The More the Merrier? Zoo Visitors’ Affective Responses and Perceptions of Welfare across an Increase in Giraffe Density

Authors: Wilson C Sherman, Darren E Minier, Caterina N Meyers, Michelle L Myers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: affective experience, perceptions of animal welfare, visitor studies, zoos and aquariums

2022

Use of Blood Lactate in Assessment of Manual Capture Techniques of Zoo-Housed Crocodilians

Authors: Holly Grace Molinaro, Gen S Anderson, Lauren Gruny, Emily S Sperou, Darryl J Heard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, physiology, reptile, restraint, welfare, wellbeing

2022

Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens

Authors: M Ramont, M Leahy, KA Cronin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships

2021

Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens

Authors: M Ramont, M Leahy, KA Cronin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships

2021

Environmental enrichment, training, and habitat characteristics of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)

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

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, data management, dolphins, habitats, oceans, surveys, welfare (social security)

2021

Development of an environmental enrichment programme: case study of white Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris bengalensis) and jaguar (Panthera onca) at Moscow Zoo

Authors: Aleksei Aleksandrovich Podturkin, Natalia Papaeva

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bengal tiger, data collection, enrichment programme, evaluation, jaguar

2020

Widespread Behavioral Responses by Mammals and Fish to Zoo Visitors Highlight Differences between Individual Animals

Authors: Sarah A Boyle, Nathan Berry, Jessica Cayton, Sarah Ferguson, Allesondra Gilgan, Adiha Khan, Hannah Lam, Stephen Leavelle, Isabelle Mulder, Rachel Myers

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: exhibit, interactive, management, visitor effect, welfare, zoo

2020

Can biomarkers of biological age be used to assess cumulative lifetime experience?

Authors: M. Bateson, C. Poirier

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, biological age, exposome, hippocampus, lifetime experience, telomere length

2019