Environmental Enrichment Factors Associated with the Activity Level of Bottlenose Dolphins under Professional Care

Authors: Lisa K Lauderdale, Kenneth Alex Shorter, Ding Zhang, Joaquin Gabaldon, Jill D Mellen, Douglas A Granger, Michael T Walsh, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, overall dynamic body acceleration, variable enrichment, zoo

2022

The influence of welfare and bonds with animals on the job satisfaction of felid keepers in North America

Authors: Annabel DeSmet, Brian Ogle

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, felids, job satisfaction, keepers

2022

Investigating the Behavior and Personality Structure of the Aldabra Tortoise during Human Interactions and Training Events

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Vanessa Smith, Massimo Faustini, Eleonora Bonacina, Davide Guadagnini, Roberto Robbiati, Alice Cavalleri, James Edward Brereton, Richard Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Aldabrachelys giganea, animal personality, chelonia mydas, geochelone gigantea, human-animal interaction

2022

Primate cognition in zoos: Reviewing the impact of zoo‐based research over 15 years

Authors: Emma S McEwen, Elizabeth Warren, Sadie Tenpas, Benjamin Jones, Kresimir Durdevic, Emilie Rapport Munro, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cognition, primate, zoo

2022

Assessing Allostatic Load in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Kathryn E Seeley, Kathryn L Proudfoot, Barbara Wolfe, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: allostatic load index, chronic stress, lemur catta, non-human primates

2021

Assessing the Visitor and Animal Outcomes of a Zoo Encounter and Guided Tour Program with Ambassador Cheetahs

Authors: Katherine M Whitehouse-Tedd, Jairo Lozano-Martinez, Jessica Reeves, Mollie Page, Jaime H Martin, Heidi Prozesky

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords: ambassador animal, cheetah, human-animal interaction

2021

Behavioral diversity as a potential positive indicator of animal welfare in bottlenose dolphins

Authors: Lance J Miller, Lisa K Lauderdale, Jocelyn L Bryant, Jill D Mellen, Michael T Walsh, Douglas A Granger

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: aldosterone, animal behavior, animal welfare, cortisol, dolphins, hormones, metabolites, swimming

2021

Behavioral diversity as a potential positive indicator of animal welfare in bottlenose dolphins

Authors: Lance J Miller, Lisa K Lauderdale, Jocelyn L Bryant, Jill D Mellen, Michael T Walsh, Douglas A Granger

Publication/Journal: Plos one

Keywords: aldosterone, animal behavior, animal welfare, cortisol, dolphins, hormones, metabolites, swimming

2021

Behavioral Responses of Captive Corvids to the Presence of Visitors

Authors: C.A.F. Washer, N. Baur, M. Hengl, C. Köck, T. Pegger, J. Schindlbauer, L. Wemer

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, common ravens, crows, visitor effects

2021

Behavioural diversity as a potential welfare indicator for professionally managed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Exploring variations in calculating diversity using species-specific behaviours

Authors: K Hall, J Bryant, M Staley, JC Whitham, LJ Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, chimpanzee, diversity index, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, immunoglobulin a, shannon-wiener diversity index

2021