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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.
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URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=conditioned%20taste%20aversion

The Use of Operant Conditioning to Enhance the Management and Welfare of Captive Kingsnakes

Authors: Liam Sinclair

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases

Keywords: animal welfare, cooperative care, herpetoculture, kingsnakes, snake welfare, training

2023

Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants

Authors: Surendranie J. Cabral de Mel, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing

2023

The Effect of Enrichment Filling and Engagement Time on Regurgitation and Reingestion Behaviour in Three Zoo-Housed Orangutans

Authors: Rebecca Nash, Helen Johnston, Amy Robbins, Kris Descovich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, primate, regurgitation, welfare, zoo

2021

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

Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in a Zoo Setting

Authors: Laura Freeland, Charlotte Ellis, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, elo-rating, fixed action pattern, welfare, zoo

2020

Effect of Covering a Visitor Viewing Area Window on the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Authors: Samantha J Chiew, Kym L Butler, Sally L Sherwen, Grahame J Coleman, Vicky Melfi, Alicia Burns, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: little penguins, visitor behaviour, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, visual contact, zoos

2020

The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests

Authors: Jorge Tobajas, María Josefa Ruiz-Aguilera, José Vicente López-Bao, Pablo Ferreras, Rafael Mateo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management

2020

Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020

Using a Touchscreen Paradigm to Evaluate Food Preferences and Response to Novel Photographic Stimuli of Food in Three Primate Species (Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Sarah M Huskisson, Sarah L Jacobson, Crystal L Egelkamp, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: photograph, preference testing, primate, touchscreen, welfare, worth valuations

2020

Can disbudding of calves (one versus four weeks of age) induce chronic pain?

Authors: D. Casoni, A. Mirra, M. R. Suter, A. Gutzwiller, C. Spadavecchia

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: allodynia, calves, chronic pain, disbudding, hyperalgesia, neurophysiology

2019

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