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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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Why Are Enrichment Practices in Zoos Difficult to Implement Effectively?

Authors: Eileen K Tuite, Simon A Moss, Clive J Phillips, Samantha J Ward

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: big cats, enrichment, keepers, process evaluation, thematic analysis, zoo management

2022

Investigating the effect of social grouping on the behaviour of captive leopards

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, James Edward Brereton, Francesca Drago, Eleonora Confalonieri, Richard Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, Electivity Index, felid, panthera pardus, sociality

2021

Linking the roles of personality and stress physiology for managing the welfare of captive big cats

Authors: Janice Vaz, Alan Gerard McElligott, Edward Narayan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal personalities, animal welfare, big cats, coping style, glucocorticoids, individual variation, stressors

2021

Who is there? Captive western gorillas distinguish human voices based on familiarity and nature of previous interactions

Authors: Roberta Salmi, Caroline E Jones, Jodi Carrigan

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: cognition, gorilla

2021

The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)

Authors: Lydia K Acaralp-Rehnberg, Grahame J Coleman, Michael JL Magrath, Vicky Melfi, Kerry V Fanson, Ian M Bland

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2020

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

Animal welfare complementing or conflicting with other sustainability issues

Authors: D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, domestic cats, emissions, greenhouse gases, placebo, road traffic accidents

2019

Attitudes of veterinarians and veterinary students to recommendations on how to improve dog and cat welfare in veterinary practice

Authors: Christine Arhant, Nicole Hörschläger, Josef Troxler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, cats, companion animals, dogs, low-stress handling, veterinary practice

2019

Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with focus on thermoregulatory behavior

Authors: Judith A. Stryker, Jim L. Atkinson, Robert D. Brown, David Barney, J. Andy B. Robinson, Jay Duncan, Esther J. Finegan

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology

Keywords: infrared thermography, microclimatic landscape design, panthera tigris, thermal comfort, thermoregulatory behavior

2019

Characteristics of Cats Admitted to Czech Shelters

Authors: Eva Voslarova, Katerina Kubesova, Vladimir Vecerek

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: age, cat, season, sex, shelter

2019

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