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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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Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs

Authors: Ellen Marie Rosvold, Marko Ocepek, Inger Lise Andersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare

2024

Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores

Authors: Samantha J. Ward, Geoff Hosey, Ellen Williams, Richard Bailey

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play

2024

Evaluation of the stress state based on fecal corticosterone metabolite concentrations in captive penguins in Japan

Authors: Megumi Itoh, Misato Kitahara, Nanako Sawayama, Naoya Matsumoto, Takahito Toyotome, Kazutaka Yamada

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Keywords: captive penguin, diseased individual, fecal corticosterone metabolite, hot season, molting period

2024

A frog in hot water: the effect of temperature elevation on the adrenal stress response of an African amphibian

Authors: Juan Scheun, Leanne Venter, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: bullfrog, Mucous, non-invasive, stress response, Thermal stressor, weight loss

2024

Further Than Fur: Effects of Sex, Body Site, and Season on Hair Color and Hair Cortisol Concentration in Captive Addax nasomaculatus Antelopes

Authors: Juan Pablo Damián, María Eugenia Banguese, Santiago Bentancor, Analía Pérez, Sarina Sierra, Cesar Echaides, Ana Pérez-Sarasqueta, Ana Claudia Menezes, Paula Pessina, Matías Villagrán

Publication/Journal: Ruminants

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ruminant, stress, thermoregulation

2024

Hibernating or not hibernating? Brown bears’ response to a mismatch between environmental natural cues and captive management, and its welfare implications

Authors: Paolo Dori, Isabella Anastasio, Elisabetta Macchi, Isabella Manenti, Maik Hones, Monica Carosi

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal welfare, captive management, cues, environment, physiology

2024

Hormonal changes in northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) after the death of a group member

Authors: Emilee N. Hart, Rupert Palme, Nava Greenblatt, Rafaela S. C. Takeshita

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: death, DHEAS, gibbons, glucocorticoids, group structure, stress

2024

In Absentia—Can a Lack of Behaviour Be a Useful Welfare Indicator? An Application to the Captive Management of Livingstone’s Fruit Bats, Pteropus livingstonii

Authors: Morgan J. Edwards, Charlotte A. Hosie, Laura Naidenov, Eluned Price, Tessa E. Smith, Dominic Wormell, Christina R. Stanley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavioural indicator, chiroptera, hurdle models, individual welfare, obesity

2024

Measuring heart rate in captive chimpanzees without anesthesia

Authors: Satoshi Hirata, Etsuko Nogami, Toshifumi Udono

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: chimpanzees, heart rate measurements

2024

Relationship between Ear Temperature, Behaviour and Stress Hormones in Guinea Pigs (Cavia proellus) during Different Interactive Activities in Zoos

Authors: Misako Namiki, Toshiharu Fukayama, Takane Suzuki, Ayumi Masaiwa

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-visitor interaction, comparison between activities, cortisol salivary, stress assessment, zoo animal welfare

2024

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