Role of personality in behavioral responses to new environments in captive panthera leo persica
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2016
Citazione:
Role of personality in behavioral responses to new environments in captive panthera leo persica / G. Quintavalle Pastorino, A. Viau, N.R. Soares, S.M. Mazzola, R. Preziosi. ((Intervento presentato al 7. convegno Convegno Nazionale della Ricerca nei Parchi tenutosi a Bussolengo nel 2016.
Abstract:
Studying personality in captive animals may enable the development of more individual-based management decisions in terms of husbandry, enrichment, and breeding, which may help to
improve overall animal welfare. The Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) at London Zoo represent an opportunity to research an understudied species’ response to new environments. In the last few
years, these lions have experienced several social and physical changes, such as new enclosures and increased social interaction with humans. This project aimed to investigate the role of personality in behavioral responses to these new environments. Lion personality questionnaires completed by keepers and direct focal animal observations were used to create personality profiles. Time budgets
and enclosure use were determined and compared between control nights and human social event nights, and between the lions’ previous enclosure and their new one. The results showed a lack of a
difference in time budget and enclosure use between control nights and social event nights, and overall the Spread of Participation Index values revealed the lions use their enclosures unevenly.
Personality profiles identified various traits (e.g., curious and eccentric) that could assist with individual-based management decisions, such as enrichment strategies. As the first study to assess
Asiatic lions personality, this research contributes to the creation of consistent and valid methodology for evaluating captive animal personality. Personality assessment may help to improve
husbandry and welfare protocols for individual lions, leading to the improved health and success of the species.
Tipologia IRIS:
14 - Intervento a convegno non pubblicato
Elenco autori:
G. Quintavalle Pastorino, A. Viau, N.R. Soares, S.M. Mazzola, R. Preziosi
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