Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination
2024
Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: alouatta, alouatta guariba clamitans, animals, correlational analysis, female, food preference, haplorhini, humans, male, nutrient composition, nutrients, Southern brown howler monkey
2024
A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training
2024
Aquarium Visitors Catch Some Rays: Rays Are More Active in the Presence of More Visitors
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: aquarium, elasmobranch, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare
2023
Choice, control, and animal welfare: definitions and essential inquiries to advance animal welfare science
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: affective states, agency, animal welfare, choice, control, psychological wellbeing
2023
Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress
2023
Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo
2023
Early life adversities and lifelong health outcomes: A review of the literature on large, social, long-lived nonhuman mammals
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: aging, early life, environment, Large-bodied mammal, Long-lived mammal, social
2023
The effect of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on self-directed behaviour, activity budgets, movement patterns, and spatial use in semi-captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: Animal tourism venues, Anthropause, Captive animal welfare, COVID-19, displacement activity, human-animal interactions
2023
The Effects of Oral Lavender Therapy on Wounding in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: chimpanzees, conflict, lavender, nonhuman primates, wounding
2023