Elephant tourism: An analysis and recommendations for public health, safety, and animal welfare

Authors: R Grant, C Warwick, Catrina Steedman, A Pilney

Publication/Journal: International Journal of One Health

Keywords:

2023

The fate and movements of aquarium-released giant trevally Caranx ignobilis inferred from acoustic telemetry

Authors: Bruce Quintin Mann, Ryan Daly, Russell Bruce Dixon, John David Filmalter, Taryn Sara Murray, Paul Denfer Cowley, Robert Kyle, Simon Chater, Judy Brenda Mann-Lang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustic telemetry, aquariums, Carangidae, south africa, uShaka Sea World

2023

Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Linda M. Penfold, Franz Schwarzenberger, Graeme B. Martin, César A. Rosales-Nieto, Monique C. J. Paris

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone

2023

A preliminary study of the effects of enrichment on the activity and spatial distribution of captive monitor lizards in Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo, Thailand: https://doi.org/10.12982/VIS.2024.015

Authors: Xin Huo, Kirati Kunya, Nirattisai Ritthijan, Pimchanok Lohtongkam, Catthareeya Sukwan, Sompong Wongma, Prayuth Kusonrat, Panich Kumroptanasan

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Integrative Sciences

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2023

The Effect of environmental enrichment on Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae) under captivity conditions

Authors: Ana Gabriela Dantur, Alejandra M Hurtado, Silvia N Chamut

Publication/Journal: Acta Zoológica Lilloana

Keywords: behaviour, enclosures, ethogram, reptiles, welfare

2022

THERMAL BIOLOGY OF ZOO-HOUSED CHELONOIDIS CHILENSIS: DETERMINING THE ACTIVITY PATTERN AND ESTIMATING SELECTED AND CRITICAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

Authors: Candela Buteler, M Carla Labaque, Gerardo C Leynaud

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology

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2022

Why Are Enrichment Practices in Zoos Difficult to Implement Effectively?

Authors: Eileen K Tuite, Simon A Moss, Clive J Phillips, Samantha J Ward

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: big cats, enrichment, keepers, process evaluation, thematic analysis, zoo management

2022

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

Effect of enclosure expansion on the activity budgets of eastern black‐and‐white colobus monkeys, Colobus guereza

Authors: RL Robbins, J Sheridan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, behavior, Colobus guereza, environment complexity, habitat expansion

2021