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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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Enriched social environment affects the utterance of acoustic signals of captive François’ langurs

Authors: Yinghong Xie, Yinshu Liu, Yifeng Li, Yanhong Zhong, Ruoshuang Liu, Penglai Fan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, social enrichment, vocal communication, vocal repertoire

2024


Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms

Authors: Roberto Fiorini-Torrico, Kristel Myriam De Vleeschouwer, Lisieux Fuzessy, Leonardo de Carvalho Oliveira

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior, captive, coping, Correlations, cortisol, meta-analysis, non-human primates, Stress alleviation, stress response, wild

2024


Cooperation increases bottlenose dolphins’ (Tursiops truncatus) social affiliation

Authors: Stefano Bigiani, Cristina Pilenga

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords:

2023


Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs

Authors: Aimee Holland, Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Anita Hashmi, Jerome Catinaud, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affiliative, felidae, Panthera tigris jacksoni, sociality, solitary, tiger, tolerance, welfare

2023


Not lost in translation: Changes in social dynamics in Bonobos after colony relocation and fusion with another group

Authors: Marta Caselli, Beatrice Malaman, Giada Cordoni, Jean-Pascal Guéry, José Kok, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bonobos, group dynamics, relocation, social dynamics

2023


Time Budget and Activity Patterns During the Mating Period of Flat-headed Cat Prionailurus planiceps in Captivity

Authors: Patchara Danaisawadi, Sutida Piriyarom, Warit Krasaeden, Satreerat Pramkasem, Saranya Rurkkhum, Surasak Yimprasert

Publication/Journal: Tropical Natural History

Keywords:

2023


Cognitive enrichment in a social setting: assessing the use of a novel food maze in sanctuary-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Maria Padrell, Federica Amici, Maria Pau Córdoba, Miquel Llorente

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: chimpanzee, cognitive, enrichment, food maze

2022


Exploring the social network of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in captivity

Authors: Désirée Brucks, Barbara Drews, Susanne E Ulbrich

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affiliation, captivity, roe deer, social bonds, social flexibility, social network analysis

2022


Urinary oxytocin and cortisol concentrations vary by group type in male western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in North American zoos

Authors: Austin Leeds, Mandi W Schook, Patricia M Dennis, Tara S Stoinski, Mark A Willis, Kristen E Lukas

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: animal welfare, gorillas, zoos

2022


The Welfare of Domestic Goats (Capra hircus) in a Zoo-Based Animal-Visitor Interaction Program

Authors: Ramont, M., Leahy M., Cronin, K.A.

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: ambassador animals, animal welfare, animal–visitor interactions, petting zoo, ungulate, visitor effect

2021


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