Abstract Facility Design for Disable and Aging Wild Animals

Chapter 6: Facility design for disabled and aging wild animals The blending of science with empathy through multidisciplinary design of animal facilities and features can contribute to the wellbeing of disabled and elderly animals in zoos, sanctuaries and research...

Unzoo Sanctuary Case-Study

2023 Taipei Zoo Planning and Design Conference. Jon was a (virtual) keynote speaker, presenting his paper “The Unzoo Sanctuary, a Case-Study.”

Nocturnal Animals

2023 MoonJam: Enrichment and welfare for nocturnal animals. Jon advised Fiona French, Tiff Leek, and colleagues on the recently held computer-interactive online brainstorming workshop and will assist with publishing the results.

Visitor-Animal Interactions

2023 Enhancing Visitor – Animal Interactions in the Modern Zoo: a designer’s perspective. Jon wrote this Chapter 5 in the book “Human Animal Interactions in the Modern Zoo: Merging Science and Practice” Edited by Eduardo Fernandez & Sally L. Sherwen. It is...

Disabled and Aging Animals

2023 Facility Design for Disabled and Aging Wild Animals. Jon wrote this Chapter 6 in the book “Optimal Welfare of Aging Wild Animals in Human Care” in 2021 and the book is finally available from Springer-Nature Publishers.