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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=Shelly%20Kagan

The Speciesism Debate: Intuition, Method, and Empirical Advances

Authors: Jeroen Hopster

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Bernard Williams, cumulative culture, evolutionary debunking arguments, intuition, moral psychology, Peter Singer, Shelly Kagan, species-relativism, speciesism

2019


What Is the Future for Zoos and Aquariums?

Authors: Ron Kagan, Stephanie Allard, Scott Carter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, sanctuaries, zoo animals, zoo ethics

2018


Exotic animal welfare – a path forward

Authors: Ron Kagan, Stephanie Allard, Scott Carter

Publication/Journal: WAZA Magazine

Keywords: animal welfare, framework, zoo

2015


A Universal Animal Welfare Framework for Zoos

Authors: Ron Kagan, Scott Carter, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, framework, welfare assessment, zoo

2015


Challenges of Zoo Animal Welfare—The Path From Good Care to Great Welfare: Keynote

Authors: Ron L. Kagan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, from good care to great welfare, welfare workshop

2013


Does the presence of a human affect the preference of enrichment items in young, isolated pigs?

Authors: Shelly P. DeBoer, Joseph P. Garner, Donald C. Lay Jr, Susan D. Eicher, Jeffrey R. Lucas, Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: housing, isolation, mat, mirror, preference, swine

2013


Challenges of Zoo Animal Welfare

Authors: Ron Kagan, Jack Veasey

Publication/Journal: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, stress, welfare indicators, zoo animals

2010


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