Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants

Authors: Surendranie J. Cabral de Mel, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing

2023

The Effect of Enrichment Filling and Engagement Time on Regurgitation and Reingestion Behaviour in Three Zoo-Housed Orangutans

Authors: Rebecca Nash, Helen Johnston, Amy Robbins, Kris Descovich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, primate, regurgitation, welfare, zoo

2021

Animal Welfare in Predator Control: Lessons from Land and Sea. How the Management of Terrestrial and Marine Mammals Impacts Wild Animal Welfare in Human–Wildlife Conflict Scenarios in Europe

Authors: Laetitia Nunny

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, human–wildlife conflict, pest, predator, welfare assessment, welfare domains, welfare impact, wildlife

2020

Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in a Zoo Setting

Authors: Laura Freeland, Charlotte Ellis, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, elo-rating, fixed action pattern, welfare, zoo

2020

Effect of Covering a Visitor Viewing Area Window on the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Authors: Samantha J Chiew, Kym L Butler, Sally L Sherwen, Grahame J Coleman, Vicky Melfi, Alicia Burns, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: little penguins, visitor behaviour, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, visual contact, zoos

2020

The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests

Authors: Jorge Tobajas, María Josefa Ruiz-Aguilera, José Vicente López-Bao, Pablo Ferreras, Rafael Mateo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management

2020

Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020

Using a Touchscreen Paradigm to Evaluate Food Preferences and Response to Novel Photographic Stimuli of Food in Three Primate Species (Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Sarah M Huskisson, Sarah L Jacobson, Crystal L Egelkamp, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: photograph, preference testing, primate, touchscreen, welfare, worth valuations

2020

Can disbudding of calves (one versus four weeks of age) induce chronic pain?

Authors: D. Casoni, A. Mirra, M. R. Suter, A. Gutzwiller, C. Spadavecchia

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: allodynia, calves, chronic pain, disbudding, hyperalgesia, neurophysiology

2019

Differences in novel food response between Pongo and Pan

Authors: Sofia Ingrid Fredrika Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Christine Hrubesch, Claudio Tennie

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: great apes, neophobia, novel food, social information, sociality

2019

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