Challenges of Zoo Animal Welfare

Authors: Ron Kagan, Jack Veasey

Publication/Journal: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, stress, welfare indicators, zoo animals

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2010

Differing animal welfare conceptions and what they mean for the future of zoos and aquariums, insights from an animal welfare audit

Authors: Jake S Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, audit

2022

Behaviour change in Amur tigers Panthera tigris altaica after an enclosure move

Authors: Bridget Johnson, Jack Langton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: amur tiger, enclosure, environmental enrichment

2021

Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

Evaluating the social structure of captive Rothschild’s giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi): Relevance to animal management and animal welfare

Authors: Jack Lewton, Paul E Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, giraffe, partner preference, social network analysis, zoo population management

2020

Assessing the Psychological Priorities for Optimising Captive Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare

Authors: Jake Stuart Veasey

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, appetitive, asian elephant, AWPIS, behavioural needs, cognition, motivation, psychological priorities, zoo

2019

Physiological and behavioural evaluation of common anaesthesia practices in the rainbow trout

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol, anaesthetic, aversion, cortisol, stress

2018

Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups

Authors: Simon P. Turner, Ian M. Nevison, Suzanne Desire, Irene Camerlink, Rainer Roehe, Sarah H. Ison, Marianne Farish, Mhairi C. Jack, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social

2017

The impact of social context on behaviour and the recovery from welfare challenges in zebrafish, Danio rerio

Authors: Lewis J. White, Jack S. Thomson, Kieran C. Pounder, Robert C. Coleman, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: fish welfare, recovery, social enrichment, stress

2017

In pursuit of peak animal welfare; the need to prioritize the meaningful over the measurable

Authors: Jake S. Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive, health, optimal, peak, psychological, welfare

2017

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