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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=culture

Exploration of cultural norms and behavioural beliefs about zoo animal behaviour, welfare, ethics and husbandry practices in a sample of the international zoo community

Authors: Heather Bacon, Catriona Bell, Cathy M Dwyer, Natalie Waran, Yan Qing, Liu Xia, Darren J Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, beliefs, culture, zoo

2023

The Four Cs of Modern (Neuro) ethology and Neuroethics: Cognition, Complexity, Conation, and Culture

Authors: Simon Gadbois

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: affective neuroscience, cognition, complexity, conation, culture, social neuroscience

2020

The Speciesism Debate: Intuition, Method, and Empirical Advances

Authors: Jeroen Hopster

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Bernard Williams, cumulative culture, evolutionary debunking arguments, intuition, moral psychology, Peter Singer, Shelly Kagan, species-relativism, speciesism

2019

Attitudes of stakeholders to animal welfare during slaughter and transport in SE and E Asia

Authors: M. Sinclair, S. Zito, Z. Idrus, W. Yan, D. van Nhiem, P. Na Lampang, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, asia, attitudes, culture, slaughter, transport

2017

Curiosity boosts orang-utan problem-solving ability

Authors: Laura A. Damerius, Sereina M. Graber, Erik P. Willems, Carel P. van Schaik

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: captivity effect, cognitive abilities, curiosity, experience effect, orang-utans, problem solving

2017

Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion

Authors: C. R. Mullins, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, K. A. George, R. Anthony, A. K. Johnson, G. J. Coleman, J. L. Rault, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, decision-making, education, euthanasia, swine, timeliness

2017

A Systematic Review of the Literature Addressing Veterinary Care for Underserved Communities

Authors: Elizabeth LaVallee, Megan Kiely Mueller, Emily McCobb

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: care barrier, community medicine, low-price clinic, underserved community, veterinary

2017

Global climate change attitudes and perceptions among south American zoo visitors

Authors: Jerry F. Luebke, Susan Clayton, Lisa-Anne DeGregoria Kelly, Alejandro Grajal

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: connection to nature, culture, informal learning

2015

Governing Animal-human Relations in Farming Practices: A Study of Group Housing of Sows in the EU

Authors: Mpmm de Krom

Publication/Journal: Sociologia Ruralis

Keywords: culture, farmers, geography, livestock, society, sociology, welfare

2015

Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics

Authors: Matthew A. Brooks, Robyn M. Harvey, Nichole F. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Monty S. Kerley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid

2014

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