Simple Summary Snakes are sentient animals and should be subject to the accepted
general welfare principles of other species. However, they are also the only vertebrates …

The captive environments that we provide for reptiles are not ideal. This issue applies across
a variety of situations, including: rearing hatchlings or neonates in captivity prior to release in …

Reptiles are kept in diverse husbandry situations, including zoological collections, private
pet or hobby keeping, scientific and laboratory studies, quarantine, and numerous …

Simple Summary Positive reinforcement training, a form of operant conditioning that rewards
learners for specific behaviors to increase the frequency of that behavior, is widely used as a …

Psychological and behavioural attributes form the biological tools between a reptile and its
environment, and are as important in life as any aspect of natural history. Behaviours such …

Snake ownership is popular; however, housing and care may not always satisfy the animal's
welfare needs. For example, snakes are often kept in environmental conditions that restrict …

Simple Summary Mobile zoos are events in which non-domesticated (exotic) and
domesticated species are transported to different venues for the purposes of education …

Social media has the potential to provide large amounts of biological data, especially for
notoriously difficult groups of organisms to study in nature such as snakes. Here, we …

Zoos and aquaria are paying increasing attention to environmental enrichment, which has
proven an effective tool for the improvement of animal welfare. However, several ongoing …

This study compared the resource use of juvenile zoo-living Chinese crocodile lizards,
Shinisaurus crocodilurus crocodilurus across three observation windows, spanning nine …