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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 in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Temporal stability and methods of assessment

Authors: Lucy Rutherford, Lindsay Murray, Lisa Holmes, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Personality and Individual Differences

Keywords: elephant, personality, scale, TIPI, welfare

2025

Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts

Authors: Liptovszky,Matyas

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo

2024

Analytical and biological validation of a noninvasive measurement of glucocorticoid metabolites in feces of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Authors: Juliane Damm, Filippo Aureli, Ariadna Rangel-Negrín, Miriam Barradas-Moctezuma, Pedro A. D. Dias

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: capture, circadian rhythm, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, platyrrhines, reproductive state

2024

The Animal Welfare Consequences and Moral Implications of Lethal and Non-Lethal Fox Control Methods

Authors: Nathalie de Ridder, Andrew Knight

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: control method, death, livestock, Peter Singer, suffering, Tom Regan, vulpes vulpes

2024

Application of Machine Learning for Automating Behavioral Tracking of Captive Bornean Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus)

Authors: Frej Gammelgård, Jonas Nielsen, Emilia J Nielsen, Malthe G Hansen, Aage K Olsen Alstrup, Juan O Perea-García, Trine H Jensen, Cino Pertoldi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: artificial intelligence, automatic behavior tracking; image classification; object detection; orangutans, zoological institution

2024

Assessing zoo giraffe survivorship: Methodological aspects, historical improvement and a rapid demographic shift

Authors: Lara Scherer, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Max Hahn-Klimroth, Dennis Müller, Marco Roller, Mads Bertelsen, Jörg Jebram, Paul Dierkes, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: giraffa camelopardalis, husbandry, mortality, progress, survival

2024

The behavioral response of a captive female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) to mixed-species exhibition with two Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Authors: Annika Fugl, Sissel Lindberg, Severin Zhou, Barbara Mescic, Cino Pertoldi, Juan Olvido Perea García, Trine Hammer Jensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, environmental conditions, primates, Reaction norms, Surveillance, translocation, zoo

2024

Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers

Authors: T. Crews, J. Vonk, M. McGuire

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination

2024

An enclosure quality ranking framework for terrestrial animals in captivity

Authors: Alison M. Flanagan, Bryce Masuda, Koa Grabar, Lisa P. Barrett, Ronald R. Swaisgood

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captivity, environment, evidence-based conservation, framework, welfare, zoo animals

2024

Enhancing Visitor–Animal Interactions in the Modern Zoo: A Designer’s Perspective

Authors: Jon Coe

Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice

Keywords: animal-visitor interaction, avi, habitat design

2024

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