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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.
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Visual and acoustic exploratory behaviors toward novel stimuli in Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) under human care

Authors: Aviva Charles, Yann Henaut, Michel Saint-Jalme, Baptiste Mulot, Alexis Lecu, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: auditory perception, manatee, physiology, social behavior, Trichechus manatus, visual perception, vocalization

2023

Location, Location, Location! Evaluating Space Use of Captive Aquatic Species; A Case Study with Elasmobranchs

Authors: Alexis M. Hart, Zac Reynolds, Sandra M. Troxell-Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, elasmobranch, sharks, space use, Spread of participation index, ZooMonitor

2022

Studying Antillean manatees’(Trichechus manatus manatus) temperament in zoological parks: exploration of boldness, sociality and reactivity to humans

Authors: Aviva Charles, Yann Henaut, Michel Saint Jalme, Baptiste Mulot, Alexis Lecu, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: conservation, manatees, novelty tests, personality questionnaire, temperament, welfare

2021

Using individual-specific conditioning to reduce stereotypic behaviours: A study on smooth dogfish Mustelus canis in captivity

Authors: Alexis Hart, Zac Reynolds, Sandra Troxell-Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, elasmobranchs

2021

Development of a partner preference test that differentiates between established pair bonds and other relationships in socially monogamous titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)

Authors: Sarah B. Carp, Emily S. Rothwell, Alexis Bourdon, Sara M. Freeman, Emilio Ferrer, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, monogamy, new world monkey, nonhuman primate, social attachment

2016

What counts for ‘counting’? Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, respond appropriately to relevant and irrelevant information in a quantity judgment task

Authors: Michael J. Beran, Joseph M. McIntyre, Alexis Garland, Theodore A. Evans

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: approximate number system, chimpanzee, enumeration, pan troglodytes, quantity judgment, transposition

2013

Dietary specialization and Eucalyptus species preferences in Queensland koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Alexis L. Higgins, Fred B. Bercovitch, Jennifer R. Tobey, Chris Hamlin Andrus

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eucalyptus, feeding behavior, phascolarctos, secondary plant metabolites

2011

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