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dc.contributor.author | English, Megan | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kaplan, Gisela | en |
dc.contributor.author | Rogers, Lesley | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-29T12:25:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PeerJ, v.2, p. 1-19 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2167-8359 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15566 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The relationship between the activity of painting and performance of stereotyped and other stress-related behaviour was investigated in four captive Asian elephants at Melbourne Zoo, Australia. The activity involved the elephant being instructed to paint on a canvas by its keeper in front of an audience. Painting by elephants in zoos is commonly believed to be a form of enrichment, but this assumption had not been based on any systematic research. If an activity is enriching we would expect stress-related behaviour to be reduced but we found no evidence of the elephants anticipating the painting activity and no effect on the performance of stereotyped or other stress-related behaviour either before or after the painting session. This indicates that the activity does not fulfil one of the main aims of enrichment. However, if an elephant was not selected to paint on a given day this was associated with higher levels of non-interactive behaviour, a possible indicator of stress. Behavioural observations associated with ear, eye and trunk positions during the painting session showed that the elephant's attentiveness to the painting activity or to the keeper giving instruction varied between individuals. Apart from positive reinforcement from the keeper, the results indicated that elephants gain little enrichment from the activity of painting. Hence, the benefits of this activity appear to be limited to the aesthetic appeal of these paintings to the people viewing them. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | PeerJ, Ltd | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | PeerJ | en |
dc.title | Is painting by elephants in zoos as enriching as we are led to believe? | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7717/peerj.471 | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Gold | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Biological Sciences | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Megan | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Gisela | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Lesley | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | en |
local.profile.school | School of Science and Technology | en |
local.profile.school | School of Science and Technology | en |
local.profile.email | megan.english@vuw.ac.nz | en |
local.profile.email | gkaplan@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | lrogers@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20140715-105022 | en |
local.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en |
local.identifier.runningnumber | e471 | en |
local.format.startpage | 1 | en |
local.format.endpage | 19 | en |
local.identifier.scopusid | 84903842289 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 2 | en |
local.access.fulltext | Yes | en |
local.contributor.lastname | English | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Kaplan | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Rogers | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:gkaplan | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:lrogers | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:15799 | en |
local.identifier.handle | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15566 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Is painting by elephants in zoos as enriching as we are led to believe? | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | English, Megan | en |
local.search.author | Kaplan, Gisela | en |
local.search.author | Rogers, Lesley | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.identifier.wosid | 000347612900009 | en |
local.year.published | 2014 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 319999 Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences | en |
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