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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=conscientiousness

Personality in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca): A rating approach based on the five-factor model

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Sara Ortín, Judy St. Leger, Miquel Llorente, Javier Almunia

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal captivity, animal ethology, animal personality, five factor personality model, test construction, whales

2019

Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality

Authors: Sonja E. Koski, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Hayley Ash, Judith M. Burkart, Thomas Bugnyar, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal breeding, animal personality, interspecies interaction, primates (nonhuman)

2017

Are Emotionally Attached Companion Animal Caregivers Conscientious and Neurotic? Factors That Affect the Human–Companion Animal Relationship

Authors: Gretchen M. Reevy, Mikel M. Delgado

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: attachment, companion animals, human–animal bond, personality, pets

2014

Personality and subjective well-being in captive male western lowland gorillas living in bachelor groups

Authors: Sarah A. Schaefer, H. Dieter Steklis

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captive management, conscientiousness, five-factor model, gorilla, personality, well-being

2014

Personality structure, sex differences, and temporal change and stability in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

Authors: Joseph H. Manson, Susan Perry

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: age differences, animal ethology, animal sex differences, five factor personality model, monkeys, personality development, personality-traits

2013

Friends with benefits: On the positive consequences of pet ownership

Authors: A.R. McConnell, C.M. Brown, T.M. Shoda., L.E. Stayton, C.E. Martin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Keywords: pets, relationships, social support, the self, well-being

2011

Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) as living fossils of hominoid personality and subjective well-being

Authors: Alexander Weiss, Mark James Adams, Anja Widdig, Melissa S. Gerald

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: personality, primate, rhesus macaque, stability, well-being

2011

Assessing chimpanzee personality and subjective well-being in Japan

Authors: Weiss, A.,Inoue-Murayama, M.,Hong, K.,Inoue, E.,Udono, T.,Ochiai, T.,Matsuzawa, T.,Hirata, S.,King, J. E.

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: age, chimpanzee, culture, personality, sex, well-being

2009

The relationship between the stockperson’s personality and attitudes and the productivity of dairy cows

Authors: D. Hanna, I. A. Sneddon, V. E. Beattie

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: attitude, dairy cow, human-animal relationship, personality, stockperson

2009

Personality dimensions in nonhuman animals: A cross-species review

Authors: S.D. Gosling, O.P. John

Publication/Journal: Current Directions in Psychological Science

Keywords: big five, cross-species, personality, temperament, traits

1999

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