Chimpanzee immigration: Complex social strategies differ between zoo-based and wild animals

Authors: Jennifer Susan McClung, Florent Goetschi, Adrian Baumeyer, Klaus Zuberbühler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: demonic females, immigration, integration, inter-group, policing, social relationship

2020

Evaluation of the Impact of Behavioral Opportunities on Four Zoo-Housed Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)

Authors: Jennifer Hamilton, Grace Fuller, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, goal-based enrichment, nocturnal species

2020

In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Molly McGuire, Jennifer M %J PeerJ Vonk

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: affect, gorilla, housing, response latency, response slowing, space

2020

Increasing browse and social complexity can improve zoo elephant welfare

Authors: Monica Lasky, Jennifer Campbell, Jason A Osborne, Erin L Ivory, Jacob Lasky, Corinne J Kendall

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, diet, ex situ, loxodonta africana, management, social

2020

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

Authors: Cairsty DePasquale, Jennifer Sturgill, Victoria A Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE

Keywords: fish welfare, habitat preference, preference test

2020

Why Are Octopuses Going to Be the ‘Poster Child’ for Invertebrate Welfare?

Authors: Jennifer Mather

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cephalopods, consciousness, intelligence, octopuses, welfare

2020

A Collaborative Model for Managing Animal Hoarding Cases

Authors: Sandra Strong, Jennifer Federico, Ron Banks, Cathy Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal control, animal hoarding, animal welfare, companion animal

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

Does Enrichment Improve Well Being in Animals under Human Care? A Case Study of Two Harbor Seals (Phoca Vitulina)

Authors: Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Jennifer N. Schneider, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enrichment, human-animal interactions, seals, welfare

2019

Does Enrichment Improve Well Being in Animals under Human Care? A Case Study of Two Harbor Seals (Phoca Vitulina)

Authors: Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Jennifer N. Schneider, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enrichment, human-animal interactions, seals, welfare

2019

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