Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care

Authors: Katrin Baumgartner, Tim Hüttner, Isabella L. K. Clegg, Manuel Garcia Hartmann, Daniel Garcia-Párraga, Xavier Manteca, Birgitta Mercera, Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Cristina Pilenga, Kerstin Ternes, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Lorenzo von Fersen, Lisa Yon, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: cetacean welfare, marine mammals, welfare evaluation, welfare indicator, zoo animals

2024

Beyond the Five Freedoms: Animal Welfare at Modern Zoological Facilities

Authors: Lance J. Miller, Sathya K. Chinnadurai

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare committee, animal welfare monitoring, animal welfare program, program framework, staff training

2023

Elephant tourism: An analysis and recommendations for public health, safety, and animal welfare

Authors: R Grant, C Warwick, Catrina Steedman, A Pilney

Publication/Journal: International Journal of One Health

Keywords:

2023

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

The Role of Learning and Training for Ageing Animal Care and Wellbeing

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Debra Marrin

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

Keywords: aging, animal care, animal welfare, geriatric, learning, training

2023

Towards a Futureproof Zoo

Authors: Jozef Keulartz

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: broader conservationist role for zoos, enrichment programs, future of the zoo, more space for endangered species, training technics

2023

Understanding Circadian and Circannual Behavioral Cycles of Captive Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Can Help to Promote Good Welfare

Authors: Kristine M. Gandia, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sharon E. Kessler, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, captive, circadian, circannual

2023

The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos

Authors: Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Daniela Florio, Linda Ferrante, Francesca Bandoli, Elisabetta Macchi, Alessia Muzzo, Barbara de Mori

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo

2022

The More the Merrier? Zoo Visitors’ Affective Responses and Perceptions of Welfare across an Increase in Giraffe Density

Authors: Wilson C Sherman, Darren E Minier, Caterina N Meyers, Michelle L Myers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: affective experience, perceptions of animal welfare, visitor studies, zoos and aquariums

2022

Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022