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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.
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Aggressive encounters lead to negative affective state in fish

Authors: Leia Rogers, Ellie Sales, Shokoofeh Shamsi, R Keller Kopf, Rafael Freire

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: affective state, aggression, fish welfare

2020


Aquarium cichlid fish Tropheus Moorii flexibly adjust hierarchy when tank fish species composition changes: A pilot study

Authors: Elisabetta Palagi, Roberto Barbuti, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: dyadic aggression, fish composition management, hierarchical adjustment, socio-environmental perturbation, winner-loser matrix

2020


Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in a Zoo Setting

Authors: Laura Freeland, Charlotte Ellis, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, elo-rating, fixed action pattern, welfare, zoo

2020


Effects of a recurring late‐night event on the behavior and welfare of a population of zoo‐housed gorillas

Authors: Meredith L Bastian, David R Glendinning, Janine L Brown, Nicole P Boisseau, Katie L Edwards

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crowd size, great apes, stress

2020


The effects of increasing visitor and noise levels on birds within a free-flight aviary examined through enclosure use and behavior

Authors: MKS Blanchett, E Finegan, J Atkinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavioral-responses, enclosure use, free-range enclosure, GIS, mixed species aviary, visitor effects

2020


Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020


Making a Tiger’s Day: Free-Operant Assessment and Environmental Enrichment to Improve the Daily Lives of Captive Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris)

Authors: Michael Clayton, Trista Shrock

Publication/Journal: Behavior Analysis in Practice

Keywords: environmental enrichment, free operant, preference assessment, tigers

2020


The Relevance of Operant Behavior in Conceptualizing the Psychological Well-Being of Captive Animals

Authors: Erin B Rasmussen, M Christopher Newland, Ethan Hemmelman

Publication/Journal: Perspectives on Behavior Science

Keywords: animal welfare, operant behavior

2020


Zoo visitors affect sleep, displacement activities, and affiliative and aggressive behaviors in captive ebony langurs (Trachypithecus auratus)

Authors: Allison M Roth, Marina Cords

Publication/Journal: acta ethologica

Keywords: behavior, captivity, displacement, langurs, primates, sleep, visitor studies

2020


Ability of the Public to Recognize Dogs Considered to Be Dangerous under the Dangerous Dogs Act in the United Kingdom

Authors: Catherine A. Webster, Mark J. Farnworth

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: breed-specific legislation, dangerous dogs, dog breeds, pit bull terrier

2019


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