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Increasing AZA-Accredited Zoo and Aquarium Engagement in Conservation

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Conservation should be the higher purpose of any modern zoological facility and has consistently been a required element of accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Kayla J. Ripple, Kayla J. Ripple, Estelle A. Sandhaus, Megan E. Brown, Shelly Grow   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2023
The long-term sustainability of ex situ animal populations requires coordination across facilities through cooperative breeding programs. Here, we investigate the reasons for inconsistent reproductive success in the zoo-based North American Asian small ...
Ashley D. Franklin, Monica M. McDonald, Mary Agnew, Sarah Duncan, David M. Powell   +4 more
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Commonalities in Management and Husbandry Factors Important for Health and Welfare of Captive Elephants in North America and Thailand

Animals, 2020
This review paper is a synthesis of results from multiple studies that we have conducted over the past several years using similar methodologies to identify factors related to welfare of captive populations of elephants in North American zoos and ...
Janine L. Brown, Pakkanut Bansiddhi, Jaruwan Khonmee, Chatchote Thitaram   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Day Time Activity Budgets, Height Utilization and Husbandry of Two Zoo-Housed Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022
Goodfellow’s tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) are an endangered, arboreal macropod native to the lower, mid-montane rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Despite a number of holders keeping D.
Katherine Finch, Amy Humphreys
doaj   +1 more source

Is Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Wounding Frequency Affected by the Presence Versus Absence of Visitors? A Multi-Institutional Study

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022
Visitor effect studies have had inconsistent results, due in part to the inability to control for all confounding variables such as time of day, seasonal weather patterns, and so forth.
Robin Elana Salak, Christina Cloutier Barbour   +1 more
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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð, Anna Magnea Hreinsdóttir, Adrijana Visnjic‐Jevtic, Alison Clark   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the immunogenicity of an inactivated monovalent vaccine in the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Vaccine: X, 2019
Captive held African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) were vaccinated with a commercially available inactivated canine parvovirus (CPV) vaccine licensed for use in domestic dogs.
Nicole Anderson, Ian Smith
doaj   +1 more source

Zoos consenting to the illegal wildlife trade – the earless monitor lizard as a case study [PDF]

Nature Conservation, 2021
The illegal wildlife trade has direct relevance for zoo management, animal acquisition and disposition and it has no place in modern zoo management. Zoos must not only act within the law of the country in which it is based, but they should also follow ...
Vincent Nijman
doaj   +3 more sources

Effect of Covering a Visitor Viewing Area Window on the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Animals, 2020
Studies on the effects of visitors on zoo animals have shown mixed findings and as a result, the manner in which visitors affect zoo animals remains unclear for many species, including a rarely studied taxa such as penguins.
Samantha J. Chiew, Kym L. Butler, Sally L. Sherwen, Grahame J. Coleman, Vicky Melfi, Alicia Burns, Paul H. Hemsworth   +6 more
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Integrated community profiling indicates long-term temporal stability of the predominant faecal microbiota in captive cheetahs [PDF]

, 2015
Understanding the symbiotic relationship between gut microbes and their animal host re- quires characterization of the core microbiota across populations and in time.
Becker, Anne, Hesta, Myriam, Huys, Geert, Janssens, Geert, Snauwaert, Cindy   +4 more
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