The Link Between Personality, Subjective Well-being, and Welfare in Zoo-Housed Sulawesi Crested Macaques (Macaca nigra)

Authors: Nia Parry-Howells, Kathy Baker, Holly L. Farmer

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

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2023

Location, Location, Location! Evaluating Space Use of Captive Aquatic Species; A Case Study with Elasmobranchs

Authors: Alexis M. Hart, Zac Reynolds, Sandra M. Troxell-Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, elasmobranch, sharks, space use, Spread of participation index, ZooMonitor

2022

Activity Budget Comparisons Using Long-Term Observations of a Group of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care: Implications for Animal Welfare

Authors: Tim Huettner, Sandra Dollhaeupl, Ralph Simon, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budgets, animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, dolphin behavior, keeper ratings, zoo animal behavior

2021

Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research

Authors: Charlotte Goursot, Sandra Düpjan, Birger Puppe, Lisette MC Leliveld

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, emotional reactivity, emotional regulation, hemispheric dominance, individuality, motivational tendencies, motor lateralization, personality, stable individual traits

2021

Using individual-specific conditioning to reduce stereotypic behaviours: A study on smooth dogfish Mustelus canis in captivity

Authors: Alexis Hart, Zac Reynolds, Sandra Troxell-Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, elasmobranchs

2021

Interspecies Interactions Mediated by Technology: An Avian Case Study at the Zoo

Authors: Rébecca Kleinberger, Anne HK Harrington, Lydia Yu, Akito van Troyer, David Su, Janet M Baker, Gabriel Miller

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Keywords: animal agency, animal music, animal-computer-interaction, enrichment, interspecies interactions, sonic enrichment

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

Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species

Authors: Paul J. Johnson, Vanessa M. Adams, Doug P. Armstrong, Sandra E. Baker, Duan Biggs, Luigi Boitani, Alayne Cotterill, Emma Dale, Holly O'Donnell, David J. T. Douglas, Egil Droge, John G. Ewen, Ruth E. Feber, Piero Genovesi, Clive Hambler, Bart J. Harmsen, Lauren A. Harrington, Amy Hinks, Joelene Hughes, Lydia Katsis, Andrew Loveridge, Axel Moehrenschlager, Christopher O'Kane, Meshach Pierre, Steve Redpath, Lovemore Sibanda, Pritpal Soorae, Mark Stanley Price, Peter Tyrrell, Alexandra Zimmermann, Amy Dickman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: compassion, consequentialism, ethics, virtue

2019

The effects of olfactory stimulation on the behavior of captive ring‐tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Brittanny Baker, Sienna Taylor, V. Tamara Montrose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: environmental enrichment, lemur behavior, odors, zoo welfare

2018

“Feelings and Fitness” Not “Feelings or Fitness”–The Raison d’être of Conservation Welfare, Which Aligns Conservation and Animal Welfare Objectives

Authors: Ngaio J. Beausoleil, David J. Mellor, Liv Baker, Sandra E. Baker, Mariagrazia Bellio, Alison S. Clarke, Arnja Dale, Steve Garlick, Bidda Jones, Andrea Harvey, Benjamin J. Pitcher, Sally Sherwen, Karen A. Stockin, Sarah Zito

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare assessment, conservation welfare, environmental ethics, wild animal welfare, wildlife conservation.

2018

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