Dolphin Welfare Assessment under Professional Care:‘Willingness to Participate’, an Indicator Significantly Associated with Six Potential ‘Alerting Factors’

Authors: Fabienne Delfour, Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Cristina Pilenga, Daniel Garcia-Parraga, Heiko G Rödel, Nuria García Caro, Enrique Perlado Campos, Birgitta Mercera

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: dolphins, human-animal interaction, qualitative behavioural assessment, welfare

2020

The influence of animal welfare accreditation programmes on zoo visitor perceptions of the welfare of zoo animals

Authors: Daniel Warsaw, Janet Sayers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: customer service, quality management, zoo communication, zoo management, zoo visitors

2020

Monitoring water quality changes and ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport

Authors: Myriam Vanderzwalmen, Jason McNeill, Dorine Delieuvin, Simona Senes, Daniel Sanchez-Lacalle, Carrie Mullen, Iain McLellan, Peter Carey, Donna Snellgrove, Andy Foggo

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: behaviour, fish pathogens, ornamental fishes, transport, water chemistry, welfare

2020

A Ten-Stage Protocol for Assessing the Welfare of Individual Non-Captive Wild Animals: Free-Roaming Horses (Equus Ferus Caballus) as an Example

Authors: Andrea M. Harvey, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Daniel Ramp, David J. Mellor

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: feral, Five Domains, free-roaming, horses, welfare assessment, wild, wildlife

2020

An Assessment of Welfare Conditions in Wildlife Markets across Morocco

Authors: Daniel Bergin, Vincent Nijman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: five freedoms, Mediterranean, pet, welfare assessment, wildlife trade

2019

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Authors: Matt W. Hayward, Alex Callen, Benjamin L. Allen, Guy Ballard, Femke Broekhuis, Cassandra Bugir, Rohan H. Clarke, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Jennifer C. Daltry, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Peter J. S. Fleming, Andrea S. Griffin, Lachlan G. Howell, Graham I. H. Kerley, Kava Klop-Toker, Sarah Legge, Tom Major, Ninon Meyer, Robert A. Montgomery, Katherine Moseby, Daniel M. Parker, Stephanie Periquet, John Read, Robert J. Scanlon, Rebecca Seeto, Craig Shuttleworth, Michael J. Somers, Cottrell T. Tamessar, Katherine Tuft, Rose Upton, Marcia Valenzuela-Molina, Adrian Wayne, Ryan R. Witt, Wolfgang Wuster

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, effective conservation, evidence-based conservation, invasive species, invasives, lethal control, translocation

2019

Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus

Authors: Aneesh P. H. Bose, Daniel Zayonc, Nikolaos Avrantinis, Natasha Ficzycz, Jonathan Fischer-Rush, Fiona T. Francis, Siobhan Gray, Faye Manning, Haley Robb, Coralee Schmidt, Christine Spice, Aari Umedaly, Jeff Warden, Isabelle M. Cote

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: animal welfare, Echinoderm, invertebrate, reintroduction, relocation, stress

2019

Mixed support for state maintaining risky personality traits in yellow-bellied marmots

Authors: Matthew B. Petelle, Julien G. A. Martin, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: activity, aggression, exploration, maintenance, pace-of-life hypothesis, personality, risk, state-dependent safety hypothesis, yellow-bellied marmot

2019

Automated real-time stress monitoring of police horses using wearable technology

Authors: Tomas Norton, Deborah Piette, Vasileios Exadaktylos, Daniel Berckmans

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: horse, performance, police, stress, suitability, wearable technology

2018

Daily rhythmicity of behavioral responses in donkeys of different age groups during the cold-dry (harmattan) and hot-dry seasons in a tropical savannah

Authors: Friday Ocheja Zakari, Joseph Olusegun Ayo, Peter Ibrahim Rekwot, Muhammed Umar Kawu, Ndazo Salka Minka, Folashade Helen Olaifa, Muhammed Jimoh Ibrahim, Daniel Onimisi Avazi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, cold-dry season, daily rhythm, donkeys, hot-dry season

2018

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