Animal–Visitor Interactions

Authors: Neil D’Cruze, Georgina Groves

Publication/Journal: CABI Books

Keywords: animal visitor interaction (AVI), animal welfare, avi, responsible management

2024

High Prevalence of Dysfunctional Animal–Visitor Interactions in 225 Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Anna Fourage, Tanya Erzinclioglu, Amanda Fairey, Marco Campera, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Vincent Nijman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, conservation, education, entertainment, zoological associations

2024

Elephant tourism: An analysis and recommendations for public health, safety, and animal welfare

Authors: R Grant, C Warwick, Catrina Steedman, A Pilney

Publication/Journal: International Journal of One Health

Keywords:

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

Authors: Haley N. Beer, Trenton C. Shrader, Ty B. Schmidt, Dustin T. Yates

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, environmental enrichment, husbandry, species preservation conservation, zoo stress

2023

Factors Influencing the Development of Human–Animal Relationships at SeaWorld Entertainment Parks

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Chris Dold, Vinícius Donisete Lima Rodrigues Goulart, Todd Robeck

Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals

Keywords:

2023

Sonic enrichment at the zoo: What will the zoo of the future sound like?

Authors: Rébecca Kleinberger

Publication/Journal: Interaction Studies

Keywords: animal agency, animal control, animal enrichment, animal ethics, animal wellbeing, animal-computer-interaction, audio enrichment, interspecies enrichment, sonic enrichment, zoo interactive systems, zoo technology

2023

Behavioural Development of Three Former Pet Chimpanzees a Decade after Arrival at the MONA Sanctuary

Authors: Olga Feliu, Marti Masip, Carmen Maté, Sònia Sánchez-López, Dietmar Crailsheim, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budget, chimpanzee, early life experience, pan troglodytes, pet and entertainment, re-socialization, sanctuary, well-being

2022

Large brains in small tanks: intelligence and social complexity as an ethical issue for captive dolphins and whales

Authors: Lori Marino

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: captivity, cetacean, health, sanctuary, stress, well-being

2020

Guardians’ Knowledge and Husbandry Practices of Feline Environmental Enrichment

Authors: Ana Margarida Alho, Joana Pontes, Constança Pomba

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cat ownership, domestic cats, environmental enrichment

2016

The welfare of performing animals: A Historical Perspective

Authors: David A. H. Wilson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: performing animals, welfare

2015