Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test
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
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: chopped food, desiccation, microbiology, minimally processed food, nutrient composition, zoo animal behavior, zoo nutrition
2020
Directions in animal enclosure use studies
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?
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
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: bird behavior, black-casqued hornbill, Ceratogymna atrata, keeper effect, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare
2020
Ability of the Public to Recognize Dogs Considered to Be Dangerous under the Dangerous Dogs Act in the United Kingdom
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: breed-specific legislation, dangerous dogs, dog breeds, pit bull terrier
2019
Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: anthropogenic noise, environmental change, grouping preference, hermit crabs, intraspecific interaction, sensory environment
2019
Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: compassion, consequentialism, ethics, virtue
2019
Crib biting and equine gastric ulceration syndrome: Do horses that display oral stereotypies have altered gastric anatomy and physiology?
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
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal ethics, animal welfare, human-animal interactions, natural living, wilding, zoo animals
2019