The Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Macropods

Authors: Jessica Meade, Vicky A Melfi, Melanie Keith, Alicia L Burns

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, free-range exhibits, human-animal interaction, macropod, vigilance, visitor effect, zoo

2021

Impacts of COVID-19 on Animals in Zoos: A Longitudinal Multi-Species Analysis

Authors: Ellen Williams, Anne Carter, Jessica Rendle, Samantha J Ward

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, COVID-19, multi-species, visitor–animal interactions, zoo

2021

Activity budget and spatial distribution of Bennett’s wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) in open versus closed exhibit designs

Authors: Julie Beaudin-Judd, Robert B. Weladji, Louis Lazure, Patrick Pare

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, exhibit design, visitor effects

2019

Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand

Authors: A. David M. Latham, Ben Davidson, Bruce Warburton, Ivor Yockney, Jordan O. Hampton

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam

2019

High-Tech and Tactile: Cognitive Enrichment for Zoo-Housed Gorillas

Authors: F. E. Clark, S. I. Gray, P. Bennett, L. J. Mason, K. V. Burgess

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, behavior, challenge, gorilla gorilla gorilla, maze, puzzle, technology, welfare

2019

Zoo foraging ecology: development and assessment of a welfare tool for captive animals

Authors: S. M. Troxell-Smith, C. J. Whelan, S. B. Magle, J. S. Brown

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, exhibit preferences, giving-up densities, parma wallaby, patagonian cavy

2017

Association of Primate Veterinarians 2014 Nonhuman Primate Housing Survey

Authors: B. T. Bennett

Publication/Journal: Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Keywords: veterinary sciences, zoology

2016

Consumer attitudes to injurious pecking in free-range egg production

Authors: R. M. Bennett, P. J. Jones, C. J. Nicol, R. B. Tranter, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consumer attitudes, free-range layers, injurious pecking, management strategies, willingness-to-pay

2016

Cross-Sectional Study of Characteristics of Owners and Nonowners Surrendering Cats to Four Australian Animal Shelters

Authors: Sarah Zito, John Morton, Mandy Paterson, Dianne Vankan, Pauleen C. Bennett, Jacquie Rand, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal shelter, cats, owner surrender

2016

How clicker training works: Comparing Reinforcing, Marking, and Bridging Hypotheses

Authors: Lynna C. Feng, Tiffani J. Howell, Pauleen C. Bennett

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bridging stimulus, clicker training, dog training, event marker, secondary reinforcer

2016