Simple Summary Research has shown that an animal's welfare is highly dependent on how
various individual animal factors (eg, species traits, genetics, temperament and previous …

In recent years, the noninvasive monitoring of steroid hormone metabolites in feces of
mammals and droppings of birds has become an increasingly popular technique. It offers …

In debates about the welfare of animals, different people have tended to emphasize different
concerns. Some emphasize the basic health and functioning of animals, especially freedom …

We estimate that stereotypies are currently displayed by over 85 million farm, laboratory and
zoo animals worldwide. This paper investigates their reliability as welfare indicators, by …

In recent years, zoos and aquaria have intensified efforts to develop approaches and tools
for assessing the welfare of populations and individual animals in their care. Advances …

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses are increasingly being used by a variety of
scientists (eg, conservation biologists, animal scientists) to examine glucocorticoid (ie, stress …

Environmental enrichment strategies are used to improve both the physiological and
psychological welfare of captive animals, which can be achieved by increasing the …

Measurement of glucocorticoid metabolites in feces has become an accepted method for the
noninvasive evaluation of adrenocortical activity. The objective of this study was to …

In graduate school at the University of California at Davis, I had the good fortune to work in a
research lab in developmental psychobiology investigating the consequences of social …

We examined the efficacy of a translocation program in which large numbers of leopards
(Panthera pardus fusca) were trapped in human‐dominated landscapes where livestock …