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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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Development of an animal welfare tool for zoo-housed primates, considering intra- and inter-rater reliability

Authors: Arnaud Dazord, Maeva Primault

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: assessment, inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, primates, tool, welfare, zoo

2024

Effects of nocturnal outdoor enclosure access on space use and sleep-related behaviour in captive giraffes

Authors: Miho Saito, Masayuki Matsunaga, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Masayuki Nakamichi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, housing management, lying down, modified SPI, recumbent posture

2024

Hibernating or not hibernating? Brown bears’ response to a mismatch between environmental natural cues and captive management, and its welfare implications

Authors: Paolo Dori, Isabella Anastasio, Elisabetta Macchi, Isabella Manenti, Maik Hones, Monica Carosi

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal welfare, captive management, cues, environment, physiology

2024

Influence of food physical properties and environmental context on manipulative behaviors highlighted by new methodological approaches in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Caroline Gérard, Ameline Bardo, Jean Pascal Guéry, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Victor Narat, Bruno Simmen

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobos, evolution, manipulative abilities, nonhuman primate, pan paniscus

2024

Investigating Zoo Management Based on Visitors‘ Perception of service performance: a case of zoo Rabbitland, Malaysia

Authors: SITI FAHAZARINA HAZUDIN, MOHD AIDIL RIDUAN AWANG KADER, MOHD FAIZAL, AZRUL AZWAN MUHAMED, NOR HIDAYATUN ABDUL RAZAK, MAISARAH ISHAK, ADIBAH HUSSIN, AFIQAH BAZLLA MD SOOM

Publication/Journal: Journal of Sustainability Science and Management

Keywords: animal zoo tourism, Business excellence, service performance, sustainability, zoo management

2023

Multi-criteria study on a change to a fruit-free diet in Cebidae and Cercopithecidae

Authors: Flore Viallard, Sébastien Lefebvre, Alexandre Petry, Irene Vonfeld, Benoit Quintard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, fecal scoring, food intake, fruit-free diet change

2023

A Protocol to Assess the Welfare of Patagonian Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Conservation Centers

Authors: Enrique Bombal, Xavier Manteca, Oriol Tallo-Parra

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-based measures, behavior, captivity, Hippocamelus bisulcus, huemul, welfare assessment

2023

Responses to Reduced Feeding Frequency in Captive-Born Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus): Implications for Behavioural and Physiological Stress and Gastrointestinal Health

Authors: Kelsey L. Brown, André Ganswindt, Gerhard Steenkamp, Adrian S. Tordiffe

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive diet, cheetah, gastrointestinal health, stress, wildlife husbandry

2023

Using ecosystem health and welfare assessments to determine impacts of wild collection for public aquariums

Authors: Brittany Fischer, Jessica Pempek, Kelly Ann George, Jaylene Flint, Thomas Wittum, Mark Flint

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

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2023

Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population

Authors: Jonas R. R. Torfs, Marcel Eens, Daan W. Laméris, Jeroen M. G. Stevens, Jonas Verspeek, Jean-Pascal Guery, Nicky Staes

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass

2023

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