Exploration of cultural norms and behavioural beliefs about zoo animal behaviour, welfare, ethics and husbandry practices in a sample of the international zoo community
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, beliefs, culture, zoo
2023
Understanding Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stressors of Distinctive Roles in Zoos and Aquariums
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, eudaimonic, hedonic, human wellbeing
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
What’s not to like about Likert? Developing a nonverbal animal preference scale (NAPS)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: gorillas, Likert scale, preference scale
2021
Indicators of Horse Welfare: State-of-the-Art
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, horse, indicators
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
How owners determine if the social and behavioral needs of their horses are being met: Findings from an Australian online survey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: anthropomorphism, decision-making, horse, owner, survey, welfare
2019
Spatial considerations for captive snakes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: captive, enclosure, husbandry, snake, space, stress
2019
Summoning compassion to address the challenges of conservation
Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology
Keywords: animal ethics, conservation ethics, intrinsic value, novel ecosystem, sentience, virtue ethics
2018
Assessing Effectiveness of a Nonhuman Animal Welfare Education Program for Primary School Children
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal cruelty, animal welfare, children, education, evaluation
2017