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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

A turtle cognition research demonstration enhances visitor engagement and keeper-animal relationships

Authors: Andrew C. Alba, Katherine A. Leighty, Victoria L. Pittman Courte, Alison P. Grand, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eastern box turtle, human–animal bond, reptile, training, visitor experience

2017

Plumage variation and social partner choice in the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Authors: Hani D. Freeman, Annie J. Valuska, Ryan R. Taylor, Gina M. Ferrie, Alison P. Grand, Katherine A. Leighty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birds, flamingos, plumage coloration, social partner

2016

The effect of changes in group composition on social dynamics in marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

Authors: Annie J. Valuska, Katherine A. Leighty, Gina M. Ferrie, Alison P. Grand, Juniper Ross, Paul Schutz, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, behavior, management

2014

Relational responding by eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) in a series of color discrimination tasks

Authors: Katherine A. Leighty, Alison P. Grand, Victoria L. Pittman Courte, Margaret A. Maloney, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, color perception, turtles, visual discrimination

2013

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

Using personality ratings and cortisol to characterize individual differences in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Alison P. Grand, Christopher W. Kuhar, Katherine A. Leighty, Tamara L. Bettinger, Mark L. Laudenslager

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: management, personality, saliva, serum, welfare, zoo

2012

Can nonhuman primates use tokens to represent and sum quantities?

Authors: Theodore A. Evans, Michael J. Beran, Elsa Addessi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: capuchin monkeys, chimpanzee, quantity representation, summation, token

2010

Benefits of the zoological park to the teaching of comparative vertebrate anatomy

Authors: Richard L. Doolittle, Theodore I. Grand

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: career options, functional anatomy, teaching

1995

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