Bird Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums: General Insights across Industries

Authors: Jocelyn M Woods, Adrienne Eyer, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bird habitats, environmental enrichment, flooring, genetics, human-animal interactions, lighting, nutrition, social management, sound environment, substrate

2022

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in captive Indian leopards (Panthera pardus fusca) housed under three different enrichment regimes

Authors: Nirali Panchal, Chena Desai, Ratna Ghosal

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, leopard

2022

From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Linda Hellriegel, Marcus Clauss, Brother Stefan, Kevin Knibbs, Christian Wenker, Therese Hård, Cordula Galeffi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elephants, rest, zoo

2022

From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Linda Hellriegel, Marcus Clauss, Brother Stefan, Kevin Knibbs, Christian Wenker, Therese Hård, Cordula Galeffi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elephant, rest, sleep, zoo

2022

The use of biofloors in great ape zoo exhibits

Authors: Jesse G Leinwand, Jill A Moyse, Lydia M Hopper, Maureen Leahy, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bedding, biofloor, deep litter, exhibit design, great apes, primates, welfare, zoo

2021

Choice, Control and Computers: Empowering Wildlife in Human Care

Authors: Jon Coe, Julia Hoy

Publication/Journal: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

Keywords: animal-centered technology (ACT), captive, choice, conservation, enrichment, exhibit, reintroduction, wildlife, zoo

2020

Philosophy of a “Good Death” in Small Animals and Consequences for Euthanasia in Animal Law and Veterinary Practice

Authors: Kirsten Persson, Felicitas Selter, Gerald Neitzke, Peter Kunzmann

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal death, euthanasia guidelines, moral stress, veterinary ethics

2020

Relationships between housing and management factors and clinical health events in elephants in North American zoos

Authors: Katie L. Edwards, Michele A. Miller, Kathy Carlstead, Janine L. Brown

Publication/Journal: PLoS ONE

Keywords: clinical events, elephant, welfare, welfare indicator

2019

Soft and persistent-The influence of sand-flooring and calves on the resting behavior of a zoo-kept African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Therese Hard, Madeleine Hjelm, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: lying and leaning rest, sand flooring, zoo elephants

2019

Dairy goats prefer to use different flooring types to perform different behaviours

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Gemma L. Lowe, Trevor J. Watson, Colleen M. Ross, Delphine Rapp, Gosia A. Zobel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bacteriology, bedding, behaviour, flooring, preference, welfare

2017