A Gecko-eye View of Naturalistic Enclosures

Authors: Victoria Davies, Abigail Heaman, James Brereton

Publication/Journal: Insights Biol Med.

Keywords: enclosure design, Lygodactylus williamsi, naturalism, reptile behaviour, visitor perception

2023

An Alternative to the Orthodoxy in Animal Ethics? Limits and Merits of the Wittgensteinian Critique of Moral Individualism

Authors: Susana Monsó, Herwig Grimm

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Alice Crary, animal ethics, axiology, Cora Diamond, moral individualism, utilitarianism

2019

Zoo visitors’ perceptions of chimpanzee welfare are not affected by the provision of artificial environmental enrichment devices in a naturalistic exhibit

Authors: Sarah L Jacobson, Lydia M Hopper, Marisa A Shender, Stephen R Ross, Maureen Leahy, Janice McNernie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: chimpanzee, environmental enrichment device, naturalism, visitor perception, zoos

2017

Is interactive technology a relevant and effective enrichment for captive great apes?

Authors: Nicky N. E. Kim-McCormack, Carolynn L. Smith, Alison M. Behie

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anthropomorphism, captive animals, environmental enrichment, free-choice, great apes, human-animal interaction, interactive digital technology, sanctuary animals, zoo

2016

Technology at the Zoo: The Influence of a Touchscreen Computer on Orangutans and Zoo Visitors

Authors: B. M. Perdue, A. W. Clay, D. E. Gaalema, T. L. Maple, T. S. Stoinski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: attitudes, computer, on-exhibit, orangutans, technology, touchscreen, zoo visitor

2012

Space use as an indicator of enclosure appropriateness: A novel measure of captive animal welfare

Authors: Stephen R. Ross, Steven J. Schapiro, Jann Hau, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental preference, naturalism, primates, space use, wellbeing

2009

Relationships between exhibit naturalism, animal visibility and visitor interest in a Chinese Zoo

Authors: G. Davey

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exhibit, naturalism, visitor, welfare, zoo

2006

Habitat Use and Structural Preferences of Captive Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): Effects of Environmental and Social Variables

Authors: T.S. Stoinski, M.P. Hoff, T.L. Maple

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captivity, environment, environmental factor, gorilla gorilla, habitat, mammalia, primates, room temperature, simioidea, site selection, social group, vertebrata, zoo

2001

Enriching the Lives of Zoo Animals, and their Welfare: Where Research can be Fundamental

Authors: M.H. Robinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, exhibit design, research, zoos

1998

Public perceptions of behavioral enrichment: Assumptions gone awry

Authors: M. E. McPhee, J. S. Foster, M. Sevenich, C. D. Saunders

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: education, exhibit, naturalism, zoo

1998