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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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Personality of killer whales (Orcinus orca) is related to welfare and subjective well-being

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Sara Ortín, Todd R Robeck, Miquel Llorente, Javier Almunia

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cetaceans, killer whales, orcas, personality, subjective well-being, welfare

2021

Personality in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca): A rating approach based on the five-factor model

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Sara Ortín, Judy St. Leger, Miquel Llorente, Javier Almunia

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal captivity, animal ethology, animal personality, five factor personality model, test construction, whales

2019

How long does it take? Reliable personality assessment based on common behaviour in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Authors: Michaela Masilkova, Alexander Weiss, Martina Konečná

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal personality, Behavioural observation, callitrichidae, consistency, Continuous focal recording

2018

Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Drew M. Altschul, Emma K. Wallace, Yulán Úbeda, Miquel Llorente, Zarin Machanda, Katie E. Slocombe, Matthew C. Leach, Natalie K. Waran, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, chimpanzee, happiness, pan troglodytes, personality, welfare

2017

Investigating canine personality structure using owner questionnaires measuring pet dog behaviour and personality

Authors: Diana J. Rayment, Richard A. Peters, Linda C. Marston, Bert De Groef

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, canine, questionnaire, temperament

2016

Are Emotionally Attached Companion Animal Caregivers Conscientious and Neurotic? Factors That Affect the Human–Companion Animal Relationship

Authors: Gretchen M. Reevy, Mikel M. Delgado

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: attachment, companion animals, human–animal bond, personality, pets

2014

Personality and subjective well-being in captive male western lowland gorillas living in bachelor groups

Authors: Sarah A. Schaefer, H. Dieter Steklis

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captive management, conscientiousness, five-factor model, gorilla, personality, well-being

2014

Developing a comprehensive and comparative questionnaire for measuring personality in chimpanzees using a simultaneous top-down/bottom-up design

Authors: Hani D. Freeman, Sarah F. Brosnan, Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro, Samuel D. Gosling

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: agreeableness, chimpanzees, dominance, extraversion, openness, personality

2013

Exploring the dog park: Relationships between social behaviours, personality and cortisol in companion dogs

Authors: Lydia Ottenheimer Carrier, Amanda Cyr, Rita E. Anderson, Carolyn J. Walsh

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cortisol, dog park, domestic dog (canis familiaris), personality, social behaviour

2013

Personality structure, sex differences, and temporal change and stability in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

Authors: Joseph H. Manson, Susan Perry

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: age differences, animal ethology, animal sex differences, five factor personality model, monkeys, personality development, personality-traits

2013

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