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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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Considering generalizability: A lesson from auditory enrichment research on zoo animals

Authors: Nicola Khan, Claudia Wascher

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: applied animal behavior, auditory enrichment, captive settings, environmental enrichment, reproducibility

2021

Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare

Authors: Jonathan L. Webb, Jennie A. H. Crawley, Martin W. Seltmann, Oceane Liehrmann, Nicola Hemmings, U. Kyaw Nyein, Htoo Htoo Aung, Win Htut, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenpera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural assessment, ethogram, observational study, reliability, stress

2020

The Elephant Welfare Initiative: a model for advancing evidence‐based zoo animal welfare monitoring, assessment and enhancement

Authors: C Meehan, B Greco, B Lynn, K Morfeld, G Vicino, D Orban, C Gorsuch, M Quick, L Ripple, K Fournier

Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook

Keywords: behaviour, body condition, evidence-based animal care, stereotypic behaviour, welfare benchmarking, welfare epidemiology, welfare monitoring, welfare software, zoo animal welfare

2019

First report of a hatched, hand‐reared, and released African oystercatcher

Authors: Romy Klusener, Renata Hurtado, Nicola Stander, Nola J. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hand rearing, oystercatcher, wild animal release

2018

Application of Free Choice Profiling to assess the emotional state of dogs housed in shelter environments

Authors: Laura Arena, Franҫoise Wemelsfelder, Stefano Messori, Nicola Ferri, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: emotions, free choice profiling, generalised procrustes analysis, qualitative behavioural assessment, shelter dogs, welfare

2017

The correlation between alopecia and temperament in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at four primate facilities

Authors: Kristine Coleman, Corrine K. Lutz, Julie M. Worlein, Daniel H. Gottlieb, Emily Peterson, Grace H. Lee, Nicola D. Robertson, Kendra Rosenberg, Mark T. Menard, Melinda A. Novak

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: anxiety, behavioral inhibition, hair loss, husbandry practices

2017

Behavioural reactivity of ewes and lambs during partial and total social isolation

Authors: Shanis Barnard, Lindsay R. Matthews, Stefano Messori, Michele Podaliri Vulpiani, Nicola Ferri

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: fear, mother-lamb bond, sheep, temperament, welfare

2015

Zoo Playgrounds: A Source of Enrichment or Stress for a Group of Nearby Cockatoos? A Case Study

Authors: Courtney K. Collins, Nicola M. Marples

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cockatoo, zoo visitor effect

2015

Assessment of motor laterality in foals and young horses (Equus caballus) through an analysis of derailment at trot

Authors: Pia Lucidi, Giuliano Bacco, Marilena Sticco, Giancarlo Mazzoleni, Mariateresa Benvenuti, Nicola Bernabò, Roberto Trentini

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: horse, laterality, longeing, sidedness

2013

Dominance, pair bonds and boldness determine social-foraging tactics in rooks, Corvus frugilegus

Authors: Jolle W. Jolles, Ljerka Ostojić, Nicola S. Clayton

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: boldness, corvus frugilegus, dominance, heterogeneity, individual differences, pair bond, personality, producer–scrounger, rook, social foraging

2013

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