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)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Captivity and habituation to humans raise curiosity in vervet monkeys

Authors: Sofia Ingrid Fredrika Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Pooja Dongre, Tecla Mohr, Erica van de Waal

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: curiosity, habituation, human interaction, neophobia, vervet monkey

2021

Evaluating the Effect of Visitor Presence on Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Behavior

Authors: Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Hani Freeman, Andrew C Alba, Joseph Soltis, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, visitor effect, zoo

2021

Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration

Authors: Charlotte James, Andrew Nicholls, Marianne Freeman, Kerry Hunt, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot

2021

Surviving the Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Reforming the ‘Disposal’of Confiscated Live Animals under CITES

Authors: Shannon N Rivera, Andrew Knight, Steven P McCulloch

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cites, conservation, illegal wildlife trade, wildlife confiscations, wildlife disposal

2021

The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare

Authors: David J Mellor, Ngaio J Beausoleil, Katherine E Littlewood, Andrew N McLean, Paul D McGreevy, Bidda Jones, Cristina Wilkins

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affective state, behavioural interaction, biological functioning, environment, human behaviour, humans, other animals, welfare grading, welfare impacts

2020

Chimpanzees’(Pan troglodytes) problem-solving skills are influenced by housing facility and captive care duration

Authors: Sofia Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Christine Hrubesch, Claudio Tennie

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: chimpanzees, experience effect, housing facility, physical cognition, problem-solving skills

2020

Effects of multiple stressors on fish shoal collective motion are independent and vary with shoaling metric

Authors: Georgina M Ginnaw, Isla K Davidson, Harry R Harding, Stephen D Simpson, Nicholas W Roberts, Andrew N Radford, Christos C Ioannou

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: colletive behaviour, environmental stressors, gasterosteus aculeatus, group personality, stickleback, thigmotaxis

2020

Equid Assessment, Research and Scoping (EARS): The Development and Implementation of a New Equid Welfare Assessment and Monitoring Tool

Authors: Zoe Raw, Joao B. Rodrigues, Karen Rickards, Joe Ryding, Stuart L. Norris, Andrew Judge, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Tamlin L. Watson, Holly Little, Ben Hart, Rebekah Sulivan, Chris Garrett, Faith A. Burden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-based indicators, equid, equid welfare, evidence-based practice, one health, welfare assessment

2020

Social and environmental impacts on sleep in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Emma Evison, Andrew McKenzie, Lisa Holmes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: asian elephant, sleep, social compatibility, welfare, zoo

2020

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