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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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Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Dalmas Kakule, Laura Stalter, Jackson K. Mbeke, Katie Fawcett

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal sociality, centrality, collective animal behavior, eigenvectors, female contraception, gorillas, primates, social networks

2024

Differing animal welfare conceptions and what they mean for the future of zoos and aquariums, insights from an animal welfare audit

Authors: Jake S Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, audit

2022

Investigating the effects of sex and rearing-history on social network position in zoo-housed bonobos

Authors: Jonas Torfs, Jeroen Stevens, Jonas Verspeek, Daan Lameris, Marcel Eens, Nicky Staes

Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium, Date: 2021/07/13-2021/07/14, Location: Online

Keywords: bonobos, rearing history, social network analysis

2021

The utility of social network analysis for informing zoo management: Changing network dynamics of a group of captive hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) following an introduction of two young males

Authors: Louisa M Radosevich, Karin Enstam Jaffe, Darren E Minier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hamadryas baboon, social network, zoo management

2021

The utility of social network analysis for informing zoo management: Changing network dynamics of a group of captive hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) following an introduction of two young males

Authors: Louisa M Radosevich, Karin Enstam Jaffe, Darren E Minier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: group stability, hamadryas baboon, social network, social network analysis

2021

The utility of social network analysis for informing zoo management: Changing network dynamics of a group of captive hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) following an introduction of two young males

Authors: Louisa M Radosevich, Karin Enstam Jaffe, Darren E Minier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, group stability, hamadryas baboon, social group, social network analysis

2021

Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions

Authors: Fatima Ramis, Michaela Mohr, Gregory Kohn, Quincy Gibson, Meredith Bashaw, Dan Maloney, Terry Maple

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal social structure, animal welfare, giraffes, habitat design, human-animal interactions

2020

Aggression and social support predict long-term cortisol levels in captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus Sapajus apella)

Authors: Allie E. Schrock, Corinne Leard, Meredith C. Lutz, Jerrold S. Meyer, Regina Paxton Gazes

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: hair cortisol, information centrality, social network analysis, stress

2019

In pursuit of peak animal welfare; the need to prioritize the meaningful over the measurable

Authors: Jake S. Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive, health, optimal, peak, psychological, welfare

2017

The influence of demographic variation on social network stability in wild vervet monkeys

Authors: Christèle Borgeaud, Sebastian Sosa, Cédric Sueur, Redouan Bshary

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: centrality, dynamics of relationships, group composition variation, social network, vervet monkeys

2017

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