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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=F%2CB.M.%20deWaal&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Does a temperate ungulate that breeds in summer exhibit rut-induced hypophagia? Analysis of time budgets of male takin (Budorcas taxicolor) in Sichuan, China

Authors: T.P. Guan, B.M. Ge, D.M. Powell, W.J. McShea, S. Li, Y.L. Song

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: capital breeder, constraints, foraging, hypophagia, rutting, takin, temperateungulate

2012

Facilitating Play Through Communication: Significance of Teeth Exposure in the Gorilla Play Face

Authors: B.M. Waller, L. Cherry

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal signals, bared-teeth display, facial expression, laughing, primate communication, smiling

2012

Friendship affects gaze following in a tolerant species of macaque, Macaca nigra

Authors: J. Micheletta, B.M. Waller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: crested macaque, dominance, friendship, gaze following, kinship, macaca nigra, relationship quality, social cognition, social style

2012

Sneaky Monkeys: An Audience Effect of Male Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Sexual Behavior

Authors: A.M. Overduin-De Vries, J.J.M. Massen, B.M. Spruijt, E.H.M. Sterck

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: audience effect, mating tactics, monopolization, primates, sexual behavior

2012

Predation Determines the Outcome of 10 Reintroduction Attempts in Arid South Australia

Authors: K.E. Moseby, J.L. Read, D.C. Paton, P. Copley, B.M. Hill, H.A. Crisp

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: arid zone, reintroduction, success criteria, threatened species, translocation

2011

Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Rapidly Learn To Select Dominant Individuals in Videos of Artificial Social Interactions Between Unfamiliar Conspecifics

Authors: R. Paxton, B.M. Basile, I. Adachi, W.A. Suzuki, M.E. Wilson, R.R. Hampton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: computerized testing, hierarchy, observation, social behavior, social behaviour, social cognition

2010

Do double cages and access to occupational materials improve the welfare of farmed mink

Authors: Hansen, S.W.; Malmkvist, J.; Palme, R.; Damgaard, B.M.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cage environment, enrichment, mustela vison, space allowance

2007

Presence of a privacy divider increases proximity in pair-housed rhesus monkeys

Authors: B.M. Basile, R.R. Hampton, A.M. Chaudhry, E.A. Murray

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, macaque, pair housing, primate, privacy, social

2007

Tools to measure and improve animal welfare: reward-related behaviour

Authors: J.E. van der Harst, B.M. Spruijt

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, anticipatory behaviour, behavioural therapy, neuro-ethology, reward, welfare indicator

2007

The effect of routine experimental procedures on physiological parameters in mice kept under different husbandry conditions

Authors: M. K. Meijer, K. Kramer, R. Remie, B.M. Spruijt, L.F.M. van Zutphen, V. Baumans

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, husbandry conditions, mice, radio telemetry, routine procedures, stress response

2006

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