The Five Domains model
Every welfare score rests on Nutrition, Environment, Health, Behaviour and Mental state - the model set out by Mellor (2020) and adopted by WAZA and EAZA.
Animal welfare monitoring & observation
Welfare,
seen.
Sentia turns everyday keeper observations into measurable welfare - so every animal in your care is watched over, understood, and thriving.
ObserveA timed observation, under a minute
UnderstandObservations become a welfare score
ImproveEarly-warning flags, per animal
Grounded in the Five Domains model
EAZA / WAZA-aligned welfare science
Imports your ZIMS collection
Five roles, row-level security & audit trail
Multi-language, right-to-left ready
What Sentia does
Everything welfare needs, in one record per animal
From the first-thing-in-the-morning observation a keeper taps on their phone to the trend a manager reviews months later - one connected system, built around the animal.
Guided field observation
A keeper records an animal in under a minute: a one-tap stopwatch, the species ethogram and a plain general-state check - built for a phone, outdoors, even with no signal.
Five Domains welfare score
Observations become a welfare score across Nutrition, Environment, Health, Behaviour and Mental state - the EAZA / WAZA standard, drafted with evidence and signed off by your vet.
Real-time alerts to the vet
The moment an observer flags an animal for attention or an abnormal behaviour, a critical alert reaches the vet - nothing waits for the end of the day.
One record, no double work
Field observations flow straight into the animal's record - no re-typing into a second system, no notes lost between a tablet and a spreadsheet. Your existing collection imports from ZIMS, so you never re-key a single animal.
QR at every enclosure
Staff scan an enclosure's QR to jump straight into an observation; visitors reach a public "who lives here" page - one code, two doors.
Works offline, syncs later
Observations, photos and timed sessions are saved on the device and replayed automatically when signal returns - the far corner of the park is not a dead zone.
Group rounds & individuals
Record a whole enclosure at once, or "pinch" a single animal for a per-individual note - flamingo with ring 123, a limp on the left leg - without breaking the round.
Insights & early warning
Activity budgets, welfare trends, coverage gaps and predictive flags - so a quiet drift in an animal's routine is caught weeks before it becomes a problem.
Roles, languages & security
Five roles from volunteer observer to vet to manager, each seeing exactly what they should - in any language you run, with full right-to-left support, a complete audit trail and role-based access.
Inside the product
Designed for the keeper's hand, and the manager's desk
A calm, fast interface in the field; the depth to run a whole collection behind it.
One system across the whole team - vet, keeper and observer. Real screens, shown with demo data.
Role-based access
Everyone sees exactly their part - and nothing more
From a volunteer observer to the park vet to the director, each role opens into a screen built for their job. It is not one app with buttons greyed out - access is enforced at the database with row-level security, and every action is written to an audit trail. Pick a role to see their view.
Sees
Whole-collection welfare, coverage, exec reports, population and the work roster.
Doesn't see
Recording medical treatments - that stays with the vet.
Row-level security in the database
Immutable audit trail
Any language, right-to-left ready
One platform, not a point tool
Everything a collection runs on, in one system
Observation and welfare are the heart of Sentia - but an accredited collection needs more. From the vet's clinic to the feed store to the studbook, Sentia carries the day-to-day, all in one record per animal.
The animal record
One tabbed profile per animal - identity, provenance, medical, welfare, care, feeding and activity trends.
Medical & clinical
Treatments, diagnoses, weight and body-condition trends, preventive care, contraception and quarantine - vet-gated.
ZIMS import
Bring your living collection across from ZIMS / Species360 - identity, species and medical history, in one pass.Species360
Breeding & population
Introductions, census, mortality and population reports - the studbook side of running a collection.
Nutrition & feeding
Species diets, food groups, feeding schedules, and demand measured against what's in stock.
Environment & weather
Temperature and conditions tracked against each enclosure - so heat, cold and weather show up in the welfare picture, not just the forecast.
Reptile house & insectarium
Controlled-habitat husbandry for reptile houses and insectariums - species climate targets (temperature, humidity and UVB), shedding and molting, brumation, colony counts and lifecycle stages, with AI photo checks.AI
Enrichment
Log enrichment, rank what works, and get suggestions tailored to the species and its taxonomic group.
Training
Husbandry and medical training as a staged process - targets, shaping steps, and a keeper-to-vet approval before an animal counts as trained.
Operations & shifts
Shift handover journal, daily rosters and workload, maintenance and enclosure checks, inventory with low-stock alerts.
Live park map
Navigate the park on a real map - pick an enclosure or an animal and jump straight into its record.
Insights & prediction
Activity budgets, welfare trends, coverage gaps and early-warning flags before a problem shows.
Ask the system
Ask a question in plain language and get an answer from across your collection's data.AI
AI welfare assist
Drafts a Five Domains score from the week's observations for the vet to sign, flags significant medical records, and can read welfare cues from a photo.AI
Reports & exports
Scheduled reports emailed automatically, CSV exports, and push or email alerts on every event that matters.
Security & audit
Five roles with row-level access, an immutable audit trail, and a coverage flag for any animal overdue a welfare check.
Live today
Already running at Hai Park, Kiryat Motzkin
Sentia is not a concept - it is the welfare and collection system in daily use at Hai Park zoo, across the whole living collection. The welfare and observation core you see here is in daily use, and the platform is informed by that deployment every day.
466animals in the collection
5roles, from volunteer to vet
Anylanguage - right-to-left ready
2×daily observations per animal
Product screens shown on this page are illustrative of the live system.
How it works
Four steps, one welfare story per animal
The same loop every day - and it only gets sharper as each animal's record grows.
1
Observe
A keeper records what they see in the field - behaviour, enrichment, a note in their own words.
2
Assess
Observations roll up into a Five Domains welfare score, reviewed and signed off by the vet.
3
Act
Flags, enrichment suggestions and clinical follow-ups turn the score into action.
4
See trends
Every entry feeds trends and reports - so welfare is measurable, not anecdotal.
Who it's for
Any place that cares for animals, at any scale
From a single sanctuary to a multi-species collection - Sentia scales to whatever you keep.
🐘ZoosMulti-species collections
🦁Wildlife & safari parksLarge ranging enclosures
🦊Sanctuaries & rescuesRehabilitation & care
🐠AquariumsAquatic welfare
🦗InsectariumsInvertebrate & reptile houses
Resources
The welfare science under the surface
Sentia is not a generic logging app - it is built on the welfare framework your accreditation already speaks.
EAZA / WAZA alignment
Welfare-coverage tracking and assessment cadence built to the association standards your accreditation is measured against - so an audit finds a record, not a gap.
The end of double work
Keepers stop re-typing field notes into a second system. Observations flow straight to the vet - fewer lost notes, more time with the animals.
Want the full welfare-science brief for your team? Ask for a walkthrough.
Questions
What zoos ask before they start
Do we have to re-enter all our animals?
No. Sentia imports your living collection from ZIMS / Species360 in one pass - identity, species and medical history - so you start with real animals, not a blank system.
How is Sentia priced?
Pricing is tailored to your collection's size and needs, not per seat. Book a short walkthrough and we'll put together a clear quote for your park.
How long until we're up and running?
Because your collection imports from ZIMS, most of the setup is configuration rather than data entry. We onboard your team role by role, starting with the guided observer screen.
Is our data secure, and is it ours?
Yes. Role-based access, row-level security and an immutable audit trail - and your data stays yours. It can be self-hosted for full control over where it lives.
Does it work in the field without signal?
Yes. Observations, photos and timed sessions are saved on the device and sync automatically when signal returns - the far corner of the park is not a dead zone.
What languages does it support?
Any language you need - the interface can be localised to your team, with full right-to-left support for right-to-left languages. Keeper notes written in one language can be translated automatically, so nothing is lost between the field and the record.
Who on our team uses it?
Five roles, from volunteer observers to keepers, vets and managers - each sees exactly what they need, and nothing they don't.
Is it aligned with EAZA / WAZA?
Welfare is scored on the Five Domains model, and coverage is tracked to the association standards your accreditation is measured against - so an audit finds a record, not a gap.
Getting started
Live in weeks, not a year
The same path we took with Hai Park - your collection is in the system before your team even logs in.
1
Import
Your living collection comes across from ZIMS - animals, species and history, in one pass.
2
Configure
We set up your enclosures, roles and welfare scale to match how your park runs.
3
Train
Your team starts on the guided observer screen - most keepers are recording in minutes.
4
Go live
Welfare is tracked from day one, with the vet signing off the first assessments.
Bring measurable welfare to your park
See Sentia on your own animals. Book a walkthrough and we'll show you the whole flow - from a keeper's first observation to a manager's welfare report.
- A 30-minute walkthrough, on your own collection
- Grounded in the Five Domains model (EAZA / WAZA)
- Runs in any language, with full right-to-left support