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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
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A perspective on ungulate management and welfare assessment across the traditional zoo to large landscape spectrum

Authors: David M. Powell, Dan Beetem, RoxAnna Breitigan, Adam Eyres, Brandon Speeg

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: Five Domains, motivation, natural behavior

2023

Wing condition does not negatively impact time budget, enclosure usage, or social bonds in a flock of both full-winged and flight-restrained greater flamingos

Authors: Adam J. George, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, enclosure usage, flamingo, pinioning, social network, welfare, zoo bird

2023

American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition

Authors: Faith Kruis, Madison Wallwork, Marisa Spain, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, body condition, captivity

2022

Does the sound environment influence the behaviour of zoo-housed birds? A preliminary investigation of ten species across two zoos

Authors: Paul Rose, Adam Reed, Samantha Hurn, Alex Badman-King, Tom Rice

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal behaviour, soundscape, visitor effect, welfare, zoo sound

2022

Social structure and habitat design affect the impact of a novel feeding enrichment for alligators

Authors: Marisa Spain, Cayle Pearson, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2022

Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse

Authors: Adam Hartstone-Rose, Edwin Dickinson, Lisa M Paciulli, Ashley R Deutsch, Leon Tran, Grace Jones, Kaitlyn C Leonard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: anxiety, captive, light, weather, zoo

2020

The physiological function of oxytocin in humans and its acute response to human-dog interactions: A review of the literature

Authors: Lauren Powell, Adam J. Guastella, Paul McGreevy, Adrian Bauman, Kate M. Edwards, Emmanuel Stamatakis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: canine, cardiovascular, health, human–dog interaction, oxytocin, stress reactivity

2019

Cognitive bias and paw preference in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

Authors: Deborah L. Wells, Peter G. Hepper, Adam D. S. Milligan, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, *choice behavior, *cognitive bias, *lateral dominance, *preferences, animal sex differences, dogs, motor processes

2017

Effects of captivity on house mice behaviour in a novel environment: Implications for conservation practices

Authors: Stephanie K. Courtney Jones, Adam J. Munn, Phillip G. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, captive breeding, captivity, phenotypic plasticity, reintroduction, transgenerational effects

2017

Effects of temporary captivity on ranging behaviour in urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Authors: Bryony Tolhurst, Adam Grogan, Heather Hughes, Dawn Scott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captivity, ex situ, home range, ranging behaviour, red fox, rehabilitation

2016

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