The Elephant Welfare Initiative: a model for advancing evidence‐based zoo animal welfare monitoring, assessment and enhancement
Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook
Keywords: behaviour, body condition, evidence-based animal care, stereotypic behaviour, welfare benchmarking, welfare epidemiology, welfare monitoring, welfare software, zoo animal welfare
2019
Why pace? The influence of social, housing, management, life history, and demographic characteristics on locomotor stereotypy in zoo elephants
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, elephants, epidemiology, stereotypic behavior forms, zoo
2017
The Days and Nights of Zoo Elephants: Using Epidemiology to Better Understand Stereotypic Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in North American Zoos
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: elephants, stereotypy, zoo
2016
Determining Connections between the Daily Lives of Zoo Elephants and Their Welfare: An Epidemiological Approach
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: elephants, epidemiology, welfare, zoos
2016
Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: diet, elephant husbandry, enrichment, training, zoos
2016
Evaluation of Demographics and Social Life Events of Asian (Elephas maximus) and African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in North American Zoos
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: demographics, elephants, zoos
2016
Housing and Social Environments of African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) Elephants in North American Zoos
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: elephants, housing, social environment, zoo
2016
Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: elephants, recumbency, welfare, zoo
2016
Walking Behavior of Zoo Elephants: Associations between GPS-Measured Daily Walking Distances and Environmental Factors, Social Factors, and Welfare Indicators
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: captivity, elephants, gps, walking, welfare indicators
2016
An Epidemiological Approach to Welfare Research in Zoos: The Elephant Welfare Project
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: elephant, epidemiology, husbandry, management, welfare
2013