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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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Behavioral analysis of a captive male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) when exposed to environmental changes

Authors: Josefine F Larsen, Karl KD Andersen, Julia Cuprys, Thomas B Fosgaard, Johanne H Jacobsen, Dominika Krysztofiak, Silje M Lund, Birgitte Nielsen, Maja EB Pedersen, Matilde J Pedersen

Publication/Journal: Archives of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), ethogram, facility improvement, mixed species habitat

2023

Social games that belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) play

Authors: Heather M. Manitzas Hill, Nicole Ortiz, Katie Kolodziej, Jackson R. Ham

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Play

Keywords: beluga, cooperation, object play, social play, white whale

2022

Southern Sea Otter Rehabilitation: Lessons and Impacts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Authors: Leilani Konrad, Jessica A Fujii, Sandrine Hazan, Andrew B Johnson, Karl A Mayer, Michael J Murray, Teri E Nicholson, Michelle M Staedler, Colleen Young

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aquarium, collaboration, southern sea otter, surrogacy, wildlife rehabilitation

2022

Synergy between behavioural research on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) conducted in zoological and wild settings

Authors: Heather M Manitzas Hill, Deirdre B Yeater, Michael Noonan

Publication/Journal: Polar Research

Keywords: *animal cognition, aquariums, captive whales, maternal behaviour, play, socio-sexual interactions

2021

When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®

Authors: Angela Miller, Nicole A Hill, Melaina Newcomer, Chelsea Weibel, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: acclimation, behaviour, enrichment, management, training

2021

Zoo‐housed mammals do not avoid giving birth on weekends

Authors: Geoff Hosey, Samantha J Ward, Amanda Ferguson, Hannah Jenkins, Sonya P Hill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: stress response, visitor effect, weekend effect, welfare, zoo visitors

2020

Growth rates of juvenile Boa constrictor under two feeding regimes

Authors: Robert L. Hill, Sarah M. Huskisson, Emily Weigel, Joseph R. Mendelson III

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: boidae, diet, evidence‐based husbandry, snake

2019

Preliminary observations of an unusual mouth interaction between beluga calves (Delphinapterus leucas)

Authors: Heather M. Hill, Sarah Dietrich, Sara Guarino, Magdalena Banda, Kristie Lacy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: beluga calves, delphinapterus leucas, development, mouth‐to‐mouth interaction, social interaction

2019

Development of sociality and emergence of independence in a killer whale (Orcinus orca) calf from birth to 36 months

Authors: Sara Guarino, Heather M. Hill, Julie Sigman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cetacean, development, killer whale, maternal care, orcinus orca, play, socialization

2017

Feeding practices for captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Europe: A survey in EEP zoos

Authors: Isabel Gussek, Stefan Hirsch, Monika Hartmann, Karl-Heinz Südekum, Jürgen Hummel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: browse, concentrate, dietary proportion, dry matter intake, forage, produce

2017

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