Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments Odisee vzw University of Antwerp KU Leuven Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Human evaluation of animal emotional expressivity can inform animal welfare. Qualitative Behavioural Assessment (QBA) has been applied to domesticated and some non-domesticated animals, but its use in primates is limited despite their emotional expressivity. We aimed to develop and apply a QBA for bonobos (Pan paniscus) through two consecutive studies. We applied Free Choice Profiling (FCP) and the Fixed List methodology, respectively, in Study ...