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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=C.%20T.%20Robbins&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Welfare Assessment Tools in Zoos: From Theory to Practice

Authors: Narelle Jones, Sally L. Sherwen, Rachel Robbins, David J. McLelland, Alexandra L. Whittaker

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: animal-based, Five Domains, resource-based, scoring, validity, zoo animal welfare

2022

Effect of enclosure expansion on the activity budgets of eastern black‐and‐white colobus monkeys, Colobus guereza

Authors: RL Robbins, J Sheridan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, behavior, Colobus guereza, environment complexity, habitat expansion

2021

The Effect of Enrichment Filling and Engagement Time on Regurgitation and Reingestion Behaviour in Three Zoo-Housed Orangutans

Authors: Rebecca Nash, Helen Johnston, Amy Robbins, Kris Descovich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, primate, regurgitation, welfare, zoo

2021

Understanding the multiple conceptions of animal welfare

Authors: D. M. Weary, J. A. Robbins

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal well-being, experimental philosophy, good life, happiness, moral dilemma

2019

Music for the birds: effects of auditory enrichment on captive bird species

Authors: Lindsey Robbins, Susan W. Margulis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: auditory enrichment, mousebird, starling, turaco

2016

Positive Reinforcement Training for Blood Collection in Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) Results in Undetectable Elevations in Serum Cortisol Levels: A Preliminary Investigation

Authors: Nicole M. Joyce-Zuniga, Ruth C. Newberry, Charles T. Robbins, Jasmine V. Ware, Heiko T. Jansen, O. Lynne Nelson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: grizzly bear, positive reinforcement training, serum cortisol, voluntary blood draw

2016

Evaluation of a novel rodenticide: acute sub-lethal effects of a methaemoglobin-inducing agent

Authors: R. J. Quy, T. J. Gibson, M. S. Lambert, C. T. Eason, N. G. Gregory

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, hypoxaemia, methaemoglobin (methb), methaemoglobinaemia, rat, sub-lethal

2015

Evaluation of a novel rodenticide: welfare assessment of fatal methaemoglobinaemia in adult rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Authors: T. J. Gibson, R. J. Quy, C. T. Eason, N. G. Gregory

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, death, hypoxaemia, methaemoglobin (methb), methaemoglobinaemia, rat

2015

Paving the way for farm animal welfare in international relations: an EU-Brazil case study

Authors: C. T. Maciel, A. P. J. Mol, B. B. Bock

Publication/Journal: Contemporary Politics

Keywords: animal welfare, borders, diplomacy, eu-brazil, food system, global agrifood, governance, international governance, law, national policy convergence, networks, political science, private standards, standards, system, trade relations, world-trade organization

2015

Stakeholder views on treating pain due to dehorning dairy calves

Authors: J. A. Robbins, D. M. Weary, C. A. Schuppli, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, calves, dehorning, disbudding, pain

2015

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