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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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How best to improve farm animal welfare? Four main approaches viewed from an economic perspective

Authors: T. Christensen, S. Denver, P. Sandøe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consumers, corporate social responsibility, economics, legislation, stakeholders

2019


Differences in between-reinforcer value modulate the selective-value effect in great apes (Pan troglodytes, P. Paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo abelii)

Authors: Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro, Mar Peretó, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal feeding behavior, *choice behavior, *food preferences, bonobos, chimpanzees, decision-making, discrimination, economics, gorillas, monkeys

2016


Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research

Authors: Julie Føske Johnsen, Katharina A. Zipp, Tasja Kälber, Anne Marie de Passillé, Ute Knierim, Kerstin Barth, Cecilie Marie Mejdell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: alternative calf rearing, dairy calves, suckling, welfare

2016


Ethics and the choice of animal advocacy campaigns

Authors: J. Waters

Publication/Journal: Ecological Economics

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, campaigns, ecology, economics, environmental sciences, environmental studies, ethics, products, rights, welfare

2015


Sensitivity Analysis to Aid Shelter Management Decisions: How Does Altering Expenditure Affect Operational Viability?

Authors: Nicole Olynk Widmar, Emily Lord, Annette Litster

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal shelter, animal shelter economics, shelter decision making

2015


Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs

Authors: S. Harley, L. A. Boyle, N. E. O'Connell, S. J. More, D. L. Teixeira, A. Hanlon

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, carcase, economics, meat inspection, pig, tail-biting

2014


Sheep veterinarians and the welfare of sheep: No simple matter

Authors: Kevin Stafford

Publication/Journal: Small Ruminant Research

Keywords: animal welfare, sheep, veterinary science

2014


Economic evaluation of high welfare indoor farrowing systems for pigs

Authors: J. H. Guy, P. J. Cain, Y. M. Seddon, E. M. Baxter, S. A. Edwards

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, economics, farrowing, housing systems, husbandry, pig

2012


Economics and animal welfare in small animal veterinary practice: the case of genetic welfare problems

Authors: J. Yeates

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dog, economics, overtreatment, undertreatment, veterinary practice

2012


Foot disorders in dairy cattle: Impact on cow and dairy farmer

Authors: M. R. N. Bruijnis, B. Beerda, H. Hogeveen, E. N. Stassen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, economics, foot disorders, modelling, welfare impact

2012


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