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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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Enhancing Japanese visitors’ interest in livestock welfare through zoo carcass feeding activities

Authors: Kota Okabe, Ayumi Kawamura, Katsuji Uetake, Chihiro Kase

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Consumer Behaviour, environmental enrichment, laying hen, Personal Connection

2024

Effects of browsing enrichment associated with the temperature–humidity index and landscaping trees in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)

Authors: Kota Okabe, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Ayumi Kawamura, Chihiro Kase, Katsuji Uetake

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, climate, environmental enrichment, oral stereotypy, zoo

2022

Giraffes like it hot? Research on giraffe drinking behaviour in response to warm water supply in a cold environment

Authors: Kota Okabe, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Ayumi Kawamura, Masayuki Matsunaga, Chihiro Kase, Katsuji Uetake

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, hydration

2022

An investigation of browsing enrichment, especially non‐leaf foraging, on giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) at Kyoto City Zoo in Japan

Authors: Kota Okabe, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Ayumi Kawamura, Chihiro Kase, Katsuji Uetake

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browse, enrichment, giraffes, non-leaf foraging

2022

Lactation-associated infertility in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) during the breeding season

Authors: Masahiro Kondo, Hisashi Kishi, Chihiro Kojima, Wanzhu Jin, Juri Suzuki, Keiko Shimizu, Mariko Itoh, Satoshi Ohkura, Hiroko Tsukamura, Kei-Ichiro Maeda, Gen Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Taya

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cortisol, estradiol-17β, gonadotropin, inhibin, lactation, progesterone, suckling

2003

Yearling bulls shorten the duration of postpartum anestrus in beef cows to the same extent as do mature bulls

Authors: AS Cupp, MS Roberson, TT Stumpf, MW Wolfe, LA Werth, N Kojima, RJ Kittok, JE Kinder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: anestrus, bull exposure, postpartum interval

1993

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