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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=carnivora%2Fpsychology

Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers

Authors: T. Crews, J. Vonk, M. McGuire

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination

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


Whole versus chopped food: the bintu-right way to do it?

Authors: Alexander J. Vine, Amy Hammond, Georgia Abernethy Palmer, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Discover Animals

Keywords: arctictis binturong, carnivora, chopped food, food particle size, wildlife park, zoo

2024


Choice, control, and animal welfare: definitions and essential inquiries to advance animal welfare science

Authors: Englund,Maisy D., Cronin,Katherine A.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: affective states, agency, animal welfare, choice, control, psychological wellbeing

2023


Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value

Authors: Samuel Decker, J Michelle Lavery, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2023


Estimating the cardiac signals of chimpanzees using a digital camera: validation and application of a novel non-invasive method for primate research

Authors: Danyi Wang, Johanna Eckert, Sam Teague, Ali Al-Naji, Daniel Haun, Javaan Chahl

Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Keywords:

2023


The welfare problems of wide-ranging Carnivora reflect naturally itinerant lifestyles

Authors: Miranda Bandeli, Emma L. Mellor, Jeanette Kroshko, Hafiz Maherali, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Royal Society Open Science

Keywords: captivity, carnivora, choice, control, welfare, zoos

2023


Communication from the Zoo: Reports from Zoological Facilities of the Impact of COVID-19 Closures on Animals

Authors: Violet Hunton, Jessica Rendle, Anne Carter, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: communication, COVID-19, keeper-animal interactions, social media, visitor–animal interactions, zoo closures

2022


Can animals develop depression? An overview and assessment of ‘depression-like’states

Authors: Aileen MacLellan, Carole Fureix, Andrea Polanco, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Behaviour

Keywords: animal behavior, animal psychology, depression, welfare

2021


Knowledge‐based enrichment: Development of a novel enrichment device for captive chimpanzees

Authors: James Brooks, Hiroto Yoshimura, Yuto Taki

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chimpanzees, environmental enrichment, prior knowledge

2021


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