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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=companion%20animals

Asking Animals: An Introduction to Animal Behaviour Testing

Authors: Birte Lindstrøm Nielsen

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cognition, ethics, learning, memory, motivation, recommendations

2020

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

Baseline Knowledge of Potential Pet Toxins among the US General Public

Authors: Natalie Young, Kenneth Royal, Bryan Lovee, Gigi Davidson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal toxins, animals, knowledge survey, pet toxins, veterinary medicine

2019

A Collaborative Model for Managing Animal Hoarding Cases

Authors: Sandra Strong, Jennifer Federico, Ron Banks, Cathy Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal control, animal hoarding, animal welfare, companion animal

2019

Effect of Visitor Perspective on Adoption Decisions at One Animal Shelter

Authors: Anastacia Southland, Seana Dowling-Guyer, Emily McCobb

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: adoption, animal shelter, cats, dogs, pets

2019

How happy is your pet? The Problem of subjectivity in the assessment of companion animal welfare

Authors: J. A. Serpell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, anthropomorphism, companion animals, health, pets, subjectivity

2019

The Influence of Materialism on Purebred Dogs’ Welfare Among Two Different Generations in Colombia (South America)

Authors: Gonzalo Luna-Cortés

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral problems, generational segmentation, intention to abandon, materialism

2019

Nutrition and husbandry conditions of Palearctic tortoises (Testudo spp.) in captivity

Authors: Thomas Bauer, Sven Reese, Petra Koelle

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: chelonian, diet, European tortoises, keeping, pyramidal growth syndrome

2019

Preliminary observations of an unusual mouth interaction between beluga calves (Delphinapterus leucas)

Authors: Heather M. Hill, Sarah Dietrich, Sara Guarino, Magdalena Banda, Kristie Lacy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: beluga calves, delphinapterus leucas, development, mouth‐to‐mouth interaction, social interaction

2019

Redefining human-animal relationships: an evaluation of methods to allow their empirical measurement in zoos

Authors: F. Patel, K. Whitehouse-Tedd, S. J. Ward

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, human-animal interactions, human-animal relationships, method, zoo

2019

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