Do not disturb: Visitors’ effect on the behavior and welfare of female and male big cats in zoos

Authors: Caterina Spiezio, Elena Giulia Galardi, Camillo Sandri, Barbara Regaiolli

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, large felids, zoo visitors

2023

Evaluation of factors affecting the behaviour of Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) in captivity

Authors: Saurabh Vashisth, Randeep Singh, D. N. Singh, Natasha Sethi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity

Keywords: behaviour, bengal tiger, enrichment, zoo visitors

2023

Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs

Authors: Aimee Holland, Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Anita Hashmi, Jerome Catinaud, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affiliative, felidae, Panthera tigris jacksoni, sociality, solitary, tiger, tolerance, welfare

2023

Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger

Authors: David M. Cooper, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, David W. Macdonald, Bruce D. Patterson, Galina P. Salkina, Viktor G. Yudin, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild

2023

Using qualitative behavior assessment to investigate the effect of tourist presence on the welfare in captive tigers (Panthera tigris) in three tourism facilities in Thailand

Authors: Tanya S. Erzinçlioğlu, Kenny M. D. Rutherford

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, free choice profiling, human-animal interaction, qualitative behavior assessment

2023

Effects of a modern exhibit design on captive tiger welfare

Authors: Kirsten D Smith, Richard J Snider, Daniel P Dembiec, Janice M Siegford, Ahmed B Ali

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exhibit design, tiger, welfare

2022

Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Authors: K Nekaris, Marco Campera, Marianna Chimienti, Carly Murray, Michela Balestri, Zak Showell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine

2022

Behaviour change in Amur tigers Panthera tigris altaica after an enclosure move

Authors: Bridget Johnson, Jack Langton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: amur tiger, enclosure, environmental enrichment

2021

The effects of choice-based design and management on the behavior and space use of zoo-housed amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)

Authors: Charles P Ritzler, Kristen E Lukas, Laura M Bernstein-Kurtycz, Diana C Koester

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: carnivore, design, enviornmental choice, space use, tiger

2021

The Effects of Choice-Based Design and Management on the Behavior and Space Use of Zoo-Housed Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)

Authors: Charles P Ritzler, Kristen E Lukas, Laura M Bernstein-Kurtycz, Diana C Koester

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: carnivore, design, environmental choice, space use, tiger

2021