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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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What Types of Animals Should Be in the Future Zoo? Thoughts from United States Residents and Zoo and Aquarium Staff

Authors: David M Powell, Theodore G Meyer, Candice Dorsey, Rob Vernon

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: collection, conservation, domesticated, education, endangered, exhibit, mission, popular, preference, recreation

2024

By Bits and Pieces: The Contributions of Zoos and Aquariums to Science and Society via Biomaterials

Authors: David M Powell, Theodore G Meyer, Mary Duncan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: education, genetics, health, microbiome, physiology, research, students

2023

Do zoo‐housed primates retreat from crowds? A simple study of five primate species

Authors: Alexandria Cairo‐Evans, Natasha K Wierzal, Jason D Wark, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, primates, visitor effects, zoo

2022

Minimizing the impact of biologging devices: Using computational fluid dynamics for optimizing tag design and positioning

Authors: William P. Kay, David S. Naumann, Hannah J. Bowen, Simon J. Withers, Benjamin J. Evans, Rory P. Wilson, Thomas B. Stringell, James C. Bull, Phil W. Hopkins, Luca Borger

Publication/Journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Keywords: animal welfare, biologging, biotelemetry, computational fluid dynamics, drag, flow simulation, hydrodynamics, tag design

2019

Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species

Authors: Catharine J. Wheaton, Natalie D. Mylniczenko, John M. Rimoldi, Rama S. V. S. Gadepalli, R. Hart, Bobbi R. O'Hara, Andrew N. Evans

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress

2018

‘Four Seasons’ in an animal rescue centre; classical music reduces environmental stress in kennelled dogs

Authors: A. Bowman, Spca Scottish, F. J. Dowell, N. P. Evans

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, classical music, cortisol, dogs, heart rate variability (hrv), stress

2015

Physiological evidence for a human-induced landscape of fear in brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Authors: Ole-Gunnar Støen, Andres Ordiz, Alina L. Evans, Timothy G. Laske, Jonas Kindberg, Ole Fröbert, Jon E. Swenson, Jon M. Arnemo

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: brown bear, heart rate, heart rate variability, human disturbance, ursus-arctos, wildlife

2015

Skin temperature reveals the intensity of acute stress

Authors: Katherine A. Herborn, James L. Graves, Paul Jerem, Neil P. Evans, Ruedi Nager, Dominic J. McCafferty, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, stress-induced hyperthermia, thermal imaging

2015

Using student-centred research to evidence-base exhibition of reptiles and amphibians: three species-specific case studies

Authors: Paul Rose, Charlotte Evans, Roger Coffin, Ross Miller, Steve Nash

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: reptiles, student research, zoo

2014

What counts for ‘counting’? Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, respond appropriately to relevant and irrelevant information in a quantity judgment task

Authors: Michael J. Beran, Joseph M. McIntyre, Alexis Garland, Theodore A. Evans

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: approximate number system, chimpanzee, enumeration, pan troglodytes, quantity judgment, transposition

2013

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