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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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Ethical evolutions: navigating the future of animal behaviour and welfare research

Authors: Matthew O. Parker, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Research Ethics

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, ethics, research

2023

Linking the roles of personality and stress physiology for managing the welfare of captive big cats

Authors: Janice Vaz, Alan Gerard McElligott, Edward Narayan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal personalities, animal welfare, big cats, coping style, glucocorticoids, individual variation, stressors

2021

Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020

Correlates of androgens in wild male Barbary macaques: Testing the challenge hypothesis

Authors: Alan V. Rincon, Laëtitia Maréchal, Stuart Semple, Bonaventura Majolo, Ann MacLarnon

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: androgens, barbary macaques, challenge hypothesis, male-infant affiliation, rank instability

2017

Acoustic analysis of cattle (Bos taurus) mother–offspring contact calls from a source–filter theory perspective

Authors: Mónica Padilla de la Torre, Elodie F. Briefer, Tom Reader, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, calf, cow, individuality, livestock, vocal communication

2015

Autonomic nervous system reactivity in a free-ranging mammal: effects of dominance rank and personality

Authors: Elodie F. Briefer, James A. Oxley, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: avoidance, behaviour, goats, heart rate, hierarchy, rmssd, sociability

2015

Emotions in goats: mapping physiological, behavioural and vocal profiles

Authors: Elodie F. Briefer, Federico Tettamanti, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: acoustic communication, arousal, capra hircus, positive emotions, ungulates, valence, vocal analysis

2015

Understanding irregular shell formation of Nautilus in aquaria: Chemical composition and structural analysis

Authors: Mehdi Moini, Aoife O'Halloran, Alan M. Peters, Christine A. M. France, Edward P. Vicenzi, Tamsen G. DeWitt, Esther Langan, Tim Walsh, Robert J. Speakman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black line, cephalopods, isotopic abundances, mollusca, shell formation

2014

Changes in Fecal Estrogen Levels and Sexual Behavior in Captive Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) Following a Male Replacement

Authors: Yena Kim, Eunha Ko, Susan Lappan, Alan Kezele, Soo Whan Kwon, Jae Chun Choe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: copulation frequency, fecal estrogens, male replacement, seasonal breeding

2013

Rescued goats at a sanctuary display positive mood after former neglect

Authors: Elodie F. Briefer, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *animal cognition, *cognitive bias, animal welfare, capra hircus, emotions, sex differences

2013

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