To pace or not to pace? A review of what abnormal repetitive behavior tells us about zoo animal management

Rose, Paul; Nash, Steve; Riley, Lisa M.

doi:10.1016/j.jveb.2017.02.007

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“…I am writing about what I consider the omission of vital information in a recent review of ARB (abnormal repetitive behaviors) in zoo animals (Rose et al, 2017).…”

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Stereotypic behavior is not limited to terrestrial taxa: A response to Rose et al.

Cooke

2017

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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This comment is in response to a recent review of stereotypical behavior in captive exotic animals (Rose et al., 2017). Negative stereotypical behavior occurs across most if not all taxa, including notable acquatic invertebrates. A useful discussion of animal suffering cannot occur if we continue to ignore phylogenetically distant animals, especially when relevant information is becoming more easily available. Those interested in animal welfare and suffering must devise a plan and means to ensure all taxa are represented in such surveys and in the literature, and that their behaviors are assess in ways meaningful to the species.

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“…I am writing about what I consider the omission of vital information in a recent review of ARB (abnormal repetitive behaviors) in zoo animals (Rose et al, 2017).…”

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This comment is in response to a recent review of stereotypical behavior in captive exotic animals (Rose et al, 2017). Negative stereotypical behavior occurs across most if not all taxa, including notable acquatic invertebrates.

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Stereotypic behavior is not limited to terrestrial taxa: A response to Rose et al.

Cooke

2017

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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“…Pacing was measured as the total time a raccoon spent moving back and forth in an abnormal repetitive manner (Rose et al 2017). Pacing was calculated for the initial trial for each night of participation.…”

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Behavioral flexibility of a generalist carnivore

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Innovative problem solving, repeated innovation, learning, and inhibitory control are cognitive abilities commonly regarded as important components of behaviorally flexible species. Animals exhibiting these cognitive abilities may be more likely to adapt to the unique demands of living in novel and rapidly changing environments, such as urbanized landscapes. Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are an abundant, generalist species frequently found in urban habitats, and are capable of innovative problem solving, which makes them an ideal species to assess their behavioral flexibility. We gave 20 captive raccoons a multi-access puzzle box to investigate which behavioral and cognitive mechanisms enable the generation of innovative and flexible behaviors in this species. Over two-thirds of raccoons tested were not only capable of innovative problem solving, but displayed repeated innovation by solving more than one solution on the multi-access puzzle box and demonstrated that they learned multiple solutions to a novel problem. Although we found no relationship between our measure of inhibitory control and a raccoon's ability to exhibit repeated innovations, we did find a positive relationship between the diversity of behaviors that an individual exhibited when interacting with the problem and the number of solution types that they solved. We identified other predictors of problem-solving performance, including neophobia and persistence. Finally, we examine the implications of our results in the context of the cognitive-buffer hypothesis and consider whether the widespread success of an adaptive generalist carnivore could be due in part to having these cognitive and behavioral traits.

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“…Some animals are much easier to keep than others. Rose and Riley (2017) maintained that abnormal repetitive behavior may be part of a coping mechanism. This suggestion may add weight to discussions that some species may not be suitable for the zoo (Rose & Riley, 2017).…”

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My Reflections on Understanding Animal Emotions for Improving the Life of Animals in Zoos

Grandin

2018

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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Scientists are often reluctant to attribute emotions to nonhuman animals that are similar to human emotions. When the author published her early studies, reviewers prohibited the word fear. Fearful behavior had to be described as agitated. The core emotional systems described by Panksepp may provide a useful framework for people who work hands-on with animals. The core systems are fear, rage, panic (separation distress), seek, lust, nurture, and play. Some scientists who deny that animals have real emotions often fail to review important areas of the literature. The areas that are sometimes left out are the effects of psychiatric medications on animals and genetic influences on differences in animal behavior. In both people and animals, genetics has an influence on both fearfulness and novelty seeking. Visualizing the seven core emotional systems as separate volume controls on a music mixing board may help zoo professionals determine the motivation of both normal and abnormal behavior. It may also help them to design more effective environmental enrichments.

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To pace or not to pace? A review of what abnormal repetitive behavior tells us about zoo animal management

Cited by 68 publications

References 136 publications

Stereotypic behavior is not limited to terrestrial taxa: A response to Rose et al.

Stereotypic behavior is not limited to terrestrial taxa: A response to Rose et al.

Behavioral flexibility of a generalist carnivore

My Reflections on Understanding Animal Emotions for Improving the Life of Animals in Zoos

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