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
Effect of Covering a Visitor Viewing Area Window on the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: little penguins, visitor behaviour, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, visual contact, zoos
2020
Space use and enrichment in a North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) exhibit
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: environmental enrichment, exhibit space use, lontra canadensis, otters, SPI score
2020
Status of animal welfare research in zoos and aquariums: Where are we, where to next?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, research, zoos
2020
Effects of Regulating Visitor Viewing Proximity and the Intensity of Visitor Behaviour on Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) Behaviour and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: little penguins, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, zoos
2019
The Visitor Effect on Zoo Animals: Implications and Opportunities for Zoo Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behaviour, human-animal relationships, stress physiology, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare
2019
An Animal Welfare Risk Assessment Process for Zoos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: assessment, Five Domains, welfare, zoo
2018
“Feelings and Fitness” Not “Feelings or Fitness”–The Raison d’être of Conservation Welfare, Which Aligns Conservation and Animal Welfare Objectives
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare assessment, conservation welfare, environmental ethics, wild animal welfare, wildlife conservation.
2018
Serotonin 1A agonism decreases affiliative behavior in pair-bonded titi monkeys
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: 8-oh-dpat, cortisol, monogamy, oxytocin, pair-bonding, primate, social behavior, vasopressin
2016
Effects of visual contact with zoo visitors on black-capped capuchin welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: human-animal interactions, primates, stress physiology, visitor effect, xoo welfare
2015