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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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High Prevalence of Dysfunctional Animal–Visitor Interactions in 225 Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Anna Fourage, Tanya Erzinclioglu, Amanda Fairey, Marco Campera, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Vincent Nijman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, conservation, education, entertainment, zoological associations

2024


Exploration of cultural norms and behavioural beliefs about zoo animal behaviour, welfare, ethics and husbandry practices in a sample of the international zoo community

Authors: Heather Bacon, Catriona Bell, Cathy M Dwyer, Natalie Waran, Yan Qing, Liu Xia, Darren J Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, beliefs, culture, zoo

2023


Understanding Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stressors of Distinctive Roles in Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Patrícia Rachinas-Lopes, Vinícius D. Goulart, Lynette A. Hart

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, eudaimonic, hedonic, human wellbeing

2023


Caretaker attitudes and animal training are associated with alpaca behaviour towards humans—An online survey

Authors: Ines Windschnurer, Lisa Fischer, Takuya Yanagida, Cassandra Eibl, Sonja Franz, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: attitudes, behaviour, behavioural problems, ease of handling, human-animal interactions, new world camelids

2021


What’s not to like about Likert? Developing a nonverbal animal preference scale (NAPS)

Authors: Jennifer Vonk

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: gorillas, Likert scale, preference scale

2021


Indicators of Horse Welfare: State-of-the-Art

Authors: Clémence Lesimple

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, horse, indicators

2020


Aggression in working mules and subsequent aggressive treatment by their handlers in Egyptian brick kilns—Cause or effect?

Authors: Ahmed B. A. Ali, Mohammed A. El Sayed, Amy K. McLean, Camie R. Heleski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: aggression, behavior, mules, welfare, working equids

2019


How owners determine if the social and behavioral needs of their horses are being met: Findings from an Australian online survey

Authors: Kirrilly Thompson, Larissa Clarkson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: anthropomorphism, decision-making, horse, owner, survey, welfare

2019


Spatial considerations for captive snakes

Authors: Clifford Warwick, Phillip Arena, Catrina Steedman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: captive, enclosure, husbandry, snake, space, stress

2019


Summoning compassion to address the challenges of conservation

Authors: Arian D. Wallach, Marc Bekoff, Chelsea Batavia, Michael Paul Nelson, Daniel Ramp

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal ethics, conservation ethics, intrinsic value, novel ecosystem, sentience, virtue ethics

2018


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