Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
Agonistic interactions and social behaviors in the Saharan Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas neglecta): Using social network analysis to evaluate relationships and social structure in captive male groups
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, Gazella dorcas, male interactions, social behavior
2024
Animal–Staff Interactions
Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice
Keywords: HAI, human-animal interactions
2024
Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal sociality, centrality, collective animal behavior, eigenvectors, female contraception, gorillas, primates, social networks
2024
Investigating the relationship between abiotic factors and the behaviour of an All-Male Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Group
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: Abiotic influences, animal behaviour, animal welfare, Crocodilian behaviour, reptile welfare
2024
Nutrition in captive penguins: What do we know about how can we make it better?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal nutrition, energy requirements, feeding guidelines, polar habitat, spheniscidae
2024
Peaceful Coexistence in Compassionate Conservation: A Policy Discourse Analysis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Public Policy
Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, captive animal management, compassionate conservation, Policy Discourse
2024
Behavioural effects of a giraffe public feeding programme on Masai giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi and plains zebra Equus quagga in a mixed-species exhibit
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: giraffe, mixed-species enclosure, public feeding, zoo
2023
Cognitive Foraging Enrichment (but Not Non-Cognitive Enrichment) Improved Several Longer-Term Welfare Indicators in Bottlenose Dolphins
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behaviour, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive enrichment, environmental enrichment, zoo animal welfare
2023
Do not disturb: Visitors’ effect on the behavior and welfare of female and male big cats in zoos
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, large felids, zoo visitors
2023