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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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Degree of synchrony based on individual observations underlines the importance of concurrent access to enrichment materials in finishing pigs

Authors: Bettina Zwicker, Roland Weber, Beat Wechsler, Lorenz Gygax

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment object, exploratory behaviour, feeding regime, synchronous

2015

Short- and long-term effects of eight enrichment materials on the behaviour of finishing pigs fed ad libitum or restrictively

Authors: Bettina Zwicker, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Roland Weber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, exploration, feeding, motivation, pigs

2013

Differing results for motivation tests and measures of resource use: The value of environmental enrichment to gestating sows housed in stalls

Authors: Monica R. P. Elmore, Joseph P. Garner, Anna K. Johnson, Richard D. Kirkden, Emily G. Patterson-Kane, Brian T. Richert, Edmond A. Pajor

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, compost, operant conditioning, pigs, straw, welfare

2012

Getting around social status: Motivation and enrichment use of dominant and subordinate sows in a group setting

Authors: Monica Renee Pittman Elmore, Joseph Paul Garner, Anna Kerr Johnson, Richard D. Kirkden, Brian Thomas Richert, Edmond Anthony Pajor

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, group housing, operant conditioning, pigs, welfare

2011

Relationship between rooting behaviour and foraging in growing pigs

Authors: V. E. Beattie, N. E. O'Connellt

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, feed restriction, food rewards, pigs, rooting behaviour

2002

Preference testing of substrates by growing pigs

Authors: V.E. Beattie, N. Walker, I.A. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, pigs, preference, substrates

1998

Effects of Enrichment and Floor Type on Behaviour of Cubicle Loose-Housed Dry Sows

Authors: J. Durrell, I.A. Sneddon, V.E. Beattie

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, environmental enrichment, pigs

1997

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