A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals

Authors: Steve Martin, Grey Stafford, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training

2024

Body mass and growth rates in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) cared for in African wildlife sanctuaries, zoological institutions, and research facilities

Authors: Bryony A Curry, Aimee L Drane, Rebeca Atencia, Yedra Feltrer, Glyn Howatson, Thalita Calvi, Christopher Palmer, Sophie Moittie, Steve Unwin, Joshua C Tremblay

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, growth rate

2022

The nocturnal activity of a commonly housed rodent: How African pygmy dormice (Graphiurus murinus) respond to an enriched environment

Authors: Geminni PSA Lang, Paul E Rose, Steve M Nash, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavioral repertoires, Graphiurus murinus, nest box, space use, welfare

2020

Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species

Authors: Paul J. Johnson, Vanessa M. Adams, Doug P. Armstrong, Sandra E. Baker, Duan Biggs, Luigi Boitani, Alayne Cotterill, Emma Dale, Holly O'Donnell, David J. T. Douglas, Egil Droge, John G. Ewen, Ruth E. Feber, Piero Genovesi, Clive Hambler, Bart J. Harmsen, Lauren A. Harrington, Amy Hinks, Joelene Hughes, Lydia Katsis, Andrew Loveridge, Axel Moehrenschlager, Christopher O'Kane, Meshach Pierre, Steve Redpath, Lovemore Sibanda, Pritpal Soorae, Mark Stanley Price, Peter Tyrrell, Alexandra Zimmermann, Amy Dickman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: compassion, consequentialism, ethics, virtue

2019

“Feelings and Fitness” Not “Feelings or Fitness”–The Raison d’être of Conservation Welfare, Which Aligns Conservation and Animal Welfare Objectives

Authors: Ngaio J. Beausoleil, David J. Mellor, Liv Baker, Sandra E. Baker, Mariagrazia Bellio, Alison S. Clarke, Arnja Dale, Steve Garlick, Bidda Jones, Andrea Harvey, Benjamin J. Pitcher, Sally Sherwen, Karen A. Stockin, Sarah Zito

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare assessment, conservation welfare, environmental ethics, wild animal welfare, wildlife conservation.

2018

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

Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour

Authors: María Díez-León, Steve Bursian, David Galicia, Angelo Napolitano, Rupert Palme, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour

2016

Training giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) for front foot radiographs and hoof care

Authors: Liza I. Dadone, Amy Schilz, Susan G. Friedman, Jason Bredahl, Steve Foxworth, Bob Chastain

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: foot radiographs, hoof care, lameness, operant training, restricted contact

2016

Are mixed diets beneficial for the welfare of captive axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)? Effects of feeding regimes on growth and behavior

Authors: Dean J. Slight, Hazel J. Nichols, Kevin Arbuckle

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: activity, aquatic amphibian, development, environmental enrichment, folklore husbandry, nutrition

2015

Reproductive and parental behavior in Taveta golden weavers (Ploceus castaneiceps)

Authors: Annie J. Valuska, Katherine A. Leighty, Chelle Plassé, Paul Schutz, Val Nichols, Christy Sky, Shawnlei Breeding

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: husbandry, reproduction, social group

2015

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