While recent work has assessed how environmental and managerial changes influence
elephant welfare across multiple zoos, few studies have addressed the effects of …

The management of African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants
in zoos involves a range of practices including feeding, exercise, training, and …

Simple Summary Zoo elephant welfare has been the topic of much debate over the last two
decades, with criticisms made regarding the husbandry and welfare of these species held in …

Zoos today are concerned with providing for the physical and psychological welfare of
captive animals. One of the greatest challenges for zoo managers is ensuring the good …

Simple Summary In the wild, elephants live in large, complex social groups. Herds consist of
a mixed structure of related females and their calves. One area of concern regarding the …

Population‐level analyses suggest that habitat complexity, but not necessarily space
availability, has important welfare outcomes for elephants in human care. At the Dallas Zoo …

Protected contact is an alternative to traditional captive elephant training techniques that
emerged as a result of concerns for animal welfare and personnel safety. The present study …

Activity budgets were studied in eight Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at Chester Zoo
(UK) for 35 days, between January and November 1999. Recordings were made between …

There is a growing need for animal care institutions to house multiple bull elephants as the
population increases due to transfers from private ownership and the births of male offspring …

Stereotypic behavior in zoo elephants is considered an indicator of impaired welfare. The
underlying causes are diverse and many aspects are still unexplored. Nevertheless, many …