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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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Multi-sensor biologgers and innovative training allow data collection with high conservation and welfare value in zoos

Authors: Holly English, Luke Harvey, Rory Wilson, Richard Gunner, Mark Holton, Rosie Woodroffe, Luca Börger

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, biologging, captivity, daily diary, dead-reckoning, enrichment, space use, welfare

2023

Macaque mothers’ preconception testosterone levels relate to dominance and to sex of offspring

Authors: V. J. Grant, M. Konečná, R. S. Sonnweber, R. J. Irwin, B. Wallner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: barbary macaque, female testosterone, good condition, macaca sylvanus, maternal dominance hypothesis, sex ratio

2011

The Effect of Feeding Enrichment on the Moloch Gibbon (Hylobates Moloch)

Authors: Deborah Wells, Rosie Irwin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, feeding devices, gibbons

2009

Systematic Review of Swine Euthanasia Methods and Welfare Measures Reported

Authors: Christa Irwin, Gabriel Young, Suzanne T. Millman, Scanlon Daniels, Sherrie Niekamp, Alex Ramirez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: euthanasia, swine, welfare

2009

Sex and diet affect the behavioral response of rats to chronic mild stressors

Authors: Shuwen Liang, Donna M. Byers, Louis N. Irwin

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, attention to novelty, chronic mild stressor, elevated plus maze, food selection, forced swim test, sucrose preference test

2008

Lateralised Swimming Behaviour in the California Sea Lion

Authors: D. L. Wells, R. M. Irwin, P. G. Hepper

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: asymmetries, handedness, laterality, pinnipeds, sea lions, swimming

2006

A comparison of rhesus monkey and gibbon responses to unfamiliar situations

Authors: Irwin S. Bernstein, Ronald J. Schusterman, Lawrence G. Sharpe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Keywords: animal behavior, animal behaviour, gibbons, hylobates, macaco mullata, novelty, rhesus monkey

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