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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=KAI%20Nekaris&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

High Prevalence of Dysfunctional Animal–Visitor Interactions in 225 Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Anna Fourage, Tanya Erzinclioglu, Amanda Fairey, Marco Campera, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Vincent Nijman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, conservation, education, entertainment, zoological associations

2024

Captive chimpanzee shares food with baboons

Authors: Bin Yang, James R Anderson, Ni-Na Gou, Kai-Feng Wang, Bao-Guo Li

Publication/Journal: Current Zoology

Keywords: baboons, chimpanzee, food sharing

2023

Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Authors: K Nekaris, Marco Campera, Marianna Chimienti, Carly Murray, Michela Balestri, Zak Showell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine

2022

Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade

Authors: Padcha Chatpongcharoen, Marco Campera, Phadet Laithong, Nancy L Gibson, KAI Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exudate enrichment, gummivory, insectivory, rescue centre, Thailand

2021

Diets high in fruits and low in gum exudates promote the occurrence and development of dental disease in pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)

Authors: Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exudativore, gummivore, nutrition, primate

2015

Factors influencing stereotypic behaviours of animals rescued from Asian animal markets: A slow loris case study

Authors: Richard S. Moore, Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captivity, nycticebus, slow loris, stereotypic behaviour, welfare

2015

Improving diet and activity of insectivorous primates in captivity: Naturalizing the diet of Northern Ceylon gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus nordicus

Authors: Emma Williams, Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, enrichment, insectivory, lorisidae, nocturnal, primate

2015

Effect of egg predator on nest choice and nest construction in sand gobies

Authors: Topi K. Lehtonen, Kai Lindström, Bob B. M. Wong

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: body size, egg predation, nest building, nest choice, parental care, pomatoschistus minutus, predation threat, predator–prey interaction, reproduction cost, sexual selection

2013

Obligate exudativory characterizes the diet of the pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus

Authors: Carly Starr, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: fallback foods, gummivory, radio-tracking, slow loris

2013

Taxonomy of the Bornean Slow Loris, With New Species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae)

Authors: Rachel A. Munds, K. A. I. Nekaris, Susan M. Ford

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: allopatric, cryptic species, morphology, nycticebus bancanus, nycticebus borneanus, nycticebus menagensis, sympatric

2013

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