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Research overview: behavioral indicators of welfare in captive felids
OverviewBehaviour offers a rich, non-invasive window into felid welfare, but interpreting it requires care. This overview surveys the behavioural signs used to assess captive cats: stereotypic pacing and rout…
Research overview: feeding anticipation and pre-feeding pacing in big cats
OverviewMuch pacing in captive big cats clusters in the period before scheduled feeding, suggesting that predictable meal times generate anticipatory arousal expressed as repetitive walking. This overview sur…
Research overview: integrated, multi-measure welfare assessment for captive big cats
OverviewNo single indicator captures welfare reliably, so the field has moved toward integrated assessment combining multiple lines of evidence. This overview surveys how comprehensive welfare evaluation for…
Research overview: persistence and emancipation of pacing after husbandry improvement
OverviewA challenging finding for felid welfare management is that stereotypic pacing, once established, can persist even after enclosures are enriched or enlarged, becoming partly independent of its original…
Why and how should we use environmental enrichment to tackle stereotypic behaviour?
ReviewMason, Clubb, Latham and Vickery reviewed the evidence that environmental enrichment reduces stereotypies, and found the picture more nuanced than commonly assumed. Across studies, enrichment often re…
Mason G, Clubb R, Latham N, Vickery S · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2007