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Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.

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How Prosimian Primates Represent Tools: Experiments With Two Lemur Species (Eulemur fulvus and Lemur catta)

The authors examined how 2 lemur species (Eulemur fulvus and Lemur catta) reason about tools. Experiment 1 allowed subjects to use 1 of 2 canes to retrieve an inaccessible food reward. Lemurs learned to solve this problem as quickly as other primates. Experiment 2 then presented subjects with novel tools differing from the originals along […]

Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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The Detroit Zoological Society – a renowned leader in
humane education, wildlife conservation, animal welfare
and sustainability – operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center.

Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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