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

Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Laura Stalter, Megan Terry, Alex Riley, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis

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

Manatees in Zoological Parks throughout the World: History, State, and Welfare

Authors: Yann Henaut, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, cognition, ecology, management, manatee, welfare, zoos

2023

A Protocol to Assess the Welfare of Patagonian Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Conservation Centers

Authors: Enrique Bombal, Xavier Manteca, Oriol Tallo-Parra

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-based measures, behavior, captivity, Hippocamelus bisulcus, huemul, welfare assessment

2023

The Zone Overlap Index: A new measure of shared resource use in the zoo

Authors: J. E. Brereton, P. E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol

Keywords: animal, animals, compatibility, enclosure design, housing, humans, mixed-species enclosure, Pianka Niche Overlap Index, proximity, zoo

2023

Zookeepers – The most important animal in the zoo?

Authors: Heather Bacon, Belinda Vigors, Darren J. Shaw, Natalie Waran, Cathy M. Dwyer, Catriona Bell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords:

2023

Does the sound environment influence the behaviour of zoo-housed birds? A preliminary investigation of ten species across two zoos

Authors: Paul Rose, Adam Reed, Samantha Hurn, Alex Badman-King, Tom Rice

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal behaviour, soundscape, visitor effect, welfare, zoo sound

2022

An evaluation of the role of ‘biological evidence’ in zoo and aquarium enrichment practices

Authors: J Brereton, P Rose

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal training, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, evidence-based approaches, zoo animal management, zoo research

2022

Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts

Authors: Paul Rose, Amelia Roper, Sophie Banks, Chris Giorgio, Milla Timms, Phoebe Vaughan, Steven Hatch, Samantha Halpin, Joe Thomas, Michelle O’Brien

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, behaviour, evidence-based husbandry, pinioning, waterfowl, welfare, wildfowl

2022