Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers

Authors: T. Crews, J. Vonk, M. McGuire

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination

2024

Can an Enrichment Programme with Novel Manipulative and Scent Stimuli Change the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed European Wildcats? A Case Study

Authors: Valentina Bertoni, Barbara Regaiolli, Alessandro Cozzi, Stefano Vaglio, Caterina Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: F3 semiochemical, scent enrichment programme, wildcats

2023

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

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

The Longevity Legacy: The Challenges of Old Animals in Zoos

Authors: Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: aging, behavior, enrichment, euthanasia, pathology, skeleton, teeth, welfare

2023

Time Budget and Activity Patterns During the Mating Period of Flat-headed Cat Prionailurus planiceps in Captivity

Authors: Patchara Danaisawadi, Sutida Piriyarom, Warit Krasaeden, Satreerat Pramkasem, Saranya Rurkkhum, Surasak Yimprasert

Publication/Journal: Tropical Natural History

Keywords:

2023

Why Are Enrichment Practices in Zoos Difficult to Implement Effectively?

Authors: Eileen K Tuite, Simon A Moss, Clive J Phillips, Samantha J Ward

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: big cats, enrichment, keepers, process evaluation, thematic analysis, zoo management

2022

Investigating the effect of social grouping on the behaviour of captive leopards

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, James Edward Brereton, Francesca Drago, Eleonora Confalonieri, Richard Preziosi

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

Authors: Janice Vaz, Alan Gerard McElligott, Edward Narayan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal personalities, animal welfare, big cats, coping style, glucocorticoids, individual variation, stressors

2021