A Universal Animal Welfare Framework for Zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, framework, welfare assessment, zoo
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2015
More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, food, keeper familiarity, pan paniscus, social behavior
2023
Quality of Life Assessment: The Value of Longitudinal Data in Making the End-of-Life Care Decision for a Macaque (Macaca Silenus/Macaca Nemestrina)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal management, end-of-life decisions, quality of life, singly housed, welfare
2023
Ackonc-AWA: A multi-species animal welfare assessment protocol for wild animals under human care to overcome the use of generic welfare checklists
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords:
2022
An Approach to Assessing Zoo Animal Welfare in a Rarely Studied Species, the Common Cusimanse Crossarchus obscurus
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: AWAG, behavior, carnivore, Crossarchus obscurus, cusimanse, evidence based, understudied, welfare, welfare assessment, zoo
2022
An Approach to Assessing Zoo Animal Welfare in a Rarely Studied Species, the Common Cusimanse Crossarchus obscurus
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: AWAG, behavior, carnivore, Crossarchus obscurus, cusimanse, evidence based, understudied, welfare, welfare assessment, zoo
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
Communication from the Zoo: Reports from Zoological Facilities of the Impact of COVID-19 Closures on Animals
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: communication, COVID-19, keeper-animal interactions, social media, visitor–animal interactions, zoo closures
2022
Differing animal welfare conceptions and what they mean for the future of zoos and aquariums, insights from an animal welfare audit
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, audit
2022
Does Observer Presence Modify the Behavior and Enclosure Use of Captive Edwards’ Pheasants?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: enclosure use, Lophura edwardsi, pheasantry, Spread of participation index, welfare
2022