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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.
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  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
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Defensive responses of Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) to chronic predatory stress

Authors: Ibrahim M. Hegab, Guoshen Shang, Manhong Ye, Yajuan Jin, Aiqin Wang, Baofa Yin, Shengmei Yang, Wanhong Wei

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, brandt's voles, cat feces, endocrine, medial hypothalamus, repeated stress, δfosb mrna

2014

Nesting success in Darwin’s small tree finch, Camarhynchus parvulus: evidence of female preference for older males and more concealed nests

Authors: Sonia Kleindorfer

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age, assortative mating, camarhynchus parvulus, darwin's small tree finch, display nest, nest concealment, predation outcome

2007

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) conceal visual and auditory information from others

Authors: Alicia P. Melis, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: auditory perception, competition, concealment, deception, pan troglodytes, visual perspective

2006

Manipulation without mind-reading: information suppression and leakage during food discovery by mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

Authors: Mark E. Laidre

Publication/Journal: Behaviour

Keywords: cognition, concealment, food calling, manipulative communication, passive deception, theory of mind

2006

The Effects of Elevated Platforms and Concealment Screens on the Welfare of Blue Foxes

Authors: J. Mononen, S. Kasanen, M. Harri, J. Sepponen, T. Rekilä

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blue fox, concealment screen, elevated platform, fear, fur farming, resting platform

2001

Use of visual cover by domestic fowl: a Venetian blind effect?

Authors: Ruth C. Newberry, David M. Shackleton

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: concealment, domestic chicken

1997

Perch color preference in juvenile green tree pythons, Chondropython viridis

Authors: Clay M. Garrett, Brian E. Smith

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: coloration, crypticity

1994

Behavioral and adrenocortical responses to environmental changes in leopard cats (Felis bengalensis)

Authors: Kathy Carlstead, Janine L. Brown, John Seidensticker

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: environmental enrichment, exploratory behavior, felidae, stereotypic pacing, stress, urinary cortisol

1993

The role of the physical rearing environment in the domestication of the mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Authors: Mertice M. Clark, Bennett G. Galef

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavior, domestication, gerbil

1977

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