An Ecological and Neural Argument for Developing Pursuit-Based Cognitive Enrichment for Sea Lions in Human Care

Authors: Peter F. Cook, Colleen Reichmuth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: cognitive enrichment, enrichment, goal-based cognition, hunting, pursuit, sea lions

2024

Sixty Years of Tinbergen’s Four Questions and Their Continued Relevance to Applied Behaviour and Welfare Research in Zoo Animals: A Commentary

Authors: Robert Kelly, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal management, behavioural ecology, causation, conservation, function, ontogeny, phylogeny, zoo animal husbandry

2024

A perspective on ungulate management and welfare assessment across the traditional zoo to large landscape spectrum

Authors: David M. Powell, Dan Beetem, RoxAnna Breitigan, Adam Eyres, Brandon Speeg

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: Five Domains, motivation, natural behavior

2023

Confronting back-of-house traditions: Primates as a case study

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Jon Coe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: 24/7, animal welfare, back-of-house (BOH), integrated zoo design model, primate research laboratory, primate sanctuary, primates, zoo, zoo design

2022

Considering generalizability: A lesson from auditory enrichment research on zoo animals

Authors: Nicola Khan, Claudia Wascher

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: applied animal behavior, auditory enrichment, captive settings, environmental enrichment, reproducibility

2021

Assessing and Enhancing the Welfare of Animals with Equivocal and Reliable Cues

Authors: J. V. Watters, B. L. Krebs

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, agency, anticipatory behavior, appetitive behavior, human-animal relationship, judgement bias

2019

Steel-Jawed Leghold Traps and Killing Neck Snares: Similar Injuries Command Change to Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards

Authors: Gilbert Proulx, Dwight Rodtka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, canids, humaneness, international trapping standards, killing neck snares

2017

Searching for behavioral indicators of welfare in zoos: Uncovering anticipatory behavior

Authors: Jason V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affect, balance, food anticipatory activity, stereotypy

2014

Does Confirmed Pathogen Transfer between Sanctuary Workers and Great Apes Mean that Reintroduction Should not Occur?

Authors: Steve Unwin, I. A. N. Robinson, Vanessa Schmidt, Chris Colin, Lisa Ford, Tatyana Humle

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: commentary, reintroduction, risk analysis, staphylococcus aureus

2012

Examining the genetic and neural components of cognitive flexibility using mice

Authors: Jonathan L. Brigman, Elizabeth M. Powell, Guy Mittleman, Jared W. Young

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: executive functioning, in vivo electrophysiology, learning, mouse, reversal learning

2012