Assessing zoo giraffe survivorship: Methodological aspects, historical improvement and a rapid demographic shift

Authors: Lara Scherer, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Max Hahn-Klimroth, Dennis Müller, Marco Roller, Mads Bertelsen, Jörg Jebram, Paul Dierkes, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: giraffa camelopardalis, husbandry, mortality, progress, survival

2024

A Preliminary Study Investigating the Impact of Musical Concerts on the Behavior of Captive Fiordland Penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) and Collared Peccaries (Pecari tajacu)

Authors: Lara Fanning, Hannah Larsen, Peta S Taylor

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal management, music, noise, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare

2020

Facilitating the social behaviour of bull elephants in zoos

Authors: M. Hartley, A. Wood, L. Yon

Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook

Keywords: *animal social behavior, animal welfare, behavior, best-practice management, choice, elephant, management, multi-generational family structure, well-being, Zoo Licensing Act, zoos

2019

Individual differences in zoo-housed squirrel monkeys’ (Saimiri sciureus) reactions to visitors, research participation, and personality ratings

Authors: Zita Polgár, Lara Wood, Marie J. Haskell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, personality, selection bias, squirrel monkeys, zoo visitors

2017

Behavioural and physiological responses of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) to agonistic growls from conspecifics

Authors: Penney A. Wood, Josine de Bie, Jennifer A. Clarke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acoustic communication, aggression, coping strategies, cortisol, dogs, motivation–structural rules

2014

Participatory methods for the assessment of the ownership status of free-roaming dogs in Bali, Indonesia, for disease control and animal welfare

Authors: M. K. Morters, S. Bharadwaj, H. R. Whay, S. Cleaveland, I. Md Damriyasa, J. L. N. Wood

Publication/Journal: Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Keywords: dog, mark-recapture, participatory rural appraisal, pra, rabies, unowned

2014

Captive-housed male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) form naturalistic coalitions: Measuring associations and calculating chance encounters

Authors: Carly L. Chadwick, Paul A. Rees, Barry Stevens-Wood

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior modeling, captive breeding, felid, group housing, social behavior, vigilance behavior, zoo

2013

Differences in Fecal Androgen Patterns of Breeding and Nonbreeding Kori Bustards (Ardeotis kori)

Authors: Linda M. Penfold, Sara Hallager, Jeanette Boylan, Martine de Wit, Lara C. Metrione, Marcie Oliva

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian, breeding, fecal, hormone, seasonal, testosterone

2013