Results 21 to 30 of about 97,309 (272)
Tricks of the trade: Mechanism of brood theft in an ant. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Thievery is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom, social insects not being an exception. Brood is invaluable for the survival of social insect colonies and brood theft is well documented in ants.
Bishwarup Paul, Sumana Annagiri
doaj +1 more source
Behavioral analysis of a captive male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) when exposed to environmental changes [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2023 Understanding the species-specific behavioral needs of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) has led zoological gardens to focus on creating more natural and stimulating facilities.
Larsen Josefine F. +15 more
doaj +1 more source
Animals, 2018 Feline relocation is used increasingly in animal welfare to decrease shelter euthanasia rates and increase positive outcomes. Concerns about infectious disease introduction and transmission are often expressed; however, little research has been conducted
Mehnaz Aziz +2 more
doaj +1 more source
The effect on model identifiability of allowing different relocation rates for live and dead animals in the combined analysis of telemetry and recapture data [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 2004 Models are described for the joint analysis of live-trapping and radio telemetry data from a study on black bears (Ursus americanus) in which all animals received ear tags and a subset also received radio tags. Concerns about bias in survival estimates led to investigation of identifiability and estimator precision for a series of models that allowed ...
Marlina D. Nasution +3 more
openaire +1 more source
An assessment of the published results of animal relocations
Biological Conservation, 2000 We reviewed 180 case studies and a number of theoretical papers on animal relocations published in 12 major international scientific journals over the last 20 years. The study focused on re-introductions, supplementations and translocations (sensu IUCN, 1996. IUCN/SSC Guidelines for Re-introductions. 41st Meeting of the IUCN Council, Gland, Switzerland,
Fischer, Joern, Lindenmayer, David B
openaire +2 more sources
BMC Veterinary Research, 2021 Background Among the 6–8 million animals that enter the rescue shelters every year, nearly 3–4 million (i.e., 50% of the incoming animals) are euthanized, and 10–25% of them are put to death specifically because of shelter overcrowding each year.
Janae Bradley, Suchithra Rajendran
doaj +1 more source
Emotions and Dog Bites: Could Predatory Attacks Be Triggered by Emotional States?
Animals, 2021 Dog biting events pose severe public health and animal welfare concerns. They result in several consequences for both humans (including physical and psychological trauma) and the dog involved in the biting episode (abandonment, relocation to shelter and ...
Serenella d’Ingeo +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Humanimalia, 2013 This essay focuses on the remediating effects of photography of natural history museum taxidermy. How do these works refigure the apparent verisimilitude of taxidermied animals and their realistic diorama “habitats”? And how do they implicate viewers? Applying historian and curator Rachel Poliquin’s typology of taxidermy to a number of examples, I show
openaire +4 more sources
Relocation and Livelihood Concerns of Sariska Tiger Project, Rajasthan: A Pride or Plight? [PDF]
Space and Culture, India, 2015 It is well known that Sariska Tiger Reserve is a home to the India’s national animal - the Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). The crux of this research is to examine the role of local peoples in the conservation of Sariska Tiger project, which was ...
Muraree Lal Meena
doaj +3 more sources
Animals, 2016 Long-distance dog transfer programs are a topic of burgeoning interest in the animal welfare community, but little research has focused on such programs.
Kaitlyn E. Simmons, Christy L. Hoffman
doaj +1 more source