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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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Environmental Enrichment for Ageing Animals in Zoos

Authors: Julian Chapman

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: aging, enrichment programs, environmental enrichment, geriatric. welfare

2023

Euthanasia of Geriatric Zoo Animals: Decision-Making and Procedure

Authors: Sarah Chapman, Julian Chapman, James Chatterton

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: aging, animal welfare, end-of-life decisions, euthanasia, geriatric

2023

Holistic Approaches to Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Sarah Chapman

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: ageing, assessment, compassionate care, geriatric, monitoring, wellbeing

2023

What’s Black and White and Pink All Over? Lesser Flamingo Nocturnal Behaviour Captured by Remote Cameras

Authors: Paul E Rose, Jess Chapman, James E Brereton, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: husbandry evidence, lesser flamingo, noctournal behavior, remote monitoring, welfare

2022

The Ethics and Welfare Implications of Keeping Western European Hedgehogs (erinaceus Europaeus) in Captivity

Authors: S. A. Jones, Stella Chapman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: captivity, disabled, ethics, hedgehogs, welfare

2019

A Comparison of Zoo Animal Behavior in the Presence of Familiar and Unfamiliar People

Authors: Rosemary Anne Martin, Vicky Melfi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal-human interactions, zoo animals

2016

Evidence for a synchronization of hormonal states between humans and dogs during competition

Authors: Alicia Phillips Buttner, Breanna Thompson, Rosemary Strasser, Jonathan Santo

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: agility competition, cortisol, dog, hormonal synchronization, interspecies interactions

2015

Analysing small-scale aggregation in animal visits in space and time: the ST-BBD method

Authors: Tyler R. Bonnell, Pierre Dutilleul, Colin A. Chapman, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Raul Uriel Hernández-Sarabia, Raja Sengupta

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agent-based model, animal movement, beta-binomial distribution, folivore, frugivore, habitat use, monkey, small-scale aggregation, spatiotemporal point pattern analysis

2013

Estrogenic plant consumption predicts red colobus monkey (Procolobus rufomitratus) hormonal state and behavior

Authors: Michael D. Wasserman, Colin A. Chapman, Katharine Milton, Jan F. Gogarten, Daniel J. Wittwer, Toni E. Ziegler

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, cortisol, environmental endocrinology, estradiol, grooming, herbivory, kibale national park, legume, mating, phytoestrogen

2012

Glucocorticoid and androgen signaling pathways diverge between advertisement calling and non-calling fish

Authors: Rachel M. Genova, Margaret A. Marchaterre, Rosemary Knapp, Daniel Fergus, Andrew H. Bass

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androgen, corticosteroid, fish, vocal

2012

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