Animal Welfare: Could Adult Play be a False Friend?
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: Campbell’s monkeys, captivity, horses, life condition, long-tailed macaques, mangabeys, rhesus macaques, stereotypies, stress
2015
Our Goals
- Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
- Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
- Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
- Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
- Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.