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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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The behavior of a zoo-housed infant orangutan after the death of its mother

Authors: Jenny Whilde, Nicola Marples

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: allomothering, bornean orangutan, parental separation, pongo pygmaeus

2011

What defines successful integration into a social group for hand-reared chimpanzee infants?

Authors: Meredith J. Bashaw, Rebecca L. Gullott, Emily C. Gill

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: allomother, captive management, orphan, social behavior pan troglodytes

2009

Transport of dead infant mountain gorillas by mothers and unrelated females

Authors: Ymke Warren, Elizabeth A. Williamson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: allomothering, behavior, gorilla beringei, infant deaths

2004

Social Structure and Helping Behavior in Captive Elephants

Authors: Bruce A. Schulte

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: allomothering, conservation, cooperation, development, musth

2000

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