Confronting back-of-house traditions: Primates as a case study

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: 24/7, animal welfare, back-of-house (BOH), integrated zoo design model, primate research laboratory, primate sanctuary, primates, zoo, zoo design

2022

Day Time Activity Budgets, Height Utilization and Husbandry of Two Zoo-Housed Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)

Authors: Katherine Finch, Amy Humphreys

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, Dendrolagus, enclosure use, tree kangaroo, understudied

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

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

Impacts of Socialization on Bull Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Stereotypical Behavior

Authors: T.S. Readyhough, S. Joseph, M. Davis, A. Moresco, A.L. Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor herd, musth, stereotypy

2022

The Measurability of Subjective Animal Welfare

Authors: Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Consciousness Studies

Keywords: animal welfare, research

2022

Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Overlooked and Under-Studied: A Review of Evidence-Based Enrichment in Varanidae

Authors: Darcy Howard, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive, cognition, play, reptile, welfare

2022

Psychological and social well‐being of bony fishes in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Ronald G Oldfield, Patrick E Bonano

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, positive welfare, social behavior

2022

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