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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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Diurnal and Nocturnal Activity Time Budgets of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Zoological Park

Authors: D. E. Lukacs, M. Poulin, H. Besenthal, O. C. Fad, S. P. Miller, J. L. Atkinson, E. J Finegan

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal management, asian elephant, behavior, elephas maximus, husbandry, thermoregulation, welfare

2016

An initial investigation into the effects of isolation and enrichment on the welfare of laboratory pigs housed in the PigTurn® system, assessed using tear staining, behaviour, physiology and haematology

Authors: S. P. DeBoer, J. P. Garner, R. R. McCain, D. C. Lay Jr, S. D. Eicher, J. N. Marchant-Forde

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, enrichment, isolation, pigs, tear staining

2015

Establishing ‘quality of life’ parameters using behavioural guidelines for humane euthanasia of captive non-human primates

Authors: S. P. Lambeth, S. J. Schapiro, B. J. Bernacky, G. K. Wilkerson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural assessment, captive management, euthanasia, non-human primates, quality of life

2013

The pig’s nose and its role in dominance relationships and harmful behaviour

Authors: I. Camerlink, S. P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: allogrooming, dominance hierarchy, snout contact, swine, tail-biting

2013

The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig I: biological factors

Authors: K. M. D. Rutherford, E. M. Baxter, R. B. D'Eath, S. P. Turner, G. Arnott, R. Roehe, B. Ask, Sand,, P. e, V. A. Moustsen, F. Thorup, S. A. Edwards, P. Berg, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, birth weight, litter size, mortality, piglet, sow

2013

The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig II: management factors

Authors: E. M. Baxter, K. M. D. Rutherford, R. B. D'Eath, G. Arnott, S. P. Turner, Sand,, P. e, V. A. Moustsen, F. Thorup, S. A. Edwards, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cross-fostering, human-animal interaction, litter size, nurse sow, split suckling

2013

Can zoo records help answer behavioral research questions? The case of the left-handed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: G. Hosey, S. P. Hill, M. L. Lherbier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: arks, behavioral style, behavioural style, hand preference, student dissertations, welfare

2012

Differences in Titi Monkey (Callicebus cupreus) Social Bonds Affect Arousal, Affiliation, and Response to Reward

Authors: B. J. Ragen, S. P. Mendoza, W. A. Mason, K. L. Bales

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: attachment, callicebus, reward, social bond, sweet

2012

Integrating microsatellite and pedigree analyses to facilitate the captive management of the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla)

Authors: J. R. Henkel, K. L. Jones, S. G. Hereford, M. L. Savoie, S. P. Leibo, J. J. Howard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: founder relatedness, grus canadensis pulla, studbooks

2012

Preference for related mates in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Authors: S. P. Robinson, W. J. Kennington, L. W. Simmons

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: drosophila melanogaster, inclusive fitness, kin selection, mate choice, sexual selection

2012

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