A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training
2024
Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords:
2023
Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather
2022
Impact of Broad-Spectrum Lighting on Recall Behaviour in a Pair of Captive Blue-Throated Macaws (Ara glaucogularis)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: artificial lighting, behaviour, husbandry, Pstiaccidae, T5 lamps, ultraviolet light, vision
2022
Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design
2022
Welfare Assessment Tools in Zoos: From Theory to Practice
Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences
Keywords: animal-based, Five Domains, resource-based, scoring, validity, zoo animal welfare
2022
A Comparative Perspective on Three Primate Species’ Responses to a Pictorial Emotional Stroop Task
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, attentional bias, emotions, snake detection theory, Stroop effect, touchscreen, welfare, zoo
2021
Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships
2021
Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships
2021
Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum
Publication/Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes
Keywords: captive breeding, olfactory enrichment, olfactory mediation, shark reproduction
2021