What Is the Future for Zoos and Aquariums?

Authors: Ron Kagan, Stephanie Allard, Scott Carter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, sanctuaries, zoo animals, zoo ethics

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2018

The effect of proximity relations to mahouts on social behaviors among captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Saki Yasui, Gen’ichi Idani

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Management

Keywords: asian elephant, captivity, human-animal proximity relation, mahout, social behavior

2020

Large brains in small tanks: intelligence and social complexity as an ethical issue for captive dolphins and whales

Authors: Lori Marino

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: captivity, cetacean, health, sanctuary, stress, well-being

2020

Understanding the Behavior of Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees During Public Programs

Authors: Bethany K Hansen, Lydia M Hopper, Amy L Fultz, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords: ethnoprimatology, human-animal interaction, primate, sanctuary, space use, welfare

2020

Looking for Visitor’s Effect in Sanctuaries: Implications of Guided Visitor Groups on the Behavior of the Chimpanzees at Fundació Mona

Authors: Jana López-Álvarez, Yaiza Sanjorge, Sara Soloaga, Dietmar Crailsheim, Miquel Llorente

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, human interaction, sanctuary, visitor effect, welfare

2019

Investigating the impact of media on demand for wildlife: A case study of Harry Potter and the UK trade in owls

Authors: Diane A. Megias, Sean C. Anderson, Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: human behavior, media, wildlife trade

2017

A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos

Authors: Mary K. Agnew, Cheryl S. Asa, Victoria L. Clyde, Dominique L. Keller, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception

2016

Social group formation and genetic relatedness in reintroduced Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Thailand

Authors: Chatchote Thitaram, Suthatip Dejchaisri, Chaleamchat Somgird, Taweepoke Angkawanish, Janine Brown, Ratchadakorn Phumphuay, Siriwadee Chomdech, Daoroong Kangwanpong

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: asian elephant, group forming behavior, microsatellite, mitochondrial DNA, reintroduction

2015

Human Interaction as Environmental Enrichment for Pair-Housed Wolves and Wolf–Dog Crosses

Authors: Lindsay R. Mehrkam, Nicolle T. Verdi, Clive D. L. Wynne

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: captive wolves, environmental enrichment, human interaction, wolf dogs

2014

A pilot study on the effects of a change in behavioural management on the behaviour of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Godelieve Kranendonk, Eva P. Schippers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, affiliative behaviour, allogrooming, behavioural management, relocation, retired laboratory chimpanzees

2014

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