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Our Goals

  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=Don%20J.%20Katcoff&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020

“Animals First”: Good Communication May Be the Missing Element in Nonhuman Animal Welfare Systems

Authors: Don Moore, Erika Bauer, Brandie Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, communication

2013

Zoo Biology: a voice for science in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Don Lindburg

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aza, science

2007

Preferences among four species of local browse offered to Colobus guereza kikuyuensis at the Central Park Zoo

Authors: Twiggy C. Tovar, Don Moore, Ellen Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: food preference, monkey, nutrition

2005

Environmental Enrichment for Dendrobatid Frogs

Authors: Kristiina Hurme, Kittzie Gonzalez, Mark Halvorsen, Bruce Foster, Don Moore, B. Diane Chepko-Sade

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dart-poison frog, dendrobatid, enrichment, feeder, husbandry

2003

Genetic kinship and social structure in a herd of square-lipped rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum) at the zoological center, Tel Aviv/Ramat-Gan, Israel

Authors: Benjamin Seror, Yehuda Zorovsky, Amelia Terkel, Don J. Katcoff

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: parentage, paternity, rapd, rhino

2002

Blood values in wild and captive Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis)

Authors: Don Gillespie, Frederic L. Frye, Steven L. Stockham, Terry Fredeking

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blood values, komodo dragons, normal physiologic values, varanus komodoensis

2000

Rhinos as game ranch animals

Authors: Don D. Farst

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: book review, ethics, game animals, rhinos

1996

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