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Date: 06/1/23
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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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Long-Term Assessment of Captive Chimpanzees: Influence of Social Group Composition, Seasonality and Biographic Background

Authors: Arnau Pascual, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter, David Riba, Dietmar Crailsheim

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adverse early life experiences, behavior, captive care, chimpanzee, group alterations, group composition, seasonality, social network analysis

2023


Promoting Good Nonhuman Primate Welfare outside Regular Working Hours

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Augusto Vitale, Madison Bacon

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: 24/7, animal welfare, back of house, captivity, environmental enrichment, night-time, off hours, primates, zoo

2023


TACTILE RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN CAPTIVE ANTILLEAN MANATEES (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Authors: Karen Lucchini, Rebecca Umeed, Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Bruna Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: communication, manatees, tactile signals

2023


Ackonc-AWA: A multi-species animal welfare assessment protocol for wild animals under human care to overcome the use of generic welfare checklists

Authors: Débora Silvia Racciatti, Alejandra Feld, Laura Analía Rial, Carlos Blanco, Oriol Tallo-Parra

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords:

2022


Recent Studies in Reptile and Amphibian Welfare: Some Relevant Publications for the Zoo Herpetologist

Authors: Robert W. Mendyk

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Review

Keywords: amphibian, reptile, welfare, zoo

2022


Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for measurement of fecal dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in gibbons and siamangs

Authors: Rafaela SC Takeshita

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assay, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, DHEAS, stress response

2022


Zoo Closure Does Not Affect Behavior and Activity Patterns of Palawan Binturong (Arctictis binturong whitei)

Authors: Katherine Finch, Megan Leary, Lisa Holmes, Leah J Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: 24h monitoring, COVID-19, understudied, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, welfare

2022


Activity Budget Comparisons Using Long-Term Observations of a Group of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care: Implications for Animal Welfare

Authors: Tim Huettner, Sandra Dollhaeupl, Ralph Simon, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budgets, animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, dolphin behavior, keeper ratings, zoo animal behavior

2021


Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021


Conducting Behavioural Research in the Zoo: A Guide to Ten Important Methods, Concepts and Theories

Authors: Paul E Rose, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, behavioural observations, ethology, observational methods, research methods, zoo science

2021


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