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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 Implications of the Complete Absence of Guests on a Zoo-Housed Gorilla Troop

Authors: Megan E Miller, Caeley M Robinson, Susan W Margulis

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budget, gorilla, visitor effects

2021

Happiness, Welfare, and Personality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Lauren M Robinson, Natalie K Waran, Ian Handel, Matthew C Leach

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping, monkey, psychometrics, temperament, validation

2021

Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with focus on thermoregulatory behavior

Authors: Judith A. Stryker, Jim L. Atkinson, Robert D. Brown, David Barney, J. Andy B. Robinson, Jay Duncan, Esther J. Finegan

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology

Keywords: infrared thermography, microclimatic landscape design, panthera tigris, thermal comfort, thermoregulatory behavior

2019

Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Drew M. Altschul, Emma K. Wallace, Yulán Úbeda, Miquel Llorente, Zarin Machanda, Katie E. Slocombe, Matthew C. Leach, Natalie K. Waran, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, chimpanzee, happiness, pan troglodytes, personality, welfare

2017

The effect of heightened awareness of observation on consumption of a multi-item laboratory test meal in females

Authors: Eric Robinson, Michael Proctor, Melissa Oldham, Una Masic

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: awareness, demand characteristics, eating behaviour, energy intake, experimenter effects, laboratory methods, observer effect

2016

Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella)

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Natalie K. Waran, Matthew C. Leach, F. Blake Morton, Annika Paukner, Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ian Handel, Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Sarah F. Brosnan, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: capuchin, personality, primate, stereotypy, subjective well-being, welfare

2016

Puppy Temperament Assessments Predict Breed and American Kennel Club Group but Not Adult Temperament

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Rebekah Skiver Thompson, James C. Ha

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dogs, puppies, temperament test

2016

Nutrient and plant secondary compound composition and iron-binding capacity in leaves and green stems of commonly used plant browse (Carolina willow; Salix caroliniana) fed to zoo-managed browsing herbivores

Authors: S. R. Lavin, K. E. Sullivan, S. C. Wooley, R. Robinson, S. Singh, K. Stone, S. Russell, E. V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload

2015

Reducing the stress of drug administration: implications for the 3Rs

Authors: S. A. Stuart, E. S. J. Robinson

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: amphetamine, gc-ms, methamphetamine, mice, multidisciplinary sciences, rats, restraint stress, sprague-dawley, strains

2015

Refining dosing by oral gavage in the dog: A protocol to harmonise welfare

Authors: Laura E. Hall, Sally Robinson, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Keywords: 3rs, dog, dosing, gavage methods, oral, refinement, toxicology, welfare

2015

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