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Giraffe evidence area

Captive welfare & husbandry stress

Managed-care welfare: stereotypies, visitor and environment stress, husbandry-induced stress (distinct from wild social disruption).

Moderate corpus coverage
41mapped records
26open-access records
1records with verification flag

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This area groups records related to captive welfare & husbandry stress. Use the paper-level sources to identify the population, study design, outcome measured, and limits before drawing a conservation conclusion.

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Corpus coverage

1996–2025

63% of mapped records are marked open access. Classification can be imperfect; use the paper-level sources for substantive conclusions.

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2001138 citations in source index

A survey assessment of variables related to stereotypy in captive giraffe and okapi

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Open DOI
1996103 citations in source index

On Comparing the Behaviour of Zoo Housed Animals with Wild Conspecifics as a Welfare Indicator, Using The Giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis)as a Model

Animal Welfare

Open DOI
200154 citations in source index

The Effect of Increasing Dietary Fibre on Feeding, Rumination and Oral Stereotypies in Captive Giraffes (Giraffa Camelopardalis)

Animal Welfare

Open DOI
200851 citations in source index

Tongue twisters: feeding enrichment to reduce oral stereotypy in giraffe

Zoo Biology

Open DOI
200030 citations in source index

Social attachment in giraffe: Response to social separation

Zoo Biology

Open DOI
2019Evidence note23 citations in source index

The running kinematics of free-roaming giraffes, measured using a low cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

PeerJ

Open DOI

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