Widespread Behavioral Responses by Mammals and Fish to Zoo Visitors Highlight Differences between Individual Animals

Authors: Sarah A Boyle, Nathan Berry, Jessica Cayton, Sarah Ferguson, Allesondra Gilgan, Adiha Khan, Hannah Lam, Stephen Leavelle, Isabelle Mulder, Rachel Myers

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: exhibit, interactive, management, visitor effect, welfare, zoo

2020

Some Animals Are More Equal than Others: Wild Animal Welfare in the Media

Authors: R. E. Feber, E. M. Raebel, N. D'Cruze, D. W. Macdonald, S. E. Baker

Publication/Journal: Bioscience

Keywords: biology, conflict, conservation, coverage, ethics, humaneness, marine, media, pest-control, representations, science, standards, terrestrial, traps, wild animal welfare, wildlife management

2017

Assessing Animal Welfare Impacts in the Management of European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), European Moles (Talpa europaea) and Carrion Crows (Corvus corone)

Authors: S. E. Baker, T. M. Sharp, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: aggregation, consequences, conservation, dislocation, multidisciplinary sciences, predation, strategies, thresholds, traps, vertebrate pest-control, wildlife

2016

Intranasal Oxytocin Failed to Affect Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Social Behavior

Authors: D. Proctor, S. E. Calcutt, K. Burke, F. B. M. de Waal

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), chimpanzee, intranasal oxytocin, social behavior

2016

Assessment of Flooring Renovations on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavior and Glucocorticoid Response

Authors: S. A. Boyle, B. Roberts, B. M. Pope, M. R. Blake, S. E. Leavelle, J. J. Marshall, A. Smith, A. Hadicke, J. F. Falcone, K. Knott, A. J. Kouba

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: asian elephant, captive elephants, endocrinology, maximus, multidisciplinary sciences, national-park, nocturnal behavior, serum cortisol, stress, walking rates, zoo elephants

2015

The Customer Isn’t Always Right-Conservation and Animal Welfare Implications of the Increasing Demand for Wildlife Tourism

Authors: T. P. Moorhouse, C. A. L. Dahlsjo, S. E. Baker, N. C. D'Cruze, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: benefits, dolphins, ecotourism, education, experiences, framework, multidisciplinary sciences, swimmers

2015

Potential welfare impacts of kill-trapping European moles (Talpa europaea) using scissor traps and Duffus traps: a post mortem examination study

Authors: S. E. Baker, R. F. Shaw, R. P. D. Atkinson, P. West, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, european mole, sex bias, spring trap, trap, wildlife management

2015

Options for managing animal welfare on intensive pig farms confined by movement restrictions during an outbreak of foot and mouth disease

Authors: I. J. East, S. E. Roche, R. M. Wicks, K. de Witte, M. G. Garner

Publication/Journal: Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Keywords: animal welfare, disease management, foot and mouth disease

2014

The reproductive endocrinology and behavior of Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

Authors: T. Keeley, K. L. Goodrowe, L. Graham, C. Howell, S. E. MacDonald

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation, endangered species, reproduction

2012

Innovative Foraging Behaviour in Birds: What Characterizes an Innovator?

Authors: S. E. Overington, L. Cauchard, K. A. Côté, L. Lefebvre

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: carib grackle, cognition, exploration, individual differences, innovation, neophobia, problem solving, quiscalus lugubris

2011

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