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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=coprophagy

Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour

Authors: Z Goldsborough, EHM Sterck, FBM de Waal, CE Webb

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, chimpanzees, coprophagy, stereotypical behavior, stress, zoo-housed

2022

The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Daan W Laméris, Nicky Staes, Marina Salas, Steffi Matthyssen, Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, bonobo, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo

2021

Impacts of dietary modifications on the behaviour of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: B Katherine Smith, Melissa J Remis, Ellen S Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, captivity, coprophagy, diet, gorilla

2020

The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Daan W Laméris, Nicky Staes, Marina Salas, Steffi Matthyssen, Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo

2020

Gum feeder as environmental enrichment for zoo marmosets and tamarins

Authors: B. Regaiolli, C. Angelosante, G. Marliani, P. A. Accorsi, S. Vaglio, C. Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: callitrichines, gum arabic, zoo primate welfare

2019

An investigation into keeper opinions of great ape diets and abnormal behaviour

Authors: R. Hammerton, K. A. Hunt, L. M. Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: *tool use, abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, chimpanzees, cultivated fruit-free, diet, environmental enrichment, food presentation, foods, gorillas, great ape, keeper opinion, questionnaire, regurgitation, reingestion, wild

2019

Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Drew M. Altschul, Emma K. Wallace, Yulán Úbeda, Miquel Llorente, Zarin Machanda, Katie E. Slocombe, Matthew C. Leach, Natalie K. Waran, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, chimpanzee, happiness, pan troglodytes, personality, welfare

2017

Characterizing abnormal behavior in a large population of zoo-housed chimpanzees: prevalence and potential influencing factors

Authors: S. L. Jacobson, S. R. Ross, M. A. Bloomsmith

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: abnormal behavior, chimpanzees, welfare, zoo

2016

Investigating the relationship between welfare and rearing young in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Katherine A. Cronin, Victoria West, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, chimpanzees, maternal rearing, welfare

2016

Reconsidering coprophagy as an indicator of negative welfare for captive chimpanzees

Authors: Lydia M. Hopper, Hani D. Freeman, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, captivity, chimpanzee, coprophagy, social learning, welfare

2016

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