Effects of nocturnal outdoor enclosure access on space use and sleep-related behaviour in captive giraffes

Authors: Miho Saito, Masayuki Matsunaga, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Masayuki Nakamichi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, housing management, lying down, modified SPI, recumbent posture

2024

Structural enrichment promotes natural behaviour and welfare of captive gilthead seabream broodstock

Authors: Ana Rita Oliveira, María J. Cabrera-Álvarez, Florbela Soares, Carlos Diáz-Gil, Ana Candeias-Mendes, João L. Saraiva, Pablo Arechavala-Lopez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aquaculture, behavioural indicators, environmental enrichment, Physiological indicators, positive welfare, Spawners

2024

Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

Authors: Eve Mannings, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal

Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo

2023

Assessing the Welfare of Captive Group-Housed Cockroaches, Gromphadorhina oblongonota

Authors: Danielle Free, Sarah Wolfensohn

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG), cockroach, group welfare, invertebrate, quality of life, sentience, welfare

2023

Doing better for understudied species: Evaluation and improvement of a species-general animal welfare assessment tool for zoos

Authors: Shannon L. O’Brien, Katherine A. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, Taxonomic differences, welfare assessment, zoos

2023

The Introduction of a Novel Computerized Apparatus to California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)

Authors: Kelley A Winship, Amber Ramos, Mark J Xitco Jr

Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals

Keywords: california sea lion, cognition, cognitive enrichment, computer task, marine mammal, zalophus californianus

2023

Latitudinal and zoo specific zeitgebers influence circadian and circannual rhythmicity of behavior in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Authors: Gandia,Kristine M., Kessler,Sharon E., Buchanan-Smith,Hannah M.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, circadian, circannual, zeitgeber, zoo

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

Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants

Authors: Surendranie J. Cabral de Mel, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing

2023

The Zone Overlap Index: A new measure of shared resource use in the zoo

Authors: J. E. Brereton, P. E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol

Keywords: animal, animals, compatibility, enclosure design, housing, humans, mixed-species enclosure, Pianka Niche Overlap Index, proximity, zoo

2023