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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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Psychological and social well‐being of bony fishes in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Ronald G Oldfield, Patrick E Bonano

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, positive welfare, social behavior

2022

Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves

Authors: Patrick T Freeman, Erica L Anderson, Kristin B Allen, Caitlin E O'Connell‐Rodwell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african elephant, age, behavioral development, cross-sectional, early social behavior, play

2021

Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves

Authors: Patrick T Freeman, Erica L Anderson, Kristin B Allen, Caitlin E O'Connell‐Rodwell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, interaction, ontogeny, sociality

2021

Social associations in captive Caribbean flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber and their implications for flock management

Authors: Caitlin Finlay, Robert Bertrand Weladji, Patrick Pare, Guillaume Body

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: affiliations, age, captive breeding, social network analysis, welfare, zoo

2021

The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship

Authors: Míriam Marcet-Rius, Patrick Pageat, Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Eva Teruel, Philippe Monneret, Julien Leclercq, Alessandro Cozzi

Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management

Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement

2020

Zoo soundscape: Daily variation of low‐to‐high‐frequency sounds

Authors: Catherine Pelletier, Robert B Weladji, Louis Lazure, Patrick Paré

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: infrasound, noise, ultrasound, welfare, zoo

2020

Activity budget and spatial distribution of Bennett’s wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) in open versus closed exhibit designs

Authors: Julie Beaudin-Judd, Robert B. Weladji, Louis Lazure, Patrick Pare

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, exhibit design, visitor effects

2019

Hormonal correlates of natal dispersal and rank attainment in wild male baboons

Authors: Mercy Y. Akinyi, Laurence R. Gesquiere, Mathias Franz, Patrick O. Onyango, Jeanne Altmann, Susan C. Alberts

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: baboons, dispersal, glucocorticoids, rank attainment, testosterone

2017

The skin microbiome of cow-nose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) in an aquarium touch-tank exhibit

Authors: Patrick J. Kearns, Jennifer L. Bowen, Michael F. Tlusty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 16s rrna gene, cow-nose ray, elasmobranch, microbiome, touch-tank

2017

Changes in the dominance hierarchy of captive female Japanese macaques as a consequence of merging two previously established groups

Authors: Emily J. Anderson, Robert B. Weladji, Patrick Paré

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dominance ranks, group formation, macaca fuscatamacaca fuscata, primates, welfare

2016

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