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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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Exploring Children’s Perspectives on the Welfare Needs of Pet Animals

Authors: J. C. Muldoon, J. M. Williams, A. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoos

Keywords: animal welfare, anthropology, attitudes, behavior, children, contagious illnesses, dog, education, environmental studies, knowledge, pets, science, sentience, sociology, veterinary sciences

2016

The prevalence of osteoarthritis in wild versus captive great ape skeletons

Authors: Demelza J. Poe

Publication/Journal: Department of Anthropology

Keywords: aging, animal models, apes, bone analysis, chimpanzee, disease, diseases, dissertation/thesis, gorilla, medical anthropology, orangutan, osteoarthritis, wild vs captive

2009

Behavioral ecology of western gorillas: New insights from the field

Authors: Diane M. Doran-Sheehy, Christophe Boesch

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: foraging strategy, home range use, intergroup encounters, social behavior, social behaviour

2004

The Sensory Ecology of Primate Food Perception

Authors: Nathaniel J. Dominy, Peter W. Lucas, Daniel Osorio, Nayuta Yamashita

Publication/Journal: Evolutionary Anthropology

Keywords: feeding behavior, feeding behaviour, primate, sensory ecology, sensory information

2001

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