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
The influence of feeding routines on the behavior of zoo-housed Sulawesi crested black macaques (Macaca nigra)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavioral-response, feeding, Sulawesi crested black macaques, welfare
2023
The Least Inhibitive, Functionally Effective (LIFE) Model: A New Framework for Ethical Animal Training Practices
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal training, animal welfare, behavior modification, ethics, force-free, reward-based training
2023
Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing
2023
Caretaker attitudes and animal training are associated with alpaca behaviour towards humans—An online survey
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: attitudes, behaviour, behavioural problems, ease of handling, human-animal interactions, new world camelids
2021
Preference and Motivation Tests for Body Tactile Stimulation in Fish
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: aggressive behavior, choice, motivation, social stress, welfare
2021
Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) behavioral responses to a visual signal preceding handling
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ambassador, contact animals, gloves, habituate, predictable
2020
The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management
2020
In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: affect, gorilla, housing, response latency, response slowing, space
2020
Aggression in working mules and subsequent aggressive treatment by their handlers in Egyptian brick kilns—Cause or effect?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: aggression, behavior, mules, welfare, working equids
2019