The Impacts of Evening Events in Zoos: A Christmas Event at Knowsley Safari

Authors: Ellen Williams, Tom Fulwell, Naomi Davies Walsh, Jessica J Harley, Bridget Johnson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behaviour, Christmas lights, evidence-based management, ungulates, zoo animal welfare

2023

Do Birds of a Feather Always Flock Together? Assessing Differences in Group and Individual Zoo Enclosure Usage by Comparing Commonly Available Methods

Authors: Heather McConnell, James Brereton, Tom Rice, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: Electivity Index, enclosure usage, flamingo, social behaviour, Spread of participation index, zoo animal welfare, zoo enclosure

2022

Does the sound environment influence the behaviour of zoo-housed birds? A preliminary investigation of ten species across two zoos

Authors: Paul Rose, Adam Reed, Samantha Hurn, Alex Badman-King, Tom Rice

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal behaviour, soundscape, visitor effect, welfare, zoo sound

2022

Visitor presence and a changing soundscape, alongside environmental parameters, can predict enclosure usage in captive flamingos

Authors: Paul Rose, Alexander Badman‐King, Samantha Hurn, Tom Rice

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: flamingos, sound, space usage, visitor effect, weather

2021

Visitor presence and a changing soundscape, alongside environmental parameters, can predict enclosure usage in captive flamingos

Authors: Paul Rose, Alexander Badman‐King, Samantha Hurn, Tom Rice

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enclosure, sound, space use, visitor effect, zoo husbandry

2021

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Authors: Matt W. Hayward, Alex Callen, Benjamin L. Allen, Guy Ballard, Femke Broekhuis, Cassandra Bugir, Rohan H. Clarke, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Jennifer C. Daltry, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Peter J. S. Fleming, Andrea S. Griffin, Lachlan G. Howell, Graham I. H. Kerley, Kava Klop-Toker, Sarah Legge, Tom Major, Ninon Meyer, Robert A. Montgomery, Katherine Moseby, Daniel M. Parker, Stephanie Periquet, John Read, Robert J. Scanlon, Rebecca Seeto, Craig Shuttleworth, Michael J. Somers, Cottrell T. Tamessar, Katherine Tuft, Rose Upton, Marcia Valenzuela-Molina, Adrian Wayne, Ryan R. Witt, Wolfgang Wuster

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, effective conservation, evidence-based conservation, invasive species, invasives, lethal control, translocation

2019

Physiological and behavioural evaluation of common anaesthesia practices in the rainbow trout

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol, anaesthetic, aversion, cortisol, stress

2018

Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment

Authors: Tom S Roth, Thomas R Bionda, Elisabeth H M Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body postures, enclosure design, great apes, movement patterns, positional behaviour, zoo welfare

2017

Does environmental enrichment promote recovery from stress in rainbow trout?

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Jonathan Buckley, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fish welfare, intraspecific variation, oncorhynchus-mykiss, recovery, stress

2016

Acoustic analysis of cattle (Bos taurus) mother–offspring contact calls from a source–filter theory perspective

Authors: Mónica Padilla de la Torre, Elodie F. Briefer, Tom Reader, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, calf, cow, individuality, livestock, vocal communication

2015

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