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
Agonistic interactions and social behaviors in the Saharan Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas neglecta): Using social network analysis to evaluate relationships and social structure in captive male groups
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, Gazella dorcas, male interactions, social behavior
2024
Can we eliminate the primate pet trade in the United States?
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: illegal pet trade, primates
2024
Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination
2024
The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)
Publication/Journal: Biology
Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare
2024
Development of an animal welfare tool for zoo-housed primates, considering intra- and inter-rater reliability
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: assessment, inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, primates, tool, welfare, zoo
2024
An Ecological and Neural Argument for Developing Pursuit-Based Cognitive Enrichment for Sea Lions in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cognitive enrichment, enrichment, goal-based cognition, hunting, pursuit, sea lions
2024
Enhancing Japanese visitors’ interest in livestock welfare through zoo carcass feeding activities
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, Consumer Behaviour, environmental enrichment, laying hen, Personal Connection
2024
The Ethics of Human–Animal Interactions at the Zoo
Publication/Journal: CABI Books
Keywords: animal experiences, animal welfare, ethics, human-animal interactions, visitor experience
2024
An examination of salivary cortisol concentrations and behaviour in three African elephants Loxodonta africana at Zoo Atlanta
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: captive elephant, non-invasive, stereotypic behaviour, welfare
2024