Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play
2024
The Impact of Visitors on Non-Primate Species in Zoos: A Quantitative Review
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: non-primate species, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare, zoo visitors
2023
Members of the Pod: Do Marine Mammal Trainers Perceive a Bond with the Animals They Care For?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological Botanical Gardens
Keywords: attachment, companion animal, dolphin, human-animal bond (HAB), human-animal relationship (har), zoo
2022
Zoo‐housed mammals do not avoid giving birth on weekends
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: stress response, visitor effect, weekend effect, welfare, zoo visitors
2020
The Need for a Convergence of Agricultural/Laboratory and Zoo-based Approaches to Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal behavior, captivity, farm, five freedoms, positive welfare indicator
2019
Pre and post session behaviour of captive bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus involved in “Swim-with-Dolphin” events
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, swim-with-dolphin, Tursiops truncotus
2019
Is wounding aggression in zoo-housed chimpanzees and ring-tailed lemurs related to zoo visitor numbers?
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, captivity, visitor effect
2016
Are we ignoring neutral and negative human–animal relationships in zoos?
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal attacks, animal welfare, keepers, zoo visitors
2015
The visitor effect in petting zoo-housed animals: Aversive or enriching?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interaction, petting zoo, ungulate, visitor effect
2014
Hediger Revisited: How Do Zoo Animals See Us?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal–visitor interactions, zoo
2013