The perception of felid welfare by zookeepers in North America and the implications for zoo managers
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare management, felids, five freedoms, zookeepers, zoos
2023
Time Budget and Activity Patterns During the Mating Period of Flat-headed Cat Prionailurus planiceps in Captivity
Publication/Journal: Tropical Natural History
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2023
Impacts of Socialization on Bull Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Stereotypical Behavior
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor herd, musth, stereotypy
2022
Investigating the effect of social grouping on the behaviour of captive leopards
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: activity budget, Electivity Index, felid, panthera pardus, sociality
2021
Linking the roles of personality and stress physiology for managing the welfare of captive big cats
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal personalities, animal welfare, big cats, coping style, glucocorticoids, individual variation, stressors
2021
The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare
2020
Human–Animal Interactions in Zoos: What Can Compassionate Conservation, Conservation Welfare and Duty of Care Tell Us about the Ethics of Interacting, and Avoiding Unintended Consequences?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal ethics, animal–visitor interactions, compassionate conservation, conservation welfare, duty of care, human-animal interactions, zoo animals
2020
Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions
Publication/Journal: PloS One
Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo
2020
Attitudes of veterinarians and veterinary students to recommendations on how to improve dog and cat welfare in veterinary practice
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, cats, companion animals, dogs, low-stress handling, veterinary practice
2019
Characteristics of Cats Admitted to Czech Shelters
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
2019