The ethical assessment of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in wildlife conservation

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Elena Mercugliano, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Ilaria Pollastri, Maria Michela Spiriti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Frank Göritz, Susanne Holtze, Cesare Galli, Jan Stejskal, Silvia Colleoni, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, David Ndeereh, Isaac Lekolool, Stephen Ngulu, Dominic Mijele, Daniel Čižmár, Raffaella Simone, Lisa Schrade, Simone Basile, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity conservation, conservation ethics, Ethical assessment, research ethics

2024

Mitigating Human Impacts on Wild Animal Welfare

Authors: David W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: biodiversity conservation, human impacts, vertebrate wildlife, wild animal welfare, wildlife management

2023

Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?

Authors: Charlotte Gresham, Fiona Mathews, Amanda Ferguson, Jamie Mitchell, Lisa Clifforde, Dave Clarke, Lewis J. Rowden

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare

2022

Frog in the Well: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Amphibian Sentience

Authors: Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, Neil D’Cruze

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: amphibian, pet trade, sentience

2022

Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species

Authors: Alyssa M Hartzheim, Jennifer L Terry, Emily K Field, Natalie T Haydt, Sinlan Poo, Lorin A Neuman‐Lee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology

Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise

2022

Cognitive Enrichment in Practice: A Survey of Factors Affecting Its Implementation in Zoos Globally

Authors: Belinda A Hall, David M McGill, Sally L Sherwen, Rebecca E Doyle

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal enrichment, barriers to adoption, captive vertebrate management, cognition, practice change

2021

The Use of a Species-Specific Health and Welfare Assessment Tool for the Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini

Authors: Meghan M Holst, Tim Miller-Morgan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: disease, octopus, senescence, stress, welfare

2021

Status of animal welfare research in zoos and aquariums: Where are we, where to next?

Authors: Sally Binding, Holly Farmer, Laura Krusin, Katherine Cronin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, research, zoos

2020

Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse

Authors: Adam Hartstone-Rose, Edwin Dickinson, Lisa M Paciulli, Ashley R Deutsch, Leon Tran, Grace Jones, Kaitlyn C Leonard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: anxiety, captive, light, weather, zoo

2020

The Use of a Species-Specific Health and Welfare Assessment Tool for the Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini

Authors: Meghan M Holst, Tim Miller-Morgan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: disease, octopus, senescence, stress, welfare

2020

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