Price, E. C., Roberts, A., Bennett, L. et al. 2024. Weight as an indicator of enclosure suitability in Livingstone’s fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii). Zoo Biology 43(4), 295–305.
Obesity is common in zoo animals, and both dietary management and the provision of adequate opportunities for exercise are needed to tackle it. We used 30 years of records from Jersey Zoo to compare the...