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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 influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Daan W Laméris, Nicky Staes, Marina Salas, Steffi Matthyssen, Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo

2020


Nesting, sleeping, and nighttime behaviors in wild and captive great apes

Authors: James R. Anderson, Mabel Y. L. Ang, Louise C. Lock, Iris Weiche

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, gorilla, nest building, orangutan, sleep posture, sleep quality, welfare

2019


Personality assessment and model comparison with behavioral data: A statistical framework and empirical demonstration with bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Jordan S. Martin, Scott A. Suarez

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobo, factor analysis, mixed model, personality, social behavior

2017


Do friends help each other? Patterns of female coalition formation in wild bonobos at Wamba

Authors: Nahoko Tokuyama, Takeshi Furuichi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agonistic interaction, bonobo, cooperative behaviour, female coalition, mutualism, pan paniscus, social bond

2016


A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos

Authors: Mary K. Agnew, Cheryl S. Asa, Victoria L. Clyde, Dominique L. Keller, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception

2016


Hair plucking in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Colin M. Brand, Linda F. Marchant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bonobo, hair plucking, pan paniscus, undesirable behavior, well-being

2015


Bonobos, Pan paniscus, chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, and marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, prefer to feed alone

Authors: Anke F. Bullinger, Judith M. Burkart, Alicia P. Melis, Michael Tomasello

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bonobo, callithrix jacchus, chimpanzee, common marmoset, cooperative breeder, food sharing, motivation, pan paniscus, pan troglodytes

2013


Different ontogenetic patterns of testosterone production reflect divergent male reproductive strategies in chimpanzees and bonobos

Authors: Victoria Wobber, Brian Hare, Susan Lipson, Richard Wrangham, Peter Ellison

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, life history, radioimmunoassay, reproduction, saliva, testosterone

2013


Sex differences in tool use acquisition in bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Klaree J. Boose, Frances J. White, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: great apes, social tolerance, termite fishing

2013


Bonobos and chimpanzees infer the target of another’s attention

Authors: E.L. MacLean, B. Hare

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: attention, bonobo, chimpanzee, gaze following, pan paniscus, pan troglodytes, perspective taking, social cognition, theory of mind, visual attention

2012


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