Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare

Authors: Jonathan L. Webb, Jennie A. H. Crawley, Martin W. Seltmann, Oceane Liehrmann, Nicola Hemmings, U. Kyaw Nyein, Htoo Htoo Aung, Win Htut, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenpera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural assessment, ethogram, observational study, reliability, stress

2020

Play in Elephants: Wellbeing, Welfare or Distraction?

Authors: C Elizabeth Webber, Phyllis C Lee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive wellbeing, comparative play rates, early development, elephant play

2020

Preliminary model of personality structure in captive red pandas (Ailurus fulgens)

Authors: Tyler Andres-Bray, Peter Moller, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal personality, personality dimensions, red panda, temperament

2020

Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Authors: Eszter Matrai, Angela KW Ng, Michelle MH Chan, Suzanne M Gendron, Kathleen M Dudzinski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving

2020

Future Directions for Personality Research: Contributing New Insights to the Understanding of Animal Behavior

Authors: Vanessa Wilson, Anja Guenther, Oyvind Overli, Martin W. Seltmann, Drew Altschul

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, developmental plasticity, endocrinology, fitness, individual differences, longevity, personality, stress coping, wellbeing

2019

Looking for Visitor’s Effect in Sanctuaries: Implications of Guided Visitor Groups on the Behavior of the Chimpanzees at Fundació Mona

Authors: Jana López-Álvarez, Yaiza Sanjorge, Sara Soloaga, Dietmar Crailsheim, Miquel Llorente

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, human interaction, sanctuary, visitor effect, welfare

2019

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: The Common Swine Industry Audit: Future steps to assure positive on-farm animal welfare utilizing validated, repeatable and feasible animal-based measures

Authors: M. Pairis-Garcia, S. J. Moeller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: agriculture, audit, dairy & animal science, euthanasia, finishing pigs, sows, swine, system, united-states, welfare

2017

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) sleep study – long-term quantitative research at Dublin Zoo

Authors: Brendan Walsh

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: asian elephant, husbandry, sleep, zoo

2017

Assessment of behavior and space use before and after forelimb amputation in a zoo-housed chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Mabel Y. L. Ang, Marisa A. Shender, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adaptability, disability, management, post-operative care, recovery

2017

Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection

Authors: Ryan Lumber, Miles Richardson, David Sheffield

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: nature connectedness, pro-environmental behavior

2017