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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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“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: a personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Authors: Bruno Esattore, Vedrana Šlipogor, Laura Saggiomo, Martin Walter Seltmann

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cervids, dominance hierarchy, personality assessment, questionnaires, red deer

2021


Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants

Authors: Lea Carisch, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jean-Michel Hatt, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, E. Eberhard Rensch, Marcus Clauss, Philipp Zerbe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality

2017


Adaptive significance of antipredator behaviour in artiodactyls

Authors: T. Caro

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: antipredator behavior, antipredator behaviour, artiodactlya

2004


Immunocontraception of captive exotic species. III. Contraception and population management of fallow deer (Cervus dama)

Authors: Fred A. Deigert, Ann E. Duncan, Kim M. Frank, Robin O. Lyda, Jay F. Kirkpatrick

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: contraception, fallow deer, fertility-control, porcine zona pellucida

2003


The reproductive biology of female Père David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Authors: Chris Wemmer, Tim Halverson, Melissa Rodden, Timothy Portillo

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estrous cycle, estrus, fecundity, female reproduction, gestation, interbirth interval

1989


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