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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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Facility Design for Ageing Wild Animals

Authors: Jon C. Coe

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: aging, disabled, facility design, geriatric, habitat design, personalization, welfare, wellbeing

2023

The Ethics and Welfare Implications of Keeping Western European Hedgehogs (erinaceus Europaeus) in Captivity

Authors: S. A. Jones, Stella Chapman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: captivity, disabled, ethics, hedgehogs, welfare

2019

A new method of walking rehabilitation using cognitive tasks in an adult chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) with a disability: a case study

Authors: Y. Sakuraba, M. Tomonaga, M. Hayashi

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: animal welfare, body weight, captive chimpanzee, chimpanzee, cognitive task, discrimination, paraplegic patients, physical disability, recovery, tetraparesis, treadmill, walking rehabilitation, zoology

2016

Activity and enrichment use in disabled Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) rescued from bile farms

Authors: J. A. Dallaire, N. Field, G. J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, asiatic black bear, blindness, environmental enrichment, limb aputation, physical disability

2012

Disability, Compensatory Behavior, and Innovation in Free-Ranging Adult Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca Fuscata)

Authors: S.E. Turner, L.M. Fedigan, H.D. Matthews, M. Nakamichi

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: congenital limb malformation, japanese monkey, manual disability, physical impairment

2012

Dosage trials with transmucosal carfentanil citrate in non-human primates

Authors: Karen S. Kearns, Brent Swenson, Edward C. Ramsay

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: anesthesia, chimpanzee, droperidol, euthanasia, gorilla, oral

1999

Dogs for the disabled: benefits to recipients and welfare of the dog

Authors: D.R. Lane, J. McNicholas, G.M. Collis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: assistance dogs, health, pet ownership

1998

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