Are Dolphins Kept in Impoverished Environments?

Authors: Kelly Jaakkola

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, cetacea, cognitive enrichment, dolphins, impoverishment

2023

Cooperation increases bottlenose dolphins’ (Tursiops truncatus) social affiliation

Authors: Stefano Bigiani, Cristina Pilenga

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

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2023

The Effect of Enrichment on Leopard Geckos (Eublepharis macularius) Housed in Two Different Maintenance Systems (Rack System vs. Terrarium)

Authors: Damian Zieliński

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, leopard gecko, rack system, terrarium

2023

Know when you are on a break: effects of predictable breaks on bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus behaviours

Authors: Stefano Bigiani, Cristina Pil

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

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2023

Using Anticipatory Behavior to Detect the Change in Interest in an Activity Repeated Several Times and Avoid Habituation in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus)

Authors: Stefano Bigiani, Cristina Pilenga

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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2023

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

Social network-proximity association: Preliminary evaluation of giraffe sociality in a zoo-housed group

Authors: C Grasso, G Poso, C Lenzi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: affiliative, giraffe, GIS, proximity, sociality

2022

Comparison of Two Different Feather Sampling Methods to Measure Corticosterone in Wild Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and Wild Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

Authors: Marielu Voit, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Lukas Reese, Mechthild Wiegard, Hermann Will, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annaïs Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, comparative study, cut feathers, feather corticosterone, greater flamingo, less invasive, mallards, plucked feathers, refinement, sex comparison, wild birds

2021

Feather Corticosterone Measurements and Behavioral Observations in the Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Living under Different Flight Restraint Conditions in German Zoos

Authors: Gudrun Haase, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Mechthild Wiegard, Hermann Will, Lukas Reese, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annais Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, clipping feathers, deflighting, feather corticosterone, great white pelican, pinioning, zoo animal welfare

2021

Feather Corticosterone Measurements and Behavioral Observations in the Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Living under Different Flight Restraint Conditions in German Zoos

Authors: Gudrun Haase, Mechthild Wiegard, Christa Thöne-Reineke, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Hermann Will, Roswitha Merle, Manel Lopez-Bejar, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annais Carbajal

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, clipping feathers, deflighting, feather corticosterone, great white pelican, pinioning, zoo animal welfare

2021