Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test

Authors: Mark James Learmonth, Sally Sherwen, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals

2020

Challenges and Directions in Zoo and Aquarium Food Presentation Research: A Review

Authors: James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: chopped food, desiccation, microbiology, minimally processed food, nutrient composition, zoo animal behavior, zoo nutrition

2020

Concepts, applications, uses and evaluation of environmental enrichment

Authors: Lisa Marie Riley, Paul Edward Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: barriers to enrichment, food-based bias, keeper opinions, taxonomic bias, workshop

2020

Directions in animal enclosure use studies

Authors: James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Electivity Index, enclosure use, evidence-based zoo animal management, exhibit design, Spread of participation index

2020

Human–Animal Interactions in Zoos: What Can Compassionate Conservation, Conservation Welfare and Duty of Care Tell Us about the Ethics of Interacting, and Avoiding Unintended Consequences?

Authors: Mark James Learmonth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal ethics, animal–visitor interactions, compassionate conservation, conservation welfare, duty of care, human-animal interactions, zoo animals

2020

Why the “Visitor Effect” Is Complicated. Unraveling Individual Animal, Visitor Number, and Climatic Influences on Behavior, Space Use and Interactions With Keepers—A Case Study on Captive Hornbills

Authors: Paul E Rose, Jake S Scales, James E Brereton

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: bird behavior, black-casqued hornbill, Ceratogymna atrata, keeper effect, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare

2020

Crib biting and equine gastric ulceration syndrome: Do horses that display oral stereotypies have altered gastric anatomy and physiology?

Authors: Simon Paul Daniels, Louise Scott, Imogen De Lavis, Annabel Linekar, Andrew James Hemmings

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: gastric ulceration, oral stereotypies, oxidative stress, stomach, stress

2019

Dilemmas for Natural Living Concepts of Zoo Animal Welfare

Authors: Mark James Learmonth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal ethics, animal welfare, human-animal interactions, natural living, wilding, zoo animals

2019

Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population

Authors: Jilian M. Fazio, Elizabeth W. Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Edward C. M. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ex situ husbandry, felids, reproductive behavior

2019

Minimizing the impact of biologging devices: Using computational fluid dynamics for optimizing tag design and positioning

Authors: William P. Kay, David S. Naumann, Hannah J. Bowen, Simon J. Withers, Benjamin J. Evans, Rory P. Wilson, Thomas B. Stringell, James C. Bull, Phil W. Hopkins, Luca Borger

Publication/Journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Keywords: animal welfare, biologging, biotelemetry, computational fluid dynamics, drag, flow simulation, hydrodynamics, tag design

2019