Skip to Content
czaw-bear
detroit zoo detroit zoo
Printout from detroitzoo.org
Date: 11/30/24
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Multimedia
  • Events

Our Goals

  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=John%20Lehnhardt&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Global Overview of Environmental Enrichment Studies: What Has Been Done and Future Directions

Authors: Érica da Silva Bachetti, Layane Yamile Viol, Arleu Barbosa Viana-Junior, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal management, animal welfare, animals under human care, captive environment

2024

Investigation through Animal–Computer Interaction: A Proof-of-Concept Study for the Behavioural Experimentation of Colour Vision in Zoo-Housed Primates

Authors: Vinícius Donisete Lima Rodrigues Goulart, Robert John Young

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ACI, animal experimentation, animal welfare, animal-computer-interaction, behavioural research, colour vision, sensory ecology, zoo

2024

Repeatability of measures of behavioral organization over two years in captive infant rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta

Authors: Alexander J. Pritchard, John P. Capitanio, Laura Del Rosso, Brenda McCowan, Jessica J. Vandeleest

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: biobehavioral assessment, emotionality, infant temperament, macaca-mulatta, personality-traits, rhesus macaque

2024

Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) in a walk-through enclosure

Authors: Yuri Garcia de Abreu Rezende, Marina Bonde Queiroz, Robert John Young, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth

2023

The fate and movements of aquarium-released giant trevally Caranx ignobilis inferred from acoustic telemetry

Authors: Bruce Quintin Mann, Ryan Daly, Russell Bruce Dixon, John David Filmalter, Taryn Sara Murray, Paul Denfer Cowley, Robert Kyle, Simon Chater, Judy Brenda Mann-Lang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustic telemetry, aquariums, Carangidae, south africa, uShaka Sea World

2023

Noise interfere on feeding behaviour but not on food preference of saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola)

Authors: Renan Henriques Lage Duarte, Marcela Fortes de Oliveira Passos, Marina Vale Beirão, Afiwa Midamegbe, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, finches, noise pollution

2023

Environmental enrichment for collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu, Tayassuidae in managed care: Different items provoke different behavioural responses

Authors: Carlos Magno de Faria, Fernanda de Souza Sá, Dhiordan Deon Lovestain Costa, Mariane Mendes da Silva, Beatriz Cristiana da Silva, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Cetartiodactyla, conservation, food-based enrichment

2022

Glucocorticoid Production, Activity Levels, And Personality Traits Of Fennec Foxes (Vulpes zerda) Managed For Different Roles In Zoos

Authors: Corinne P Kozlowski, Karen L Bauman, Ashley D Franklin, John M Sahrmann, Marieke Gartner, Eli Baskir, Sheri Hanna, Kathleen LaMattina, Alice Seyfried, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: ambassador animals, circadian rhythm, cortisol metabolites, fennec foxes, pedometer, temperament

2021

Inter-specific interactions involving Lemur catta housed in mixed-species exhibits in UK zoos

Authors: Samantha Law, Susanne Prankel, Christoph Schwitzer, John Dutton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aggression, captivity, lemur catta, mixed-species housing, zoos

2021

Physical and Physiological Indicators of Welfare in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Serving as Ambassador Animals

Authors: David M Powell, Corinne P Kozlowski, John Clark, Alice Seyfried, Eli Baskir, Ashley D Franklin

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, domestication, glucocorticoids, welfare, zoo

2020

  • Search

    • Search within:
Detroit Zoological Society: Detroit Zoo; Belle Isle Nature Center

Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

8450 W. 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067 | 248-541-5717

The Detroit Zoological Society – a renowned leader in
humane education, wildlife conservation, animal welfare
and sustainability – operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center.

  • © 2024 Detroit Zoological Society
Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Searching...