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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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Elephants and ethics: toward a morality of coexistence

Authors: Christen M. Wemmer, Catherine A. Christen

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare moral and ethical aspects, elephants effect of human beings on moral and ethical aspects

2008

Assessment of body condition in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: C. Wemmer, V. Krishnamurthy, S. Shrestha, L. A. Hayek, Myo Thant, K. A. Nanjappa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fat, morphology, morphometrics, sexual dimorphism

2006

Evaluating the Conservation Mission of Zoos, Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, and Natural History Museums

Authors: Brian Miller, William Conway, Richard P. Reading, Chris Wemmer, David Wildt, Devra Kleiman, Steven Monfort, Alan Rabinowitz, Beth Armstrong, Michael Hutchins

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: botanical garden, environmental protection, habitat, museum, program, urban area, zoo

2004

Opportunities lost: Zoos and the marsupial that tried to be a wolf

Authors: Chris Wemmer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords:

2002

Captive-rearing piping plovers: Developing techniques to augment wild populations

Authors: Abby N. Powell, Francesca J. Cuthbert, Lauren C. Wemmer, Alice W. Doolittle, Shane T. Feirer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: charadrius melodus, charadrius vociferus, endangered species, killdeer, piping plovers, reintroduction, surrogate species

1997

Demography of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India

Authors: R. Sukumar, V. Krishnamurthy, Chris Wemmer, Melissa Rodden

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: asian elephants, captive elephants, demography, reproduction, southern india

1997

Publication trends in zoo biology: A brief analysis of the first 15 years

Authors: Chris Wemmer, Melissa Rodden, Charles Pickett

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquariums, publication, research, zoos

1997

Collection planning and the modern zoo

Authors: Chris Wemmer, Scott Derrickson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: collection planning

1995

Veterinary care of Asian timber elephants in India: Historical accounts and current observations

Authors: V. Krishnamurthy, Chris Wemmer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, husbandry, timber extraction, traditional medicine, veterinary medicine

1995

Training zoo biology in tropical countries: A report on a method and progress

Authors: Chris Wemmer, Charles Pickett, J. Andrew Teare

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: developing-countries, education

1990

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