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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=felids

The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)

Authors: Lydia K Acaralp-Rehnberg, Grahame J Coleman, Michael JL Magrath, Vicky Melfi, Kerry V Fanson, Ian M Bland

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2020


Drivers of stereotypic behaviour and physiological stress among captive jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) in India

Authors: Loganathan Marinath, Janice Vaz, Dileep Kumar, Krishnamoorthy Thiyagesan, Nagarajan Baskaran

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, biological and environmental factors, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite, small felid, stereotype

2019


Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population

Authors: Jilian M. Fazio, Elizabeth W. Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Edward C. M. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ex situ husbandry, felids, reproductive behavior

2019


How does feeding regime affect behaviour and activity in captive African lions (Panthera leo)?

Authors: Nina Höttges, Madeleine Hjelm, Therese Hård, Matthias %J Journal of Zoo Laska, Aquarium Research

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: feeding regime, felids, hunger, husbadry, satiation

2019


Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore species

Authors: M. Diez-Leon, L. Kitchenham, R. Duprey, C. D. C. Bailey, E. Choleris, M. Lewis, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: basal ganglia, Dorsal striatum, environmental enrichment, Index Medicus, mink, stereotypic behaviour, Ventral striatum

2019


Behaviour and welfare: the visitor effect in captive felids

Authors: P. Suárez, P. Recuerda, L. Arias-de-Reyna

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, felids, space use, stress, visitor effect, zoo

2017


The effects of intrinsic enrichment on captive felids

Authors: Juliana Damasceno, Gelson Genaro, Thomas Quirke, Shannen McCarthy, Sean McKeown, Ruth O'Riordan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, felids, novelty, olfactory

2017


Spontaneous discrimination of urine odours in wild African lions, Panthera leo

Authors: Geoffrey D. Gilfillan, Jessica D. T. Vitale, J. Weldon McNutt, Karen McComb

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: felids, group discrimination, mammals, olfactory communication, scent marking, scent presentation, sex discrimination

2017


Comparison of 2 behavioral sampling methods to establish a time budget in a captive female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Authors: C. Munita, T. A. Tadich, C. Briceno

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: behavior, behavioral sciences, cheetah, continuous sampling, direct observation, enrichment, interval sampling, time-budget, veterinary sciences

2016


Comparison of Subjective Well-Being and Personality Assessments in the Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia), and African Lion (Panthera leo)

Authors: Marieke Cassia Gartner, David M. Powell, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal well-being, big cats, personality

2016


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