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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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Comparison of male conflict behavior in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), with specific regard to coalition and post-conflict behavior

Authors: Martin Surbeck, Christophe Boesch, Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Catherine Crockford, Gottfried Hohmann, Roman M. Wittig

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: aggression, apes, coalitions, cooperation, grooming, reconciliation

2017

Defining management units for European captive aardvarks

Authors: Ludmila Pohlová, Pauline Schepsky, Thomas Lehmann, Axel Hochkirch, Renata Masopustová, Jaroslav Šimek, Wineke Schoo, Roman Vodička, Jan Robovský

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: genetic structure, mitochondrial, orycteropus, taxonomy

2014

Evaluation of Reproduction and Raising Offspring in a Nursery-Reared SPF Baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis) Colony

Authors: Madeline L. Budda, John J. Ely, Sandra Doan, Maria Chavez-Suarez, Gary L. White, Roman F. Wolf

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: abortion, baboon, live birth rate, mothering score, nursery-rearing, reproduction

2013

Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 2. Intrasexual overmarking and competition between males

Authors: Neil R. Jordan, Francis Mwanguhya, Roman D. Furrer, Solomon Kyabulima, Peter Rüedi, Michael A. Cant

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: banded mongoose, communication, competition, mating success, mungos mungo, olfaction, overmark, scent mark, sexual selection

2011

Behavioral profiles and stress-induced corticosteroid secretion in male Wistar rats subjected to short and prolonged periods of maternal separation

Authors: Erika Roman, Lisa Gustafsson, Marita Berg, Ingrid Nylander

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: concentric square field, corticosterone, elevated plus maze, emotional reactivity, handling, maternal deprivation, open field, principal component analysis, restraint stress, risk-assessment

2006

First experiences with free-ranging giant day geckos (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis, Gray 1870) in the masoala rainforest exhibit in Zurich Zoo, Switzerland

Authors: Samuel C. Furrer, Kathrin Jaag, Sabine von Stockar, Alex Rübel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ecosystem, madagascar, reptile, telemetry

2006

Comparative study on the growth of juvenile Galapagos giant tortoises (Geochelone nigra) at the Charles Darwin Research Station (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador) and Zoo Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)

Authors: S. C. Furrer, J. M. Hatt, H. Snell, C. Marquez, R. E. Honegger, A. Rübel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation, diet, testudinidae

2004

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