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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=Laurie%20Marker-Kraus&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Assessing zoo giraffe survivorship: Methodological aspects, historical improvement and a rapid demographic shift

Authors: Lara Scherer, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Max Hahn-Klimroth, Dennis Müller, Marco Roller, Mads Bertelsen, Jörg Jebram, Paul Dierkes, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: giraffa camelopardalis, husbandry, mortality, progress, survival

2024

Do rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta, understand what others know when gaze following?

Authors: Lindsey A. Drayton, Laurie R. Santos

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: gaze following, rhesus macaque, theory of mind

2017

Retrospective analysis of elective health examinations as preventative medicine interventions at a zoological collection

Authors: Michelle Barrows, Rowena Killick, Richard Saunders, Stamatios Tahas, Charlotte Day, Kellie Wyatt, Teresa Horspool, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Jennie Cook

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diagnostics, veterinary medicine, zoo animals

2017

Saving the mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci): Assessment of the genetic status of captive bongos as a source for genetic reinforcement of wild populations

Authors: Paul Donoghue, Karl Gruber, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Andrew Kitchener, Emily Donoghue, Yoshan Moodley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bongo, genetic augmentation, microsatellites, one plan approach, tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci

2017

Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants

Authors: Lea Carisch, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jean-Michel Hatt, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, E. Eberhard Rensch, Marcus Clauss, Philipp Zerbe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality

2017

Uncovering the origins of dog–human eye contact: dingoes establish eye contact more than wolves, but less than dogs

Authors: Angie M. Johnston, Courtney Turrin, Lyn Watson, Alyssa M. Arre, Laurie R. Santos

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: domestication, eye contact, interspecific bonding

2017

Body mass dynamics in hand reared clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) cubs from birth to weaning

Authors: Fernando Nájera, Janine Brown, David E. Wildt, Laurie Virolle, Urarikha Kongprom, Luis Revuelta, Karen Goodrowe-Beck

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: clouded leopard, growth rate, hand rearing, neofelis nebulosa

2015

Hand-rearing, growth, and development of common loon (Gavia immer) chicks

Authors: Kevin P. Kenow, Melissa S. Meier, Laurie E. McColl, Randy K. Hines, Jimmy Pichner, Laura Johnson, James E. Lyon, Kellie Kroc Scharold, Michael Meyer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral development, captive rearing, common loon, food consumption, growth, husbandry

2014

What Do People Want? Factors People Consider When Acquiring Dogs, the Complexity of the Choices They Make, and Implications for Nonhuman Animal Relocation Programs

Authors: Laurie Garrison, Emily Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dog adoption

2014

Community Partnering as a Tool for Improving Live Release Rate in Animal Shelters in the United States

Authors: Emily Weiss, Gary Patronek, Margaret Slater, Laurie Garrison, Karen Medicus

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal shelters, community partnership, live release rate

2013

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