A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training
2024
Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords:
2023
Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild
2023
Optimism about Measuring Animal Feelings
Publication/Journal: Asian Bioethics Review
Keywords:
2023
Behavioral Assessment of Six Reptile Species during a Temporary Zoo Closure and Reopening
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: COVID-19, reptile welfare, visitor effects, zoo animal behavior
2022
Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather
2022
Welfare Assessment Tools in Zoos: From Theory to Practice
Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences
Keywords: animal-based, Five Domains, resource-based, scoring, validity, zoo animal welfare
2022
A Comparative Perspective on Three Primate Species’ Responses to a Pictorial Emotional Stroop Task
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, attentional bias, emotions, snake detection theory, Stroop effect, touchscreen, welfare, zoo
2021
The Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Macropods
Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, free-range exhibits, human-animal interaction, macropod, vigilance, visitor effect, zoo
2021
Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum
Publication/Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes
Keywords: captive breeding, olfactory enrichment, olfactory mediation, shark reproduction
2021