Modification of Domestic Animal Lameness Scales for Use in Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: asiatic black bear, bear lameness scale, lameness assessment, locomotion, Ursus spp., Ursus thibetanus, welfare assessment
2023
Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare
2022
Assessing the Visitor and Animal Outcomes of a Zoo Encounter and Guided Tour Program with Ambassador Cheetahs
Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös
Keywords: ambassador animal, cheetah, human-animal interaction
2021
Conservation Education: Are Zoo Animals Effective Ambassadors and Is There Any Cost to Their Welfare?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal-visitor interaction, google scholar, human-animal interaction, methodology, public engagement, zoo
2021
Reported livestock guarding dog-wildlife interactions: Implications for conservation and animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: agriculture, carnivore, coexistence, conflict, human-wildlife, predator control
2020
Impacts of natural history and exhibit factors on carnivore welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, infant mortality, offspring production, pacing, reproductive success
2019
Redefining human-animal relationships: an evaluation of methods to allow their empirical measurement in zoos
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, human-animal interactions, human-animal relationships, method, zoo
2019
Use of molecular data in zoo and aquarium collection management: Benefits, challenges, and best practices
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, hereditary disease, inbreeding, kinship estimation, population management
2019
Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition
2017
Macaques attend to scratching in others
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: communication, displacement, self-directed behaviour, signal, stress
2016