Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cetacean welfare, marine mammals, welfare evaluation, welfare indicator, zoo animals
2024
Are Dolphins Kept in Impoverished Environments?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, cetacea, cognitive enrichment, dolphins, impoverishment
2023
Cooperation increases bottlenose dolphins’ (Tursiops truncatus) social affiliation
Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition
Keywords:
2023
Doing better for understudied species: Evaluation and improvement of a species-general animal welfare assessment tool for zoos
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, Taxonomic differences, welfare assessment, zoos
2023
The Effect of Enrichment on Leopard Geckos (Eublepharis macularius) Housed in Two Different Maintenance Systems (Rack System vs. Terrarium)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, leopard gecko, rack system, terrarium
2023
Effects of Failure on California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Gameplay Strategies and Interest in a Cognitive Task: Implications for Cognitive Enrichment in Pinnipeds
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: *animal cognition, california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, marine mammal welfare, technological enrichment
2023
Effects of honey locust seed pods on the behavior and nutrient intake of zoo‐housed François langurs and prehensile‐tailed porcupines
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: dietary enrichment, langur, prehensile-tailed porcupine, seed pods
2023
Individual personality predicts social network assemblages in a colonial bird
Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, personality, social network, zoo
2023
Know when you are on a break: effects of predictable breaks on bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus behaviours
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords:
2023