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Elephant Personality: A Jumbo Role In Animal Welfare and Species Conservation
Special Events
Mon, 7th April - Mon, 7th April
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Suitable for Adults and children aged 12 years and over
Free, but pre-booking is required.
Personality is the essence of individuality in animals. It affects individual behaviours, perceptions and lived experiences. Being able to reliably assess personality in animals holds the key to understanding individual differences. Application of this knowledge is a key consideration for the provision of individual-level animal management.
Lucy Rutherford, Behaviour & Welfare Scientist, Dublin Zoo, and Dr Ellen Williams, a zoo animal behaviour and welfare scientist and Senior Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare from Harper Adams University, will discuss methods of assessing personality in elephants using data collected across a 10-year period (2012-2023) as a case study.
Date: Monday, April 7th 2025 at 6:30pm (duration: one hour)
Speaker: Dr. Ellen Williams (Lecturer, Harper Adams University, UK), Lucy Rutherford (Behaviour & Welfare Scientist, Dublin Zoo)
Tickets: online bookings only
Audience: suitable for adults and children aged 12yrs and over
Location: this is an in-person event at Dublin Zoo
Please note: this event does not include day entry to Dublin Zoo
Elephant Personality: A Jumbo Role In Animal Welfare and Species Conservation
Special Events
Mon, 7th April - Mon, 7th April
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Suitable for Adults and children aged 12 years and over
Free, but pre-booking is required.
Personality is the essence of individuality in animals. It affects individual behaviours, perceptions and lived experiences. Being able to reliably assess personality in animals holds the key to understanding individual differences. Application of this knowledge is a key consideration for the provision of individual-level animal management.
Lucy Rutherford, Behaviour & Welfare Scientist, Dublin Zoo, and Dr Ellen Williams, a zoo animal behaviour and welfare scientist and Senior Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare from Harper Adams University, will discuss methods of assessing personality in elephants using data collected across a 10-year period (2012-2023) as a case study.
Date: Monday, April 7th 2025 at 6:30pm (duration: one hour)
Speaker: Dr. Ellen Williams (Lecturer, Harper Adams University, UK), Lucy Rutherford (Behaviour & Welfare Scientist, Dublin Zoo)
Tickets: online bookings only
Audience: suitable for adults and children aged 12yrs and over
Location: this is an in-person event at Dublin Zoo
Please note: this event does not include day entry to Dublin Zoo
