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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=coyotes

Internal and external factors affect pair mate proximity in captive coyotes, Canis latrans

Authors: Alexandra Turano, Stacey P. Brummer, Jeffrey T. Schultz, Julie K. Young, Sara M. Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: coyote, hormone, pair-bonding, progesterone, proximity, synchrony

2024

Tracking of food quantity by coyotes (Canis latrans)

Authors: Baker, JM. Shivik, J. Jordan, KE.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: coyote behavior, quantitative discrimination, scalar variability, weber's law

2011

The effect of enclosure type on the behavior and heart rate of captive coyotes

Authors: Stacey P. Brummer, Eric M. Gese, John A. Shivik

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, canis latrans, coyote, enclosure, heart rate, stress

2010

Bold, shy, and persistent: Variable coyote response to light and sound stimuli

Authors: P. Darrow, J. Shivik

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior-contingent, behaviour-contingent, canis latrans, deterrent, frightening device, habituation, repellent, wildlife damage management

2009

Captive Coyotes Compared to Their Counterparts in the Wild: Does Environmental Enrichment Help?

Authors: John A. Shivik, Gemma L. Palmer, Eric M. Gese, Britta Osthaus

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: activity budget, animal behavior, canis latrans, corticosteroid, coyotes, environmental enrichment, stereotypic behavior

2009

The effect of randomly altering the time and location of feeding on the behaviour of captive coyotes (Canis latrans)

Authors: Lynne B. Gilbert-Norton, Lisa A. Leaver, John A. Shivik

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: canis latrans, captivity, carnivore, feeding regimes, species-typical behavior, species-typical behaviour

2009

Genetic evaluation of the three captive mexican wolf lineages

Authors: Philip W. Hedrick, Philip S. Miller, Eli Geffen, Robert Wayne

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: founders, genetic variation, inbreeding, microsatellites, pedigrees

1997

Social play and play-soliciting by infant Canids

Authors: Marc Bekoff

Publication/Journal: Integrative and Comparative Biology

Keywords: canids, coyotes, dogs, play, social play, wolves

1974

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