Effects of Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony

Authors: A. N. Edes, E. Baskir, K. L. Bauman, N. Chandrasekharan, M. Macek, A. Tieber

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavior, decibel, visitor effects, welfare, zoo

2021

Evaluation of an enrichment programme for a colony of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in a rescue centre

Authors: Valeria Albanese, Michela Kuan, Pier Attilio Accorsi, Roberta Berardi, Giovanna Marliani

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: behavior, cortisol, enrichment, macaca fascicularis, welfare

2021

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

Who is there? Captive western gorillas distinguish human voices based on familiarity and nature of previous interactions

Authors: Roberta Salmi, Caroline E Jones, Jodi Carrigan

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: cognition, gorilla

2021

The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)

Authors: Lydia K Acaralp-Rehnberg, Grahame J Coleman, Michael JL Magrath, Vicky Melfi, Kerry V Fanson, Ian M Bland

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2020

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats

Authors: Phoebe D Edwards, Skyler J Mooney, Curtis O Bosson, Ilapreet Toor, Rupert Palme, Melissa M Holmes, Rudy Boonstra

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, eusocial, fecal cortisol metabolites, isolation stress, naked mole-rat, social rank, social status, social stress

2020

Animal welfare complementing or conflicting with other sustainability issues

Authors: D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, domestic cats, emissions, greenhouse gases, placebo, road traffic accidents

2019