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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.
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  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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Don’t poke the bear: using tracking data to quantify behavioural syndromes in elusive wildlife

Authors: Anne G. Hertel, Martin Leclerc, Dan Warren, Fanie Pelletier, Andreas Zedrosser, Thomas Mueller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: activity sensors, brown bear, gps collar, multivariate mixed model, personality, repeatability

2019

Daily rhythms of behavioral and hormonal patterns in male dromedary camels housed in boxes

Authors: L. Aube, M. Fatnassi, D. Monaco, T. Khorchani, G. M. Lacalandra, M. Hammadi, B. Padalino

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: behavior, camel, circadian rhythm, concentrations, cortisol, daily rhythm, diurnal rhythm, horse, locomotor-activity, multidisciplinary sciences, plasma-cortisol concentrations, pregnant sows, sheep, stereotypies, testosterone, welfare

2017

Voluntary exercise enhances activity rhythms and ameliorates anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in the sand rat model of circadian rhythm-related mood changes

Authors: Katy Tal-Krivisky, Noga Kronfeld-Schor, Haim Einat

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal model, behavior, circadian rhythms, depression, diurnality, running wheels

2015

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