application to the Captive Management of Livingstone’s Fruit Bats, Pteropus livingstonii

Authors: Morgan J. Edwards, Charlotte A. Hosie, Laura Naidenov, Eluned Price, Tessa E. Smith, Dominic Wormell, Christina R. Stanley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavioural indicator, chiroptera, hurdle models, individual welfare, obesity

2024

Prosocial or photo preferences? Gorillas’ prosocial choices using a touchscreen

Authors: Jennifer Vonk

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: gorilla gorilla gorilla, photo preference, prosocial choices, western lowland gorillas

2024

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Approach to Assessing and Promoting Animal Welfare in Collaboration with Universities

Authors: Kristine M. Gandia, Jo Elliott, Simon Girling, Sharon E. Kessler, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, Five Domains, positive welfare, zoo

2024

Zoo professionals and volunteers in the U.S: experiences and prevalence of burnout, mental health, and animal loss

Authors: McDonald,Shelby E., Kogan,Lori R., Nageotte,Nichole L., Currin-McCulloch,Jennifer, Dickler-Mann,Rachel

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychiatry

Keywords: animal care, animal health, burnout, grief, loss, mental-health, resilience, zoos

2024

Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care

Authors: Amy Y. Olsen, Angela Smith, Caroline Hempstead, Shawn E. Larson

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress

2023

Aquarium Visitors Catch Some Rays: Rays Are More Active in the Presence of More Visitors

Authors: Jordyn Truax, Jennifer Vonk, Eness Meri, Sandra M. Troxell-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aquarium, elasmobranch, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare

2023

Do mixed-species groups of capuchin (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) synchronize their behaviour?

Authors: Sophia Daoudi-Simison, Eoin O'Sullivan, Genevieve Moat, Phyllis C. Lee, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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2023

Ethics and Invertebrates: The Problem Is Us

Authors: Jennifer A. Mather

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal ethics, animal welfare, invertebrates

2023