Challenges of Zoo Animal Welfare

Authors: Ron Kagan, Jack Veasey

Publication/Journal: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, stress, welfare indicators, zoo animals

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2010

The effects of increasing visitor and noise levels on birds within a free-flight aviary examined through enclosure use and behavior

Authors: MKS Blanchett, E Finegan, J Atkinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavioral-responses, enclosure use, free-range enclosure, GIS, mixed species aviary, visitor effects

2020

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

Authors: Cairsty DePasquale, Jennifer Sturgill, Victoria A Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE

Keywords: fish welfare, habitat preference, preference test

2020

The welfare of game birds destined for release into the wild: a balance between early life care and preparation for future natural hazards

Authors: JR Madden, F Santilli, MA Whiteside

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, hunting, partridge, pheasant, reintroduction biology

2020

Animal agency, animal awareness and animal welfare

Authors: M Špinka

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: affective functioning, animal welfare, awareness, boredom, inter-individual differences, ontogeny

2019

Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs

Authors: Svenja Tidau, Mark Briffa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, environmental change, grouping preference, hermit crabs, intraspecific interaction, sensory environment

2019

Application of a welfare assessment tool (Shelter Quality Protocol) in 64 Italian long-term dogs’ shelters: welfare hazard analysis

Authors: L. Arena, G. V. Berteselli, F. Lombardo, L. Candeloro, P. Dalla Villa, F. De Massis

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, domestic dog, hazard analysis, protocol, shelter

2019

Attitudes of veterinarians and veterinary students to recommendations on how to improve dog and cat welfare in veterinary practice

Authors: Christine Arhant, Nicole Hörschläger, Josef Troxler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, cats, companion animals, dogs, low-stress handling, veterinary practice

2019