Measuring heart rate in captive chimpanzees without anesthesia

Authors: Satoshi Hirata, Etsuko Nogami, Toshifumi Udono

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: chimpanzees, heart rate measurements

2024

A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals

Authors: Steve Martin, Grey Stafford, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training

2024

A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals

Authors: Steve Martin, Grey Stafford, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training

2024

Handling and Training of Wild Animals: Evidence and Ethics-Based Approaches and Best Practices in the Modern Zoo

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Max Norman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: 3rs, animal training, animal wellbeing, capacity building, human-animal relationship, learning, positive reinforcement, refinement, zoo animals

2023

Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic

Authors: Michelle Campbell-Ward

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, decision-making, euthanasia, geriatric, quality of life, zoo animal

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

Slowly walking down to the more food: relative quantity discrimination in African spurred tortoises (Centrochelys sulcata)

Authors: Masaki Tomonaga, Daiki Haraguchi, Anna Wilkinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords:

2023

The Use of Operant Conditioning to Enhance the Management and Welfare of Captive Kingsnakes

Authors: Liam Sinclair

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases

Keywords: animal welfare, cooperative care, herpetoculture, kingsnakes, snake welfare, training

2023

Case study: Modifying repetitive behavior in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Authors: Desirae Cambrelen, Melissa Nelson Slater

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: pacing, polar bears, stereotypic behavior, zoo

2022

Environmental Enrichment Factors Associated with the Activity Level of Bottlenose Dolphins under Professional Care

Authors: Lisa K Lauderdale, Kenneth Alex Shorter, Ding Zhang, Joaquin Gabaldon, Jill D Mellen, Douglas A Granger, Michael T Walsh, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, overall dynamic body acceleration, variable enrichment, zoo

2022