Health and environmental effects to wildlife from radio telemetry and tracking devices—state of the science and best management practices

Authors: Albert M. Manville, B. Blake Levitt, Henry C. Lai

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: data-loggers, fish, microchips, PIT tags, radio telemetry, radio-tracking, RFID chips, wildlife

2024

Multi-sensor biologgers and innovative training allow data collection with high conservation and welfare value in zoos

Authors: Holly English, Luke Harvey, Rory Wilson, Richard Gunner, Mark Holton, Rosie Woodroffe, Luca Börger

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, biologging, captivity, daily diary, dead-reckoning, enrichment, space use, welfare

2023

Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)

Authors: Simone Angelucci, Antonio Antonucci, Fabrizia Di Tana, Marco Innocenti, Giovanna Di Domenico, Luca Madonna, Camilla Smoglica, Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress

2023

Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants

Authors: Surendranie J. Cabral de Mel, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing

2023

Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Authors: K Nekaris, Marco Campera, Marianna Chimienti, Carly Murray, Michela Balestri, Zak Showell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine

2022

Potential effects of GPS collars on the behaviour of two red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in Rotterdam Zoo

Authors: Wiene van de Bunte, Janno Weerman, Anouschka R Hof

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal behavior, gps collar, red panda, zoo

2021

Supporting Zoo Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare and Herd Dynamics with a More Complex and Expanded Habitat

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, David Shepherdson, Karen Lewis, Natalia Prado, Janine L Brown, Bob Lee, Nadja Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, elephant, feeding predictability, glucocorticoids, gps, habitat evaluation, locomotion, sociality, welfare

2021

Boldness at the nest predicts foraging and diving behaviour of female but not male African penguins

Authors: Gwendoline Traisnel, Lorien Pichegru

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: at-sea behaviour, breeding success, chick growth, endangered species, personality types, resource acquisition

2019

Don’t poke the bear: using tracking data to quantify behavioural syndromes in elusive wildlife

Authors: Anne G. Hertel, Martin Leclerc, Dan Warren, Fanie Pelletier, Andreas Zedrosser, Thomas Mueller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: activity sensors, brown bear, gps collar, multivariate mixed model, personality, repeatability

2019

Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand

Authors: A. David M. Latham, Ben Davidson, Bruce Warburton, Ivor Yockney, Jordan O. Hampton

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam

2019

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