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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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Personality Characteristics Predictive of Social Pairing Outcome in Orange-Winged Amazon Parrots (Amazona amazonica)

Authors: Jamie M. Douglas, Joanne Paul-Murphy, Elizabeth Stelow, David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, Irina Udaltsova

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: amazon parrots, amazona amazonica, compatibility, orange-winged, pair housing, personality assessment, welfare

2024

Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments

Authors: Daan W. Laméris, Marina Salas, Marcel Eens, Lisa Gillespie, Nicky Staes, Jonas R. R. Torfs, Jonas Verspeek, Hilde Vervaecke, Samantha J. Ward, Jeroen M. G. Stevens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, emotion, Fixed List, free choice profiling, primate, qba

2024

Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments

Authors: D. W. Laméris, M. Salas, M. Eens, L. Gillespie, N. Staes, J. R. Torfs, J. Verspeek, H. Vervaecke, S. J. Ward, J. M. Stevens

Publication/Journal: Anim Welf

Keywords: animal welfare, emotion, Fixed List, free choice profiling, primate, qba

2024

Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, visitor effects, white-tailed deer, zoo

2023

Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below-ground-level or ground-level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: Crowd noise, Exhibitor environment, habituation, ungulates, Visitors’ influx

2023

Differences in Mother-Infant Bond and Social Behavior of African Elephant Calves Living In Situ and Ex Situ

Authors: Franziska Hoerner, Jake Rendle-Worthington, Arne Lawrenz, Ann-Kathrin Oerke, Karsten Damerau, Santiago Borragán Santos, Therese Hard, Gela Preisfeld

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: development, distance keeping, human care, loxodonta africana, wild elephants, zoo elephants

2023

Genetic and environmental parameters for behavioural responses towards humans in farmed ostriches

Authors: Pfunzo T. Muvhali, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Irek A. Malecki, Schalk W. P. Cloete

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, heritability, human-animal relationship, ostrich

2023

Do zoo‐housed primates retreat from crowds? A simple study of five primate species

Authors: Alexandria Cairo‐Evans, Natasha K Wierzal, Jason D Wark, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, primates, visitor effects, zoo

2022

Monitoring the behaviour and stress physiology of male gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla for one year following bachelor group formation

Authors: Katherine J Fowler, Lydia M Hopper, Stephen R Ross, Maureen Leahy, Rachel M Santymire

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: androgens, behaviour, glucocorticoids, non-invasive, primates, proximity, social introductions

2022

Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021

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