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  1. Managing Our Relationship with Free-Roaming Cats in Zoopoland

    Contributor(s):: Schaffner, Joan E.

  2. A science-based policy for managing free-roaming cats

    Contributor(s):: Lepczyk, C. A., Duffy, D. C., Bird, D. M., Calver, M., Cherkassky, D., Cherkassky, L., Dickman, C. R., Hunter, D., Jessup, D., Longcore, T., Loss, S. R., Loyd, K. A. T., Marra, P. P., Marzluff, J. M., Noss, R. F., Simberloff, D., Sizemore, G. C., Temple, S. A., Heezik, Y. van

  3. Olfactory behaviour reactions to Acalypha indica preparations in domestic cats

    Contributor(s):: Wickramaratne, Shamilka, de Silva, Niranjala, Wickramasinghe, Saumya, Wanigasekara, Anoja, Adhikari, Ranjith, Rajapakasha, Eranda

  4. Early life environment and adult enrichment: Effects on fearfulness in laying hens

    Contributor(s):: Dumontier, Lucille, Janczak, Andrew M., Smulders, Tom V., Moe, Randi O., Vas, Judit, Nordgreen, Janicke

  5. Relationships among morphological, environmental, social factors and aggressive profiles in Brazilian pet dogs

    Contributor(s):: Ayrosa, Flavio, Savalli, Carine, Albuquerque, Natalia, Resende, Briseida

  6. Care and its discontents: Commodification, coercive cooperation, and resistance in Copenhagen Zoo

    Contributor(s):: Mc Loughlin, E.

  7. Dither: A unifying model of the effects of visitor numbers on zoo animal behavior

    Contributor(s):: Krebs, B. L., Eschmann, C. L., Watters, J. V.

  8. How low can they go: A comparison between dog (Canis familiaris) and environmental DNA detection of invasive koi carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)

    Contributor(s):: Collins, Melissa A., Browne, Clare M., Edwards, Timothy L., Ling, Nicholas, Tempero, Grant W., Gleeson, Dianne M., Crockett, Kymberly, Quaife, Jesse

  9. Associations between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Dog Walking among Participants in the Dog Aging Project

    Contributor(s):: Collins, D., Lee, H., Dunbar, M. D., Crowder, K.

  10. Conservation, human-wildlife conflict, and decentralised governance: complexities beyond incomplete devolution

    Contributor(s):: Hohbein, R. R., Abrams, J. B.

    Decentralisation of environmental governance (DEG) proliferated around the world in the 1990s, inspired, in part, by theories of common-pool resource governance that argued that local communities could sustainably manage valuable but non-excludable resources given a set of proper institutional...

  11. Environmentalities of coexistence with wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain

    Contributor(s):: Marino, A., Blanco, J. C., Cortes-Vazquez, J. A., Lopez-Bao, J. V., Bosch, A. P., Durant, S. M.

    Coexistence between humans and large carnivores is mediated by diverse values and interactions. We focus on four sites in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain with a history of continuous wolf presence to examine how perceptions of coexistence vary across contexts. We conducted semi-structured and...

  12. Birdsongs alleviate anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants

    Contributor(s):: Stobbe, E., Sundermann, J., Ascone, L., Kühn, S.

    The present study investigated the effect of urban (traffic noise) vs. natural (birdsongs) soundscapes on mood, state paranoia, and cognitive performance, hypothesizing that birdsongs lead to significant improvements in these outcomes. An additional goal was to explore the differential impact of...

  13. Effects of Stocking Rate and Environmental Enrichment on the Ontogeny of Pecking Behavior of Laying Hen Pullets Confined in Aviary Compartments during the First 4 Weeks of Life

    Contributor(s):: Schwarzer, Angela, Erhard, Michael, Schmidt, Paul, Zismann, Miriam, Louton, Helen

    The objective of this study was to describe the ontogeny of the severe feather pecking (SFP), gentle feather pecking (GFP), aggressive pecking (AP), and enrichment pecking (EP) of non-beak-trimmed Lohmann Brown (LB)-pullets during the first 4 weeks of life (observation on 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd,...

  14. The effect of auditory stimulation on pet dogs’ reactions to owner separation

    Contributor(s):: Kinnaird, Rachael F., Wells, Deborah L.

  15. Afyonkarahisar İli Süt Sığırcılığı İşletmelerinde Hayvan Refahının Barınak Ve Yetiştirme Şartları Yönünden Değerlendirilmesi

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    | Contributor(s):: Ersen Şahanoglu

    Bu çalışma, sığırcılık işletmelerinde barınak ölçüleri, ekipman, sıcaklık, nem, gazlar ve bazı yetiştirme işlemlerinin hayvan refahı yönünden incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma 2013 yılında Afyonkarahisar ilinde bulunan 101 adet sığırcılık işletmesinde...

  16. Evaluation Tools for Educational Programs at Zoos Victoria

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    | Contributor(s):: Nicole Marie Packard, Michael Robert Clark, Erin Marie McConnaghy, Brian Grant Peterson

    Zoos Victoria recently introduced a new educational program, Education for Conservation (EfC), to teach visiting students about conservation practices. Our goal was to create a set of efficient tools to assess the effectiveness of EfC from the perspectives of Zoo educators, schoolteachers, and...

  17. Health comparison between guinea pigs raised in uncontrolled and controlled environments

    | Contributor(s):: Laksmindra, Fitria, Nastiti, Wijayanti, Tuty, Arisuryanti, Salasia, S. I. O.

  18. Answers to the Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Horse Feeding and Management Practices to Reduce the Risk of Atypical Myopathy

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    | Contributor(s):: Dominique-Marie Votion, Anne-Christine François, Caroline Kruse, Benoit Renaud, Arnaud Farinelle, Marie-Catherine Bouquieaux, Christel Marcillaud-Pitel, Pascal Gustin

    In 2014, atypical myopathy (AM) was linked to Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore maple) in Europe. The emergence of this seasonal intoxication caused by a native tree has raised many questions. This manuscript aims at answering the five most frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding (1)...

  19. Aggressiveness, ADHD-like behaviour, and environment influence repetitive behaviour in dogs

    | Contributor(s):: Sulkama, S., Salonen, M., Mikkola, S., Hakanen, E., Puurunen, J., Araujo, C., Lohi, H.

  20. Factors affecting locomotor activity of search and rescue dogs: The importance of terrain, vegetation and dog certification

    | Contributor(s):: Novák, Karel, Helena, Chaloupková, Václav, Bittner, Ivona, Svobodová, Marek, Kouba