Cognitive Foraging Enrichment (but Not Non-Cognitive Enrichment) Improved Several Longer-Term Welfare Indicators in Bottlenose Dolphins

Authors: Isabella LK Clegg, Mariana Domingues, Elin Ström, Linda Berggren

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behaviour, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive enrichment, environmental enrichment, zoo animal welfare

2023

Exploration of cultural norms and behavioural beliefs about zoo animal behaviour, welfare, ethics and husbandry practices in a sample of the international zoo community

Authors: Heather Bacon, Catriona Bell, Cathy M Dwyer, Natalie Waran, Yan Qing, Liu Xia, Darren J Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, beliefs, culture, zoo

2023

The Introduction of a Novel Computerized Apparatus to California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)

Authors: Kelley A Winship, Amber Ramos, Mark J Xitco Jr

Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals

Keywords: california sea lion, cognition, cognitive enrichment, computer task, marine mammal, zalophus californianus

2023

Cognitive enrichment in a social setting: assessing the use of a novel food maze in sanctuary-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Maria Padrell, Federica Amici, Maria Pau Córdoba, Miquel Llorente

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: chimpanzee, cognitive, enrichment, food maze

2022

Cognitive Group Testing Promotes Affiliative Behaviors in Dolphins

Authors: Eszter Mátrai, Suzanne M Gendron, Michael Boos, Ákos Pogány

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, environmental enrichment, indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, welfare indicators

2022

Material and food exploration by zoo‐housed animals can inform cognition and enrichment apparatus design

Authors: Fay E Clark, Lucy Chivers, Olivia Pearson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, enrichment, zoo

2022

Overlooked and Under-Studied: A Review of Evidence-Based Enrichment in Varanidae

Authors: Darcy Howard, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive, cognition, play, reptile, welfare

2022

Assessing the potential impact of zoo visitors on the welfare and cognitive performance of Japanese macaques

Authors: Sarah M Huskisson, Christina R Doelling, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, attention bias, monkey, touchscreen, visitor effect, zoo research

2021

Bottlenose Dolphins Produce Underwater Bubbles Linked to Cognitive Task Engagement but Not Success

Authors: Elena Alexander, Mark Abrahams, Fay E Clark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: *animal cognition, affective state, animal welfare, cetacean, cognitive enrichment, emotion, time series analysis

2021