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Research updates
New Publication
Our paper on prosocial food-sharing is out!
Matrai E, Kwok ST, Tan Z, Lin X, Lee W-K, Martelli P and Pogány Á (2024) Cognitive enrichment for testing prosocial food-sharing in dolphin groups. Front. Ecol. Evol. 12:1479989.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1479989
New Publication
The new paper Giant Panda Habitat use is out!
Tan, I. Z., Matrai, E., & Martelli, P. (2024). Monitoring the world-oldest zoo-housed male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): A case-study on pathway utilization. Zoo Biology, 1–11.
https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21853
New Publication
The new paper summarising the most important outcomes of our dolphin cooperation studies over the past seven years.
Matrai, E. Experiments with a set of cooperative enrichment devices used by groups of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. BIOLOGIA FUTURA (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42977-024-00218-2
Animal Welfare Workshop
We had a successful three-day Animal Welfare Workshop at SUNAC Ocean Park Guilin, China. A truly wonderful group of people welcomed us and were open to new ideas and suggestions. We hope to continue our work together to improve the lives of the animals under our care.
New Conference Presentation
52nd Symposium of the European Association of Aquatic Mammals Tenerife, Spain - 12th-15th March 2024
New Conference Presentation
Annual Conference of Chinese Aquariums
Wuhan, China 6th-10th November, 2023
New Conference Posters
UFAW Online Animal Welfare Conference 2023 - 20 – 21 June 2023
Matrai, E., Lui, R. S. H., Lee, K., Kwong, T., Pogány, Á. and Martelli, P. 2023. Cognitive enrichment to lift the pod spirit
Leung, H. L., Matrai, E., Kwok, S. T. and Martelli, P. 2023. Floating cool activities for spotted seals
Tse, M. H., Matrai, E., Churgin, S. and Martelli, P. 2023. Acupuncture to activate the arctic fox
Tan, I. Z., Matrai, E., Churgin, S. and Martelli, P. 2023. Acupuncture foe chronic pain to improve red panda welfare
New Publication
Our first publication focusing on the first ever enrichment for Arapaima fish.
Matrai, E., Chan, H. Y., Leung, F. M., Kwok, S. T., Lin, X., & Martelli, P. 2023. Point for Enrichment, Point for Welfare - Testing Use of a Laser Pointer with Arapaima gigas. Animals, 13(8), 1370
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13081370
New Publication
Our first publication focusing on potential importance of axial rotation during echolocation, based on computer modeling.
Wei, C., Houser, D., Erbe, C., Matrai, E., Ketten, D. and Finneran, J. J. 2023. Does rotation increase the acoustic field of view? Comparative models based on CT data of a live versus a dead dolphin. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
