Simple Summary Ensuring appropriate animal welfare to promote wildlife conservation is a
top priority of modern zoos, leading to greater effort to improve welfare monitoring …

Behavioural research in zoos is commonplace and is used in the diagnosis and treatment of
potential husbandry and management challenges. Robust methods that allow valid data …

Simple Summary Zoo animal welfare is a high priority for many institutions. Modern zoos try
to ensure that animals are housed and managed at high standards, using animal welfare …

Zoos need to monitor their animals in order to evaluate to what extent animal welfare
policies result in adequate welfare. Since it is usually not feasible for zoos to structurally …

Simple Summary Zoological collections are constantly working to find new ways of
improving their standards of care for the animals they keep. Many species kept in zoos are …

Simple Summary Zoos should aim to provide all of their animals with a good quality of life
throughout life. Although quality of life is a complex notion that is difficult to define and …

Simple Summary All good zoos have animal welfare assessment policies and practices in
place to promote their animals' welfare, 24/7, across the lifespan. Here, we describe the …

Zoo animal welfare is subject to increasing scrutiny by many audiences. Although zoo
husbandry and management techniques have progressed, common welfare issues are still …

Simple Summary Animal welfare assessment is an essential tool for maintaining positive
animal wellbeing. Validated welfare assessment protocols have been developed for farm …

Zoos must conduct thorough welfare assessments to determine how well animals in their
care are faring, and also understand the many factors which affect particular welfare states …