Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts

Authors: Liptovszky,Matyas

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo

2024

Enhancing Visitor–Animal Interactions in the Modern Zoo: A Designer’s Perspective

Authors: Jon Coe

Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice

Keywords: animal-visitor interaction, avi, habitat design

2024

Influence of food physical properties and environmental context on manipulative behaviors highlighted by new methodological approaches in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Caroline Gérard, Ameline Bardo, Jean Pascal Guéry, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Victor Narat, Bruno Simmen

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobos, evolution, manipulative abilities, nonhuman primate, pan paniscus

2024

A comprehensive investigation of negative visitor behaviour in the zoo setting and captive animals’ behavioural response

Authors: Courtney Collins, Sean McKeown, Ruth O’Riordan

Publication/Journal: Heliyon

Keywords: animal behaviour, Circuit-study, Negative behaviour, visitors, zoo

2023

Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science

Authors: Walter Veit, Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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2023

Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value

Authors: Samuel Decker, J Michelle Lavery, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2023

Giraffes make decisions based on statistical information

Authors: Alvaro L Caicoya, Montserrat Colell, Federica Amici

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

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2023

Handling and Training of Wild Animals: Evidence and Ethics-Based Approaches and Best Practices in the Modern Zoo

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Max Norman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: 3rs, animal training, animal wellbeing, capacity building, human-animal relationship, learning, positive reinforcement, refinement, zoo animals

2023

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

Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: ageing, animal welfare, animal well-being, environmental enrichment, exhibit design, facility design, geriatric animal, pain management, physiotherapy, veterinary care

2023