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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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Internal and external factors affect pair mate proximity in captive coyotes, Canis latrans

Authors: Alexandra Turano, Stacey P. Brummer, Jeffrey T. Schultz, Julie K. Young, Sara M. Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: coyote, hormone, pair-bonding, progesterone, proximity, synchrony

2024

Kibble diet is associated with higher faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-managed red wolves (Canis rufus)

Authors: Morgan Bragg, Carly R Muletz-Wolz, Nucharin Songsasen, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, Red wolf, zoo management

2024

The behavioral response of the crab-eating fox to olfactory enrichment

Authors: MP Figueira, FFR Silva, A Ribeiro, IO Silva, V Boere

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, canids, Cerdocyon thous, environmental enrichment, olfactory stimulus

2021

Zookeepers’ Perception of Zoo Canid Welfare and its Effect on Job Satisfaction, Worldwide

Authors: Giacomo Riggio, Federica Pirrone, Elia Lunghini, Angelo Gazzano, Chiara Mariti

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, bond, canids, five freedoms, gender, job satisfaction, zookeepers

2020

Uncovering the origins of dog–human eye contact: dingoes establish eye contact more than wolves, but less than dogs

Authors: Angie M. Johnston, Courtney Turrin, Lyn Watson, Alyssa M. Arre, Laurie R. Santos

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: domestication, eye contact, interspecific bonding

2017

Kinship, maternal effects, and management: Juvenile mortality and survival in captive African painted dogs, Lycaon pictus

Authors: Jennifer Yordy, Regina H. Mossotti

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african wild dog, canid, ex situ breeding, juvenile mortality, social carnivore

2016

Enrichment options for African painted dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Authors: Tammy L. Cloutier, Jane M. Packard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, canid, carnivores, enrichment, stereotypic

2014

Factors Associated With Uterine Endometrial Hyperplasia and Pyometra in Wild Canids: Implications for Fertility

Authors: Cheryl S. Asa, Karen L. Bauman, Sarah Devery, Martín Zordan, Gerardo R. Camilo, Sally Boutelle, Anneke Moresco

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, contraception, foxes, infertility, uterine pathology, wolves

2014

The physiology of cooperative breeding in a rare social canid; sex, suppression and pseudopregnancy in female Ethiopian wolves

Authors: Freya van Kesteren, Monique Paris, David W. Macdonald, Robert Millar, Kifle Argaw, Paul J. Johnson, Wenche Farstad, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dominance rank, estradiol, ethiopian wolves, glucocorticoids, progesterone, reproductive suppression

2013

Large Canid (Canidae) Care Manual

Authors: AZA Canid TAG

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: aza, canids, care manual, large canids

2012

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