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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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Aquarium Tank Design Is Integral to the Elimination of Mantle Abrasion in the Captive Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa): A Case Study at Macduff Marine Aquarium

Authors: Lauren E Smith, Christopher Rowe, Frazer Mackay, Claire Matthews, Christopher GG Matthews

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: abrasion, aquarium, husbandry, octopus, welfare

2020

Alternative housing systems for fattening bulls under Austrian conditions with special respect to rubberised slatted floors

Authors: C. Rouha-Muelleder, E. Absmanner, E. Kahrer, H. Zeiner, T. Scharl, F. Leisch, C. Stanek, J. Troxler

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, fattening bulls, health, housing systems, resting behavior, resting behaviour, rubber mats

2012

Tooth wear in captive wild ruminant species differs from that of free-ranging conspecifics

Authors: Thomas M. Kaiser, Juliane Brasch, Johanna C. Castell, Ellen Schulz, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Keywords: browser, grazer, nutrition, tooth wear

2009

Husbandry of the little file snake, Acrochordus granulatus

Authors: Harvey B. Lillywhite

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acrochordidae, file snake, husbandry

1996

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