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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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Aggressive encounters lead to negative affective state in fish

Authors: Leia Rogers, Ellie Sales, Shokoofeh Shamsi, R Keller Kopf, Rafael Freire

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: affective state, aggression, fish welfare

2020

Behavioral, demographic, and management influences on equine responses to negative reinforcement

Authors: Kate Fenner, Rafael Freire, Andrew McLean, Paul McGreevy

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: horse management, learning, negative reinforcement, temperament, training

2019

A bibliometric analysis of past and emergent trends in animal welfare science

Authors: Raf Freire, CJ Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal well-being, bibliometrics, citation analysis, publications, scientometrics

2019

Effect of captivity and management on behaviour of the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

Authors: Sarah Talbot, Rafael Freire, Skye Wassens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, domestic ferrets, enrichment, housing, stereotypies

2014

Performance of sheep in a spatial maze is impeded by negative stimuli

Authors: Rebecca E. Doyle, Rafael Freire, Ann Cowling, Stephanie A. Knott, Caroline Lee

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective state, attention, cognition, sheep, spatial maze, welfare

2014

The welfare of laying hens in conventional cages and alternative systems: first steps towards a quantitative comparison

Authors: R. Freire, A. Cowling

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cages, egg production, housing, laying hens

2013

Experience-induced modulation of the use of spatial information in the domestic chick

Authors: Rafael Freire, Lesley J. Rogers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: distal cues, domestic chick, spatial cues

2005

Development of spatial memory in occlusion-experienced domestic chicks

Authors: Rafael Freire, Heng-Wei Cheng, Christine J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: domestic chickens, spatial memory

2004

Assessment of pre-laying motivation in the domestic hen using social interaction

Authors: Rafael Freire, Michael C. Appleby, Barry O. Hughes

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: motivation, pre-laying behaviour, social internaction

1997

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