Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses

Authors: Michaella P. Andrade, Charles Morphy D. Santos, Mizziara M. M. De Paiva, Sylvia L. S. Medeiros, C. E. O’Brien, Françoise D. Lima, Janaina F. Machado, Tatiana S. Leite

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience

2023

Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park

Authors: Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr, Monika Fiby, Stephanie Bachmann, Stefanie Filz, Isabella Grassmann, Theresa Hoi, Claudia Janiczek, Didone Frigerio

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: animal behavior, animal visibility, animal welfare, brown bear, Domestic ferret, Pine marten

2023

Predatory Responses and Feeding Behaviour of Three Elasmobranch Species in an Aquarium Setting

Authors: Sandra Costa, João Neves, Gonçalo Tirá, José Pedro Andrade

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: Carcharhinus melanopterus, feeding behaviour, predatory responses, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Triaenodon obesus, Zoomarine aquarium

2023

Predatory Responses and Feeding Behaviour of Three Elasmobranch Species in an Aquarium Setting

Authors: Sandra Costa, João Neves, Gonçalo Tirá, José Pedro Andrade

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: Carcharhinus melanopterus, feeding behaviour, predatory responses, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Triaenodon obesus, Zoomarine aquarium

2023

Wanted dead or alive: ethics and animal welfare in food choice

Authors: Alessandro Di Marzio, Elza Birbele, Rebeka Šķērstiņa

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: ethics, life feeding, policy, welfare

2023

Assessing the behaviour, welfare and husbandry of mouse deer (Tragulus spp.) in European zoos

Authors: Ricardo Lemos de Figueiredo, Matthew Hartley, Alison W Fletcher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, captive breeding, chevrotain, lesser mouse deer, Philippine mouse deer

2021

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and recommendations for future studies

Authors: Malin Larm, Anne Lene Hovland, Rupert Palme, Anne-Mathilde Thierry, Andrea L Miller, Arild Landa, Anders Angerbjörn, Nina E Eide

Publication/Journal: Polar Biology

Keywords: arctic fox, fecal glucocorticoid

2021

Animal Welfare in Predator Control: Lessons from Land and Sea. How the Management of Terrestrial and Marine Mammals Impacts Wild Animal Welfare in Human–Wildlife Conflict Scenarios in Europe

Authors: Laetitia Nunny

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, human–wildlife conflict, pest, predator, welfare assessment, welfare domains, welfare impact, wildlife

2020

Reported livestock guarding dog-wildlife interactions: Implications for conservation and animal welfare

Authors: K Whitehouse-Tedd, R Wilkes, C Stannard, D Wettlaufer, D Cilliers

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: agriculture, carnivore, coexistence, conflict, human-wildlife, predator control

2020

The welfare of game birds destined for release into the wild: a balance between early life care and preparation for future natural hazards

Authors: JR Madden, F Santilli, MA Whiteside

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, hunting, partridge, pheasant, reintroduction biology

2020