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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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Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

Authors: Eve Mannings, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal

Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo

2023

Environmental change alters personality in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Authors: Ashley J. Frost, Jack S. Thomson, Charlotte Smith, Hannah C. Burton, Ben Davis, Phillip C. Watts, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, boldness, coping style, hypoxia, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation risk, rainbow-trout, temperature

2013

Plasticity of Boldness in Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: Do Hunger and Predation Influence Risk-Taking Behaviour?

Authors: J. S. Thomson, P. C. Watts, T. G. Pottinger, L. U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavioral plasticity, behavioural plasticity, coping style, cortisol, food availability, gene expression, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation threat, rainbow-trout

2012

Some Analyses and Recommendations on Diet Formulation for Conservation Breeding of the Galapagos Rice Rat of Isla Santiago, Nesoryzomys swarthi

Authors: Dan Wharton, Robert Dowler, Jennifer Watts

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: conservation breeding, diet formulation, nesoryzomys swarthi, opuntia galapageia

2012

Vocal behaviour in cattle: the animal’s commentary on its biological processes and welfare

Authors: Jon M. Watts, Joseph M. Stookey

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal communication, animal welfare, cattle, vocalization

2000

Behavioral evaluation of exhibit modifications designed to accommodate an aged diana monkey

Authors: Evan L. Zucker, Marsha Deitchman, Eve Watts

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: arboreality, cercopithecus diana, geriatrics, habitat use, terrestriality

1991

Mountain gorilla life histories, reproductive competition, and sociosexual behavior and some implications for captive husbandry

Authors: David P. Watts

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, gorillas, reproduction, sociosexual behavior

1990

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