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
Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index
2021
Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index
2021
Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros
Publication/Journal: acta ethologica
Keywords: conservation, rehabilitation, white rhinoceros
2020
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
Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: highland specialist, montane species, phenotypic plasticity, reptile, thermoregulation
2017