The surface water chemistry of Thiruvananthapuram Museum Lake was carried out in the period of February 2013 to January 2014. Correlation study of the parameters and overall CCME WQI (Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water quality Index) was also prepared in the study for the lake water. The parameters analysed are cations such as Ca2+, Na+, Mg2+ and K+ and the anions like PO4-,...

The modern zoo has been associated with two major behavioral welfare advances: (a) the use of training to increase voluntary husbandry care, and (b) implementation environmental enrichment promote naturalistic behaviors. Both practices have their roots in behavior analysis, or operant conditioning-centered, reward-based approach psychology. Operant conditioning served as foundation for developm...

From Roman gladiatorial combat to Egyptian animal mummies, the capture and manipulation of carnivores was instrumental in helping to shape social hierarchies throughout the ancient world. This paper investigates the historical inflection point when humans began to control animals not only as alimental resources but as ritual symbols and social actors in the New World. At Teotihuacan (A.D. 1-550...

A total of 2475 animals from Germany, both captive and wild, were tested for antibodies against Francisella tularensis to obtain more knowledge about the presence of this pathogen in Germany. An indirect and a competitive ELISA served as screening methods, positive and inconclusive samples were confirmed by Western blot. Of the zoo animals sampled between 1992 and 2007 (n = 1122), three (0·3%) ...

In this report we discuss the implementation of artificial intelligence to play the modern card game ‘Frank’s Zoo.’ Frank’s Zoo is a deterministic game with a high amount of imperfect information. In the present research we compare a heuristic AI, based on the authors’ knowledge of the game, to several implementations of MonteCarlo based AIs, and to randomly playing AIs. We used two versions of...

Zoos engaged in a range of communication types with prospective visitors during the temporary closures necessitated by COVID-19 pandemic. This study sought to (1) investigate social media reports and public responses zoo-animal-related posts over one-year period lockdowns; (2) understand use reporting language news articles concerning animal zoo closures, whether this differed across species; (...

Animal rearing regimes in zoos can be strongly altered according to the adaptation of animals captive environment. These changes modulate animal well-being. In this review, we approach studies ethological action and its impacts on syndrome animals. Zoos offer multiple ways making adaptations more difficult. favoring appearance syndrome. organisms have their own characteristics, which allow us i...