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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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Animal Welfare in Predator Control: Lessons from Land and Sea. How the Management of Terrestrial and Marine Mammals Impacts Wild Animal Welfare in Human–Wildlife Conflict Scenarios in Europe

Authors: Laetitia Nunny

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, human–wildlife conflict, pest, predator, welfare assessment, welfare domains, welfare impact, wildlife

2020


Preference for saline water of an amphidromous goby maintained during migration to upstream freshwater areas

Authors: Yumeki Oto

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: amphidromy, choice experiment, euryhalinity, Gymnogobius, physiological ecology, proximate cause

2020


Boldness at the nest predicts foraging and diving behaviour of female but not male African penguins

Authors: Gwendoline Traisnel, Lorien Pichegru

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: at-sea behaviour, breeding success, chick growth, endangered species, personality types, resource acquisition

2019


Compassionate versus consequentialist conservation

Authors: Jordan O. Hampton, Bruce Warburton, Peter Sandoe

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal ethics, culling, harvesting, human–wildlife conflict, overabundance, wildlife management

2019


Does group size matter? Captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) behavior as a function of group size and composition

Authors: Sarah J. Neal Webb, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, group composition, group-size, management

2019


Effect of simple and low-cost enrichment items on behavioral, clinical, and productive variables of caged laying hens

Authors: Mayra H. Frediani, Cristiane S. Pizzutto, Maíra B. R. Alves, Ricardo J. G. Pereira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, poultry, production, thermography, welfare

2019


Monitoring the social behavior of a bachelor mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) dyad participating in touchscreen-mediated cognitive testing

Authors: Austin Leeds, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliative behavior, animal welfare, cognitive enrichment, cognitive testing, mandrill

2019


The role of heart rate monitoring to assess workload during maintenance interval training in National Hunt racehorses

Authors: Jane Williams, Kieran Kenworthy, Tim Jones, David Marlin, Gillian Tabor

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: equine, fitness, heart rate, horseracing, training, welfare

2019


Validation and welfare assessment of flipper-mounted time-depth recorders for monitoring penguins in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Grace Fuller, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bio-logging, data-loggers, gentoo penguin, king penguin, macaroni penguin, rockhopper penguin

2019


“I am going to groom you”: Multiple forms of play fighting in gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

Authors: Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal aggressive behavior, animal grooming behavior, animal play, animal sexual behavior, lemurs

2018


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