New subject: BERG Wednesday 20th May, 5.30pm

12 May 2020

Dear BERGers

As promised, here is a link to Kristine Gandia’s presentation entitled " "Using
a worldwide zoo database to assess the effect of circadian synchrony on animal
welfare"

It is 15 minutes long, and we hope you will watch it IN ADVANCE of the BERG meeting to
discuss during the BERG meeting. Kristine has some additional slides she may share
relating circadian rhythms to our current situation with lockdown, and she may even share
her future research plans to get feedback before she embarks upon it.

We trust you will not share this presentation beyond BERG without express permission from
Kristine Gandia - this is a practice presentation for the virtual EAZA conference, and
should you wish a final version then please ask Kristine (k.m.gandia(a)stir.ac.uk). if you
are unable to come to BERG, but still wish to offer feedback, you can also email Kristine
directly.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7d79kjkx3w1tjf6/EAZA%20virtual%20presentation.mp4…

If you have problems accessing it let me know and I can try to fix it!

The link for the Zoom BERG meeting on Wednesday 13th May @ 17.30 (BST) is:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85235213041?pwd=SDFmWHhqZzBvbmVJNzgvb2Ivbnk2UT09&…

Meeting ID: 852 3521 3041
Password: 882965

For those of you new to our Zoom BERG format - we join Zoom from 17.25, do a very quick
set of introductions starting 17.30 promptly. We request that YOU use the "chat"
to jot down any point you wish to include in a record of the meeting. I attach a privacy
statement.

Excited to share a summary of Dr Betsy Herrelko's (National Zoo, Washington DC)
presentation for BERG next week (May 20th).

Animal perspectives affect everything we do in zoos. Our success as animal care
specialists heavily relies on identifying those perspectives and understanding how to best
work with each individual’s needs. When we take into consideration behavioral responses to
their social environment and added activities, our understanding of the complexity of
their world becomes richer. In this BERG, we will talk about a few of the ways in which
perception is studied (largely focused on my own work) and how it can impact applied
practices.

Please also consider completing this questionnaire for one of our Masters students - it
takes just 20 mins to complete:

https://stirlingpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5iKUUuwW5V97dWJ

The aim of the study is to investigate the effects which different photos have on everyday
food choices and related personality variables.

Anyone who wants to become a regular BERGer - just subscribe here - and you can also
unsubscribe.

http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg

Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)

Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland

E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk>
Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925

http://marmosetcare.com/

http://www.animalconcepts.eu/247animalwelfare/

http://refiningdogcare.com/

Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)

Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland

E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk>
Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925
http://marmosetcare.com/
http://www.animalconcepts.eu/247animalwelfare/
http://refiningdogcare.com/
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BERG Wednesday 13th May, 5.30pm