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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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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

Investigating Zoo Management Based on Visitors‘ Perception of service performance: a case of zoo Rabbitland, Malaysia

Authors: SITI FAHAZARINA HAZUDIN, MOHD AIDIL RIDUAN AWANG KADER, MOHD FAIZAL, AZRUL AZWAN MUHAMED, NOR HIDAYATUN ABDUL RAZAK, MAISARAH ISHAK, ADIBAH HUSSIN, AFIQAH BAZLLA MD SOOM

Publication/Journal: Journal of Sustainability Science and Management

Keywords: animal zoo tourism, Business excellence, service performance, sustainability, zoo management

2023

The effects of claw ligatures in American lobster (Homarus americanus) storage: a preliminary study of haemolymph parameters

Authors: Chiara Coppola, Erica Tirloni, Mauro Vasconi, Aniello Anastasio, Simone Stella, Cristian Bernardi

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Brno

Keywords: claws binding, crustacea, invertebrates, stress response

2019

The compatibility of modern slaughter techniques with halal slaughter: a review of the aspects of ‘modern’ slaughter methods that divide scholarly opinion within the Muslim community

Authors: A. Fuseini, S. B. Wotton, P. J. Hadley, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bleeding-out, halal slaughter, mechanical slaughter, pre-slaughter stunning, thoracic sticking

2017

A simulated avalanche search and rescue mission induces temporary physiological and behavioural changes in military dogs

Authors: Silvana Diverio, Olimpia Barbato, Roberta Cavallina, Gabriella Guelfi, Martina Iaboni, Renato Zasso, Walter Di Mari, Michele Matteo Santoro, Toby G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: avalanche mission, cortisol, dog behaviour, dog physiology, heart rate, search and rescue dogs

2016

Identifying use and non-use values of animal welfare: Evidence from Swedish dairy agriculture

Authors: Helena Hansson, Carl Johan Lagerkvist

Publication/Journal: Food Policy

Keywords: animal welfare of dairy cows, decision-making, laddering, means-end chain analysis, non-use values, use values

2015

Welfare outcomes for 3- and 6-month-old beef calves in a tropical environment castrated surgically or by applying rubber rings

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David J. Reid, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, pain, stress

2015

The naked truth: Breeding performance in nude mice with and without nesting material

Authors: Brianna N. Gaskill, Christina Winnicker, Joseph P. Garner, Kathleen R. Pritchett-Corning

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral thermoregulation, enrichment, mice, nesting material, stress

2013

Opportunities for Public Aquariums to Increase the Sustainability of the Aquatic Animal Trade

Authors: Michael F. Tlusty, Andrew L. Rhyne, Les Kaufman, Michael Hutchins, Gordon McGregor Reid, Chris Andrews, Paul Boyle, Jay Hemdal, Frazer McGilvray, Scott Dowd

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquaculture, fisheries, ornamental fish hobby, pet trade, public aquarium, sustainability, tropical fish

2013

Advances in the electrical stunning and bleeding of ostriches

Authors: L. C. Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, exsanguination, ostriches, ratites, restraint, stunning

2012

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