Do zoo‐housed primates retreat from crowds? A simple study of five primate species

Authors: Alexandria Cairo‐Evans, Natasha K Wierzal, Jason D Wark, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, primates, visitor effects, zoo

2022

Interest in coloured objects and behavioural budgets of individual captive freshwater turtles

Authors: Angus James Campbell Thomson, Callum Craig Bannister, Reece Taylor Marshall, Natasha McNeil, Donna Maria Mear, Susie Lovick-Earle, Mirela Cuculescu-Santana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, escape behaviour, novelty stress

2021

Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats

Authors: Bridget W Brox, Katheryn Edwards, Natasha A Buist, Anne C Macaskill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: food preference, group-housed, meerkat, zoo welfare

2021

Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats

Authors: Bridget W Brox, Katheryn Edwards, Natasha A Buist, Anne C Macaskill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: meerkat, preference

2021

Mapping Shade Availability and Use in Zoo Environments: A Tool for Evaluating Thermal Comfort

Authors: Jason D Wark, Natasha K Wierzal, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior monitoring, behavioral thermoregulation, shade, Sichuan takin, temperature, zoo, ZooMonitor

2020

Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus

Authors: Aneesh P. H. Bose, Daniel Zayonc, Nikolaos Avrantinis, Natasha Ficzycz, Jonathan Fischer-Rush, Fiona T. Francis, Siobhan Gray, Faye Manning, Haley Robb, Coralee Schmidt, Christine Spice, Aari Umedaly, Jeff Warden, Isabelle M. Cote

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: animal welfare, Echinoderm, invertebrate, reintroduction, relocation, stress

2019

The use of visual media as a tool for investigating animal behaviour

Authors: Ximena J. Nelson, Natasha Fijn

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ‘people power’, citizen science, crowdsourcing, internet, online resource, opportunistic observation, playback study, preliminary testing, youtube

2013

Experimental and husbandry procedures as potential modifiers of the results of phenotyping tests

Authors: Anna-Karin Gerdin, Natalia Igosheva, Laura-Anne Roberson, Ozama Ismail, Natasha Karp, Mark Sanderson, Emma Cambridge, Carl Shannon, David Sunter, Ramiro Ramirez-Solis, James Bussell, Jacqueline K. White

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: blood glucose, core temperature, husbandry, radiotelemetry, stress response, systematic large-scale phenotyping

2012

The Legal Status of Cats in New Zealand: A Perspective on the Welfare of Companion, Stray, and Feral Domestic Cats (Felis catus)

Authors: Mark J. Farnworth, Nicholson G. Dye, Natasha Keown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cats, companion, feral, stray, welfare

2010