Personality matters: exploring the relationship between personality and stress physiology in captive African lions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Considering animals as individuals and not as species is becoming increasingly essential to animal welfare management in captive settings. Recent studies on big cat personalities and coping strategies suggest personality can help big cats cope in their surroundings. Yet a large portion of the published literature focuses on understanding either the personality or stress physiology of big cats. Our research shows how integrating an improved understanding of the personality of big cats with stress physiology may enhance welfare, especially for endangered species like African lions. By using a wild cat personality checklist, this study compared the key personality dimensions of 22 African lions with its faecal glucocorticoids and assessed factors influencing their personali

SUBMITTER: Vaz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature