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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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Health and Welfare Benefits of Computerized Cognitive Enrichment in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) at the US Navy Marine Mammal Program

Authors: Kelley Winship, Abby McClain, Amber Ramos, Jennifer Dunham, Mark Xitco

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, computerized task, pinniped welfare

2024

Effects of honey locust seed pods on the behavior and nutrient intake of zoo‐housed François langurs and prehensile‐tailed porcupines

Authors: Noah T Dunham, Kaylin S Tennant, Andrew H Loudon, Patricia M Dennis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dietary enrichment, langur, prehensile-tailed porcupine, seed pods

2023

Social status drives social relationships in groups of unrelated female rhesus macaques

Authors: Noah Snyder-Mackler, Jordan N. Kohn, Luis B. Barreiro, Zachary P. Johnson, Mark E. Wilson, Jenny Tung

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dominance rank, elo, fitness, grooming, kinship, primate, rhesus macaque, social bond formation, social status

2016

Experimental Evidence for Spatial Learning in Octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides)

Authors: J.G. Boal, A.W. Dunham, K.T. Williams, R.T. Hanlon

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: octopus, spatial learning

2000

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