Global Overview of Environmental Enrichment Studies: What Has Been Done and Future Directions

Authors: Érica da Silva Bachetti, Layane Yamile Viol, Arleu Barbosa Viana-Junior, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal management, animal welfare, animals under human care, captive environment

2024

The voice of choice: A scoping review of choice-based animal welfare studies

Authors: Kelli Rust, Isabella Clegg, Eduardo J. Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, applied animal behaviour, captive environments, choice

2024

The Voice of Choice: A Scoping Review of Choice-Based Animal Welfare Studies

Authors: Kelli Rust, Isabella Clegg, Eduardo J. Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, applied animal behaviour, captive environments, choice

2024

Characterization of Current Husbandry and Veterinary Care Practices of the Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) Using an Online Survey

Authors: Ashley J. Kirby, Julie A. Balko, Caroline E. C. Goertz, Gregory A. Lewbart

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: anesthesia, octopus, sedation, veterinary

2023

Thermal Imaging to Assess the Health Status in Wildlife Animals under Human Care: Limitations and Perspectives

Authors: Daniel Mota-Rojas, Alfredo MF Pereira, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Jennifer Rios-Sandoval, Ana de Mira Geraldo, Dehua Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: infrared thermography, pain, thermal status, thermal window

2022

Zoo Closure Does Not Affect Behavior and Activity Patterns of Palawan Binturong (Arctictis binturong whitei)

Authors: Katherine Finch, Megan Leary, Lisa Holmes, Leah J Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: 24h monitoring, COVID-19, understudied, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, welfare

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

A Critical review of animal-based welfare indicators for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in zoos: Identification and evidence of validity

Authors: CR Skovlund, MK Kirchner, LW Moos, N Alsted, X Manteca, O Tallo-Parra, M Stelvig

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, polar bear, welfare assessment, welfare indicators, zoo welfare

2021

Potential applications of personality assessments to the management of non-human primates: a review of 10 years of study

Authors: Max Norman, Lewis J Rowden, Guy Cowlishaw

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: management, non-human primates, personality assessment

2021

The use of biofloors in great ape zoo exhibits

Authors: Jesse G Leinwand, Jill A Moyse, Lydia M Hopper, Maureen Leahy, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bedding, biofloor, deep litter, exhibit design, great apes, primates, welfare, zoo

2021