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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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Speed–cohesion trade-offs in collective decision making in ants and the concept of precision in animal behaviour

Authors: N. R. Franks, T. O. Richardson, N. Stroeymeyt, R. W. Kirby, W. M. D. Amos, P. M. Hogan, J. A. R. Marshall, T. Schlegel

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ant, cohesion, precision, speed versus accuracy, temnothorax albipennis, trade-off

2013

Ecological and social factors affect the occurrence and outcomes of intergroup encounters in chimpanzees

Authors: M. L. Wilson, S. M. Kahlenberg, M. Wells, R. W. Wrangham

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: chimpanzee, female defence, female defense, intergroup aggression, pan troglodytes, resource defence, resource defense

2012

Evidence for pain in decapod crustaceans

Authors: R. W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, avoidance learning, decapod, motivational trade-off, nociception, protective motor reaction

2012

Freshwater Pearl Mussels Show Plasticity of Responses to Different Predation Risks But Also Show Consistent Individual Differences in Responsiveness

Authors: C. D. Wilson, G. Arnott, R. W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: behavioral syndrome, behavioral trade-off, behavioural syndrome, behavioural trade-off, margaritifera margaritifera, novel stimulus, predation, startle duration

2012

Reproduction of varanid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) at the Bronx Zoo

Authors: R. W. Mendyk

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, female reproductive cycles, monitor lizards, multiclutching, relative clutch mass, varanus, zoo biology

2012

Why Animals Matter. Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being

Authors: R. W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal welfare, consciousness

2012

Consumer preferences for farm animal welfare: results from a telephone survey of US households

Authors: R. W. Prickett, F. Bailey Norwood, J. L. Lusk

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: *food preferences, animal welfare, consumer attitudes, consumer preferences, factory farming, farm-animal

2010

Captive and wild orangutan (Pongo sp.) survivorship: a comparison and the influence of management

Authors: S. A. Wich, R. W. Shumaker, L. Perkins, H. de Vries

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: great apes, life history, mortality, pongo, survival

2009

Effects of food preferences on token exchange and behavioural responses to inequality in tufted capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella

Authors: M. B. Fontenot, S. L. Watson, K. A. Roberts, R. W. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cebus apella, exchange behavior, exchange behaviour, food preference, inequality, token exchange, tufted capuchin

2007

Estrous synchronization in the gaur (Bos gaurus): Behavior and fertility to artificial insemination after prostaglandin treatment

Authors: R. W. Godfrey, D. D. Lunstra, J. A. French, J. Schwartz, D. L. Armstrong, L. G. Simmons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: reproduction, wild cattle, zoo

1991

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