Integrating Individual Animal and Population Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Louis DiVincenti, Allen McDowell, Elizabeth S. Herrelko

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aquarium, population welfare, zoo animal welfare

2023

Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants

Authors: Surendranie J. Cabral de Mel, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing

2023

Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves

Authors: Patrick T Freeman, Erica L Anderson, Kristin B Allen, Caitlin E O'Connell‐Rodwell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african elephant, age, behavioral development, cross-sectional, early social behavior, play

2021

Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves

Authors: Patrick T Freeman, Erica L Anderson, Kristin B Allen, Caitlin E O'Connell‐Rodwell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, interaction, ontogeny, sociality

2021

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Authors: Matt W. Hayward, Alex Callen, Benjamin L. Allen, Guy Ballard, Femke Broekhuis, Cassandra Bugir, Rohan H. Clarke, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Jennifer C. Daltry, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Peter J. S. Fleming, Andrea S. Griffin, Lachlan G. Howell, Graham I. H. Kerley, Kava Klop-Toker, Sarah Legge, Tom Major, Ninon Meyer, Robert A. Montgomery, Katherine Moseby, Daniel M. Parker, Stephanie Periquet, John Read, Robert J. Scanlon, Rebecca Seeto, Craig Shuttleworth, Michael J. Somers, Cottrell T. Tamessar, Katherine Tuft, Rose Upton, Marcia Valenzuela-Molina, Adrian Wayne, Ryan R. Witt, Wolfgang Wuster

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, effective conservation, evidence-based conservation, invasive species, invasives, lethal control, translocation

2019

ADVANCES IN ANIMAL WELFARE FOR FREE-LIVING ANIMALS

Authors: K. Castle, C. Gillin, S. Hernandez, A. Justice-Allen, N. Lamberski, M. Nichols, P. Wolff, J. W. D. Wildlife Welfare Supplement Ed

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, capture, capture techniques, conservation, d. mulcahy, ethics, fish, handling, hot-iron, medicine, pain sensitivity, physiological parameters, procedural considerations., research, sampling, tagging fish, veterinary, veterinary sciences, white-tailed deer, wildlife, wildlife management 4/211-219

2016

Aquarium microbiome response to ninety-percent system water change: Clues to microbiome management

Authors: William Van Bonn, Allen LaPointe, Sean M. Gibbons, Angel Frazier, Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Jack Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium life support, aquatic microbes, dysbiosis, fish health, veterinary

2015

PRESLAUGHTER HANDLING | Welfare of Animals

Authors: P. Lawlis, A. Allen

Publication/Journal: Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences (Second Edition)

Keywords: animal behavior, animal pain, animal rights movement, animal welfare, animal welfare legislation, animal welfare science, biological functioning, five freedoms, human–animal bond, measures, modern utilitarianism, sentience, standards, telos

2014

Male risk taking, female odors, and the role of estrogen receptors

Authors: Martin Kavaliers, Amy Clipperton-Allen, Cheryl L. Cragg, Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Kenneth S. Korach, Louis Muglia, Elena Choleris

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, boldness, decision-making, fear, oxytocin, predator odor, sexual behavior, social behavior, social recognition

2012

Measuring the success of a farm animal welfare education event

Authors: J. Jamieson, M. J. Reiss, D. Allen, L. Asher, C. M. Wathes, S. M. Abeyesinghe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, chickens, children, education, evaluation

2012

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