Improving Animal Wellbeing Using Behavior-Based Methodologies: A Discussion on Enrichment and Bears under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bear enrichment, bears, behavior-based enrichment, behavior-based husbandry, enrichment, goal-based enrichment, living strategies
2023
Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, bear, keeper ratings, ursidae, welfare assessment, zoo animal welfare
2021
Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: exudate enrichment, gummivory, insectivory, rescue centre, Thailand
2021
When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: acclimation, behaviour, enrichment, management, training
2021
Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal social structure, animal welfare, giraffes, habitat design, human-animal interactions
2020
Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving
2020
Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics
2019
Aggressiveness in group-housed rabbit does: Influence of group size and pen characteristics
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bayesian inference, behaviour, collective housing, reproducing rabbit does
2017
Study investigating the attitudes and opinions of cattle farmers and veterinarians in the UK on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for post-disbudding analgesia of calves
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: analgesia, animal welfare, calves, disbudding, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids), veterinarian and farmer
2017
Does enrichment improve reptile welfare? Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) respond to five types of environmental enrichment
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: captivity, exploration, gentle handling, lizard, squamata, welfare
2016