A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals
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
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training
2024
Body mass and growth rates in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) cared for in African wildlife sanctuaries, zoological institutions, and research facilities
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, growth rate
2022
The nocturnal activity of a commonly housed rodent: How African pygmy dormice (Graphiurus murinus) respond to an enriched environment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: behavioral repertoires, Graphiurus murinus, nest box, space use, welfare
2020
Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: compassion, consequentialism, ethics, virtue
2019
“Feelings and Fitness” Not “Feelings or Fitness”–The Raison d’être of Conservation Welfare, Which Aligns Conservation and Animal Welfare Objectives
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare assessment, conservation welfare, environmental ethics, wild animal welfare, wildlife conservation.
2018
Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour
2016
Training giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) for front foot radiographs and hoof care
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: foot radiographs, hoof care, lameness, operant training, restricted contact
2016
Using student-centred research to evidence-base exhibition of reptiles and amphibians: three species-specific case studies
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: reptiles, student research, zoo
2014
A Comparison of Positive Reinforcement Training Techniques in Owl and Squirrel Monkeys: Time Required to Train to Reliability
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: owl monkey, positive reinforcement training, squirrel monkey
2013