Environmental Enrichment Devices Are Safe and Effective at Reducing Undesirable Behaviors in California Sea Lions and Northern Elephant Seals during Rehabilitation

Authors: Kirsten Donald, Amanda Benedetti, Vinícius Donisete Lima Rodrigues Goulart, Alissa Deming, Hendrik Nollens, Grey Stafford, Sabrina Brando

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, habituation, pinnipeds, rehabilitation, stereotypic behavior

2023

Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)

Authors: Brett Williams, Jennifer Campbell, Corinne Kendall, Jade Tuttle, Emily C. Lynch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal

2023

Integrating Measures of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Giving-Up Densities to Assess Adrenocortical Activity and Well-Being in Zoo-Housed Three-Banded Armadillos (Tolypeutes matacus)

Authors: Jennifer Howell-Stephens, Emily J. Potratz, Joel S. Brown, Dave Bernier, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: environmental modifications, foraging behavior, human managed care, stress physiology

2023

Southern Sea Otter Rehabilitation: Lessons and Impacts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Authors: Leilani Konrad, Jessica A Fujii, Sandrine Hazan, Andrew B Johnson, Karl A Mayer, Michael J Murray, Teri E Nicholson, Michelle M Staedler, Colleen Young

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aquarium, collaboration, southern sea otter, surrogacy, wildlife rehabilitation

2022

Effects of Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony

Authors: A. N. Edes, E. Baskir, K. L. Bauman, N. Chandrasekharan, M. Macek, A. Tieber

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavior, decibel, visitor effects, welfare, zoo

2021

Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Mark Nigel Geoffrey Myhill, James Ali Shora

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index

2021

Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Mark Nigel Geoffrey Myhill, James Ali Shora

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index

2021

Natural Habitat Design for Zoo-Housed Elasmobranch and Teleost Fish Species Improves Behavioural Repertoire and Space Use in a Visitor Facing Exhibit

Authors: Kristie Lawrence, Sally L Sherwen, Hannah Larsen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Captive animal behavior, enclosure design, fish, visitor effect, welfare

2021

Hematology and Plasma Biochemistry Value Differences Between Acclimated and Recently Captive Female Southern Stingrays, Dasyatis americana

Authors: Krystan Grant, Terry Campbell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captive, environmental change, hematology, plasma chemistry, stingrays, wild

2020

Specialised for the Swamp, Catered for in Captivity? A Cross-Institutional Evaluation of Captive Husbandry for Two Species of Lechwe

Authors: Paul E Rose, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: antelope, evidence-based practice, kobus leche, Kobus megaceros, zoo husbandry

2020

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