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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.
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Effect of colour vision status on insect prey capture efficiency of captive and wild tamarins (Saguinus spp.)

Authors: A.C. Smith, A.K. Surridge, M.J. Prescott, D. Osorio, N.I. Mundy, H.M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dichromacy, polymorphic colour vision, primate, saguinus spp., sex differences, tamarin, trichromacy

2012

Behavioural evidence of dichromacy in a species of South American marsupial

Authors: Eduardo de A. Gutierrez, Beatriz M. Pegoraro, Bráulio Magalhães-Castro, Valdir F. Pessoa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behaviour, colour vision, didelphis albiventris, marsupial, white-eared opossum

2011

Color vision in horses- Deficiencies identified using Pseudoisochromatic plate test

Authors: Hanggi, Evelyn B, Ingersoll, Jerry F., Waggoner, Terrace L.

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: color vision deficiency, dichromats, discrimination, equine, horse

2007

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