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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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Using Zoo Welfare Assessments to Identify Common Issues in Developing Country Zoos

Authors: Samantha J Ward, Ellen Williams, Georgina Groves, Simon Marsh, David Morgan

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal care, animal management, audit, welfare, welfare assessment, wildlife, zoo

2020


A welfare assessment scoring system for working equids—A method for identifying at risk populations and for monitoring progress of welfare enhancement strategies (trialed in Egypt)

Authors: Ahmed B. A. Ali, Mohammed A. El Sayed, Mohamed Y. Matoock, Manal A. Fouad, Camie R. Heleski

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: equine behavior, equine welfare, welfare assessment, working equids

2016


Observer reliability for working equine welfare assessment: problems with high prevalences of certain results

Authors: C.C. Burn, J.C. Pritchard, H. R. Whay

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, donkeys, horses, methodology, observer agreement, prevalence

2009


Egyptian tortoise conservation: A community-based, field research program developed from a study on a captive population

Authors: Omar Attum, Mindy Baha El Din, Sherif Baha El Din, Suliman Habinan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive animals, egypt, ex situ and in situ conservation, local communities, sinai, testudo kleinmanni

2007


Repeatability of a skin tent test for dehydration in working horses and donkeys

Authors: J.C. Pritchard, A.R.S. Barr, H.R. Whay

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dehydration, donkey, horse, repeatability, skin tent

2007


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