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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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The Effect of Enrichment Filling and Engagement Time on Regurgitation and Reingestion Behaviour in Three Zoo-Housed Orangutans

Authors: Rebecca Nash, Helen Johnston, Amy Robbins, Kris Descovich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, primate, regurgitation, welfare, zoo

2021

Getting It Straight: Accommodating Rectilinear Behavior in Captive Snakes—A Review of Recommendations and Their Evidence Base

Authors: Clifford Warwick, Rachel Grant, Catrina Steedman, Tiffani J Howell, Phillip C Arena, Angelo JL Lambiris, Ann-Elizabeth Nash, Mike Jessop, Anthony Pilny, Melissa Amarello

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body posture, enclosure size, literature review, reptile husbandry, space

2021

The nocturnal activity of a commonly housed rodent: How African pygmy dormice (Graphiurus murinus) respond to an enriched environment

Authors: Geminni PSA Lang, Paul E Rose, Steve M Nash, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavioral repertoires, Graphiurus murinus, nest box, space use, welfare

2020

Morbidity and Mortality of Invertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals at a Major Exotic Companion Animal Wholesaler

Authors: Shawn Ashley, Susan Brown, Joel Ledford, Janet Martin, Ann-Elizabeth Nash, Amanda Terry, Tim Tristan, Clifford Warwick

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, disease, exotic animal sales, mortality

2014

Using student-centred research to evidence-base exhibition of reptiles and amphibians: three species-specific case studies

Authors: Paul Rose, Charlotte Evans, Roger Coffin, Ross Miller, Steve Nash

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: reptiles, student research, zoo

2014

Factors affecting wounding aggression in a colony of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Robert C. Williams, Leanne T. Nash, Clara JoAnn Scarry, Elaine N. Videan, Jo Fritz

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: apes, captive management, psychological well-being

2010

Sex-Specific Differences in Olfactory Sensitivity for Putative Human Pheromones in Nonhuman Primates

Authors: M. Laska, A. Wieser, L.T. Hernandez Salazar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: androstadienes, animals, conditioning (psychology), estradiol/analogs & derivatives, female, humans, hypothalamus/physiology, macaca nemestrina, male, pheromones, psychophysiologic habituation, saimiri, sensitivity and specificity, sex factors, smell/ph, time factors

2006

The effect of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of caged rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Authors: L.T. Hansen, H. Berthelsen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, housing, rabbit, welfare

2000

The effect of hay on the behaviour of caged rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Authors: H. Berthelson, L.T. Hansen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, environmental enrichment, rabbits

1999

Variables Influencing the Origins of Diverse Abnormal Behaviors in a Large Sample of Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: L.T. Nash, J. Fritz, P.A. Alford, L. Brent

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: abnormal behaviors, chimpanzees, learning, pan troglodytes, psychological well-being, rearing, sex differences

1999

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