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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 preference assessment-informed enrichment device colour on biting and foraging behaviour in loggerhead sea turtles

Authors: Andrew Bulla, Amanda Mahoney, Victoria Maria Lee, Devin Dumont, Lisa Kovalanchik

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aquarium, environmental enrichment, foraging, loggerhead sea turtle, nutrition, preference testing, rehabilitation

2024

Behavioral development of a captive polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub in the maternal den

Authors: Kylen N Gartland, Mary K Humbyrd, Betsie Meister, Grace Fuller

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, development, polar bear

2023

Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Authors: Ashley D. Franklin, Monica M. McDonald, Mary Agnew, Sarah Duncan, David M. Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: breeding programs, deslorelin, habitat complexity, mate incompatibility, reproductive viability analysis (RVA), reversibility, Suprelorin, zoo

2023

By Bits and Pieces: The Contributions of Zoos and Aquariums to Science and Society via Biomaterials

Authors: David M Powell, Theodore G Meyer, Mary Duncan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: education, genetics, health, microbiome, physiology, research, students

2023

Do mixed-species groups of capuchin (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) synchronize their behaviour?

Authors: Sophia Daoudi-Simison, Eoin O'Sullivan, Genevieve Moat, Phyllis C. Lee, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Keywords:

2023

Does the Absence of Zoo Visitors during the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact Gorilla Behavior?

Authors: Mary Masman, Clarice Scarpace, Angelina Liriano, Susan W Margulis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, COVID-19, gorilla, pandemic, research, visitors, zoo

2022

Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species

Authors: Alyssa M Hartzheim, Jennifer L Terry, Emily K Field, Natalie T Haydt, Sinlan Poo, Lorin A Neuman‐Lee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology

Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise

2022

Supporting Zoo Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare and Herd Dynamics with a More Complex and Expanded Habitat

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, David Shepherdson, Karen Lewis, Natalia Prado, Janine L Brown, Bob Lee, Nadja Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, elephant, feeding predictability, glucocorticoids, gps, habitat evaluation, locomotion, sociality, welfare

2021

Physiological measure of animal welfare in relation to semi-captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) interaction programs

Authors: Chloe E Grotto, Tanja Wolf, Elizabeth Berkeley, Stephen Lee, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: African Zoology

Keywords: conservation, elephant, endocrinology, faecal, physiology, stress

2020

Play in Elephants: Wellbeing, Welfare or Distraction?

Authors: C Elizabeth Webber, Phyllis C Lee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive wellbeing, comparative play rates, early development, elephant play

2020

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