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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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Elephant tourism: An analysis and recommendations for public health, safety, and animal welfare

Authors: R Grant, C Warwick, Catrina Steedman, A Pilney

Publication/Journal: International Journal of One Health

Keywords:

2023

Is item hiding a good enrichment strategy to reduce stereotypic behaviors and increase social interactions in captive female spectacled bears?

Authors: Ana Julia Sant'Ana Correa, Erick Mateus Barros, Vinicius Marques Lopez, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal behavior, ethology, mammal, zoo

2022

Cognitive Enrichment in Practice: A Survey of Factors Affecting Its Implementation in Zoos Globally

Authors: Belinda A Hall, David M McGill, Sally L Sherwen, Rebecca E Doyle

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal enrichment, barriers to adoption, captive vertebrate management, cognition, practice change

2021

Animal rights and captivity in a non-ideal world

Authors: Robert Garner

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, captivity, cognitive capacities, confinement

2020

Environmental enrichment techniques and tryptophan supplementation used to improve the quality of life and animal welfare of Nile tilapia

Authors: João Favero Neto, Percilia Cardoso Giaquinto

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture Reports

Keywords: aggressive behavior, animal behavior, oreochromis niloticus, preference, stereotypes

2020

Longitudinal Improvements in Zoo-Housed Elephant Welfare: A Case Study at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Authors: Katherine Finch, Fiona Sach, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Nic Masters, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behaviour, elephas maximus, resting, social, SSSMZP

2020

Effect of Visitor Perspective on Adoption Decisions at One Animal Shelter

Authors: Anastacia Southland, Seana Dowling-Guyer, Emily McCobb

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: adoption, animal shelter, cats, dogs, pets

2019

The Bodies in Charge of Animal Welfare: What They Do and What They Could Do?

Authors: Giuliano Grignaschi, Veronica Redaelli, Fabio Luzi, Massenzio Fornasier

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, bodies in charge, italy, laboratiory animals, legislation as topic

2018

What Makes a Dog Adoptable? An Eye-Tracking Investigation

Authors: Sara Isgate, Justin J. Couchman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: adoptability, adoption, breed perception, eye tracking

2018

Adoption and relinquishment interventions at the animal shelter: a review

Authors: A. Protopopova, L. M. Gunter

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: adoption, animal shelter, animal welfare, dog, relinquishment, review

2017

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