An Ecological and Neural Argument for Developing Pursuit-Based Cognitive Enrichment for Sea Lions in Human Care

Authors: Peter F. Cook, Colleen Reichmuth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: cognitive enrichment, enrichment, goal-based cognition, hunting, pursuit, sea lions

2024

Enhancing Japanese visitors’ interest in livestock welfare through zoo carcass feeding activities

Authors: Kota Okabe, Ayumi Kawamura, Katsuji Uetake, Chihiro Kase

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Consumer Behaviour, environmental enrichment, laying hen, Personal Connection

2024

Impact of diet and environmental enrichment management in stereotyped behaviours: a case study in tayra Eira barbara

Authors: Ana Camila Beltrán Urrego, Daniel Alejandro Bernal Aguilar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Five Domains, mustelids, nutrition, stereotypies

2024

Internal and external factors affect pair mate proximity in captive coyotes, Canis latrans

Authors: Alexandra Turano, Stacey P. Brummer, Jeffrey T. Schultz, Julie K. Young, Sara M. Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: coyote, hormone, pair-bonding, progesterone, proximity, synchrony

2024

Relationship between Ear Temperature, Behaviour and Stress Hormones in Guinea Pigs (Cavia proellus) during Different Interactive Activities in Zoos

Authors: Misako Namiki, Toshiharu Fukayama, Takane Suzuki, Ayumi Masaiwa

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-visitor interaction, comparison between activities, cortisol salivary, stress assessment, zoo animal welfare

2024

Sixty Years of Tinbergen’s Four Questions and Their Continued Relevance to Applied Behaviour and Welfare Research in Zoo Animals: A Commentary

Authors: Robert Kelly, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal management, behavioural ecology, causation, conservation, function, ontogeny, phylogeny, zoo animal husbandry

2024

Zoo Visitors’ Most-Liked Aspects of Elephant Encounters and Related Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States: A Pragmatic Approach

Authors: Angela M. Lacinak

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal emotions, animal experiences, animal training, animal welfare, animal–caregiver interactions, elephants, pragmatism, visitors, zoos

2024

Animals’ Relationships with Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated with Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States

Authors: Angela M. Lacinak

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords:

2023

Contrafreeloading Indicating the Behavioural Need to Forage in Healthy and Feather Damaging Grey Parrots

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Nico J. Schoemaker, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: enrichment, feather damaging behaviour, feather picking, feather plucking, foraging, psittacine, psittacus erithacus

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)

Authors: Primrose Manning, Elisabeth Dawson, Christina Tholander, Maud Bonato

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: Animal tourism venues, Anthropause, Captive animal welfare, COVID-19, displacement activity, human-animal interactions

2023