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Footcare for Zoo Ungulates (Zoo Hoofstock Trim Program)

Zoo hoofstock species can benefit from routine hoof trims, as is a standard of care in domestic species like horses and cattle. While there are limited studies describing foot shape and foot health of free-ranging ungulates, differences in diet, exercise, substrate, and other factors may contribute to hoof overgrowth and associated lameness for zoo hoofstock species. To manage and appropriately trim hoof overgrowth requires an understanding of how the hoof wall, heel, and sole can grow and distort, and should

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A comprehensive investigation of negative visitor behaviour in the zoo setting and captive animals’ behavioural response

Negative visitor behaviour in zoos such as banging, shouting and feeding animals are unwanted, but under-studied, visitor actions. It is not known how prevalent negative behaviour is, which species or enclosure type receives the most negative behaviour or how these behaviours affect zoo-housed animals. In this study, a comprehensive assessment of negative visitor behaviour, using an innovative methodology, was conducted at 25 different enclosures at Fota Wildlife Park, Ireland. Additionally, animal activity level and out of sight behaviour was observed.

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The Unnamed Plateau (Western Desert of Egypt). New geological and geoarchaeological data from an exploration in a remote area

The Unnamed Plateau is a low plateau in the Western Desert of Egypt close to the Libyan border, about halfway between the Gilf Kebir to the north and Jebel Uweinat to the south. It is little known and seldom visited. In the past, we have conducted three field surveys in order to assess its geomorphic features and the human presence in the Holocene. During our explorations we have found a Paleozoic fossil plant, which allows to ascribe the sedimentary cover

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Wildlife corridor use amongst reticulated giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

The African continent is home to many large and unique wildlife species and is, as is commonly known, considered to be the birthplace of the human race. The numbers and strength of this wide array of species is however diminishing rapidly before our eyes (Campbell et al., 2003; Ogutu et al., 2016). In merely the last three decades, the population of reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) in Africa has seen a rapid decline of 56% with a steady downward trend

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Effects of land use changes on herbivores of Masai Mara ecosystem

The Narok District has undergone rapid changes in land use patterns from nomadic pastoralism to a sedentary and farming lifestyle. In this study we describe wildlife and livestock numbers and past and present land-use patterns in three group ranches from 1975 to 1997. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of land-use changes on herbivore populations. Research methods included observation and interpretation of satellite imageries and aerial photographs, field checks, participant observation and secondary data. Results indicate

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Behaviour of animals in a mixed-species African savannah zoo exhibit related to expansion of the enclosure, visitor numbers and weather effects

Animal welfare in zoos has been in focus lately, especially in relation to visitor effects. Visitors have been observed to have either a positive, neutral, or negative effect on zoo animals, and studies have shown that this can depend on the species and the enclosure. I got the opportunity to study the animals in the African savannah exhibit at Kristiansand Zoological Garden in 2022 in relation to the expansion of the enclosure. The study subjects consisted of four zebra, two

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Web Data Collection to Assess Bias in Conservation Attention

This research aims to detect and assess potential bias in the amount of attention different threatened species receive in the context of their conservation, and how this correlates to the species overall popularity and extinction risk, using data collected from the web. This bias was both examined in research and society in general. Extinction rates have increased significantly in the past decade due to human activity. This affects all ecosystems and is morally questionable. Using an API and the method

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Megaherbivores,Competition and Coexistence within the Large Herbivore Guild

A special feature of the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP) is the presence of an abundant ‘mega-grazer’ in the form of the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The study of this species in HiP (Owen-Smith, 1974) led to the identification of common features shared by white rhinos with other extremely large herbivores and hence to the recognition that these ‘megaherbivores’ constitute a distinct life form (Owen-Smith, 1988, 2013a). Defined strictly, the label ‘megaherbivore’ encompasses terrestrial mammals exceeding one metric tonne (i.e., a mega-gram)

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Osteohistology and palaeobiology of giraffids from the Mio-Pliocene Langebaanweg (South Africa)

The reconstruction of life history traits, such as growth rate, age at maturity and age at death can be estimated from the histological analysis of long bones. Here, we studied 20 long bones (metapodials, tibia and femora) of Sivatherium hendeyi and Giraffa cf. Giraffa jumae recovered from the Miocene–Pliocene locality of Langebaanweg on the West Coast of South Africa. We analysed the long bone histology and growth marks of juvenile and adult specimens of these taxa. Our results show that

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