Effects of the presence of zoo visitors on zoo-housed little penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Authors: Samantha J Chiew, Kym L Butler, Kerry V Fanson, Simon Eyre, Grahame J Coleman, Sally L Sherwen, Vicky Melfi, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Keywords: Kororā, little penguins, new zealand, visitor effect, visitor presence, visitor–animal interactions, zoos

2021

The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)

Authors: Lydia K Acaralp-Rehnberg, Grahame J Coleman, Michael JL Magrath, Vicky Melfi, Kerry V Fanson, Ian M Bland

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2020

Effects of Regulating Visitor Viewing Proximity and the Intensity of Visitor Behaviour on Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) Behaviour and Welfare

Authors: Samantha J. Chiew, Kym L. Butler, Sally L. Sherwen, Grahame J. Coleman, Kerry V. Fanson, Paul H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: little penguins, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, zoos

2019

High-Tech and Tactile: Cognitive Enrichment for Zoo-Housed Gorillas

Authors: F. E. Clark, S. I. Gray, P. Bennett, L. J. Mason, K. V. Burgess

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, behavior, challenge, gorilla gorilla gorilla, maze, puzzle, technology, welfare

2019

Effects of visual contact with zoo visitors on black-capped capuchin welfare

Authors: Sally L. Sherwen, Trista J. Harvey, Michael J. L. Magrath, Kym L. Butler, Kerry V. Fanson, Paul H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: human-animal interactions, primates, stress physiology, visitor effect, xoo welfare

2015

Impacts of visitor number on Kangaroos housed in free-range exhibits

Authors: Sally L. Sherwen, Paul H. Hemsworth, Kym L. Butler, Kerry V. Fanson, Michael J. L. Magrath

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behaviour, free-range exhibits, visitor effects

2015

Validation of an assay to measure glucocorticoid metabolites in the droppings of little penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Authors: Sally L Sherwen, Kerry V Fanson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: assay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, little penguins

2015

Effect of housing and husbandry practices on adrenocortical activity in captive Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Authors: K. V. Fanson, N. C. Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, canada lynx, captive breeding, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, felid, stress

2013

Mother–offspring recognition in the bat Carollia perspicillata

Authors: Mirjam Knörnschild, Marion Feifel, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: carollia perspicillata, male courtship, maternal care, maternal experience, playback experiment, seba's short-tailed fruit bat

2013