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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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Do zoo‐housed primates retreat from crowds? A simple study of five primate species

Authors: Alexandria Cairo‐Evans, Natasha K Wierzal, Jason D Wark, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, primates, visitor effects, zoo

2022

Assessment of environmental enrichment for different primate species under low budget: A case study

Authors: R. Costa, C. Sousa, M. Llorente

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior opportunity, case study, environmental enrichment, low budget, primate welfare

2018

The influence of visitor interaction on the behavior of captive crowned lemurs (Eulemur coronatus) and implications for welfare

Authors: H. Jones, P. K. McGregor, H. L. A. Farmer, K. R. Baker

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: primate behavior, visitor–animal interactions, welfare, zoos

2016

Aggression and self-directed behaviour of captive lemurs (Lemur catta, Varecia variegata, V. rubra and Eulemur coronatus) is reduced by feeding fruit-free diets

Authors: Stephanie Britt, Katherine Cowlard, Kathy Baker, Amy Plowman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aggression, diet, lemur, self-directed behavior

2015

Eulemur Care Manual

Authors: AZA Prosimian Taxon Advisory Group

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: aza, care manual, eulemur

2013

Intertemporal Choice in Lemurs

Authors: J. R. Stevens, N. Mühlhoff

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: intertemporal choice, primate, prosimian, rate maximization, temporal discounting

2012

Visual acuity in the cathemeral strepsirrhine Eulemur macaco flavifrons

Authors: Carrie C. Veilleux, E. Christopher Kirk

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: activity pattern, cathemerality, diet, lemuriform, primate origins, sensory ecology

2009

The Influence of Social Organisation on Leadership in Brown Lemurs (Eulemur fulvus fulvus) in a Controlled Environment

Authors: A. Jacobs, M. Maumy, O. Petit

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: decision-making, group movements, leadership, lemuriformes

2008

Female social dominance in two Eulemur species with different social organizations

Authors: Brigitte Marolf, Alan G. McElligott, Alexandra E. Müller

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agonistic interaction, eulemur coronatus, eulemur rubriventer, grooming, monogamy, polygyny

2007

Maintenance of female dominance in blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur macaco flavifrons) and gray bamboo lemurs (Hapalemur griseus griseus) under semi-free-ranging and captive conditions

Authors: Leslie Digby, Alexandra McLean Stevens

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, competition, group stability, husbandry, juvenile dominance, prosimian

2007

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