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
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
Health and environmental effects to wildlife from radio telemetry and tracking devices—state of the science and best management practices
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: data-loggers, fish, microchips, PIT tags, radio telemetry, radio-tracking, RFID chips, wildlife
2024
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
Euthanasia of Geriatric Zoo Animals: Decision-Making and Procedure
Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
Keywords: aging, animal welfare, end-of-life decisions, euthanasia, geriatric
2023
The Evolution of Zoos as Conservation Institutions: A Summary of the Transition from Menageries to Zoological Gardens and Parallel Improvement of Mammalian Welfare Management
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behavior, environmental enrichment, husbandry, species preservation conservation, zoo stress
2023
Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: affiliative, felidae, Panthera tigris jacksoni, sociality, solitary, tiger, tolerance, welfare
2023
Giraffes make decisions based on statistical information
Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports
Keywords:
2023
Hierarchical position of individual captive western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla and its impact on neighbour associations and behaviour
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords:
2023
How Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Use Space after Being Introduced to a Large Outdoor Habitat
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: indoor/outdoor enclosures, space use, species-typical behavior, welfare
2023