Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence
2024
Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cetacean welfare, marine mammals, welfare evaluation, welfare indicator, zoo animals
2024
Global Overview of Environmental Enrichment Studies: What Has Been Done and Future Directions
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal management, animal welfare, animals under human care, captive environment
2024
Impact of diet and environmental enrichment management in stereotyped behaviours: a case study in tayra Eira barbara
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, Five Domains, mustelids, nutrition, stereotypies
2024
Nursing Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Calves from 1990-2014 at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, USA
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, neonate, nursing behavior, tursiops-truncatus
2024
Nutrition in captive penguins: What do we know about how can we make it better?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal nutrition, energy requirements, feeding guidelines, polar habitat, spheniscidae
2024
Specifically unspecific–Simple devices as feasible and effective enrichment for small mammals
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, Multi-species approach, stereotypy, zoo
2024
Understanding and Improving the Visitor Experience: How Can We Increase the Positive Social Impact of Animal–Visitor Interactions?
Publication/Journal: CABI Books
Keywords: animal–visitor interactions, avi, choice and control, wildlife conservation.
2024
Zoo Visitors’ Most-Liked Aspects of Elephant Encounters and Related Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States: A Pragmatic Approach
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal emotions, animal experiences, animal training, animal welfare, animal–caregiver interactions, elephants, pragmatism, visitors, zoos
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