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Date: 09/24/21
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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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Can colored object enrichment reduce the escape behavior of captive freshwater turtles?

Authors: Callum C Bannister, Angus JC Thomson, Mirela Cuculescu‐Santana

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: behavioral types, olfactory cues, Pseudemys sp., Trachemys scripta ssp.

2021

Cognitive Enrichment in Practice: A Survey of Factors Affecting Its Implementation in Zoos Globally

Authors: Belinda A Hall, David M McGill, Sally L Sherwen, Rebecca E Doyle

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal enrichment, barriers to adoption, captive vertebrate management, cognition, practice change

2021

Computer vision based individual fish identification using skin dot pattern

Authors: Petr Cisar, Dinara Bekkozhayeva, Oleksandr Movchan, Mohammadmehdi Saberioon, Rudolf Schraml

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: fish, individual identification, management

2021

The Effects of Live Feeding on Swimming Activity and Exhibit Use in Zoo Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)

Authors: Eduardo J Fernandez, Mark Myers, Nancy C Hawkes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, exhibit use, live feeding, penguin, swimming activity, zoo

2021

Fish Behavior: Training and Enrichment

Authors: Ilana R Alderman, Leigh A Clayton

Publication/Journal: Clinical Guide to Fish Medicine

Keywords: enrichment, fish, training

2021

“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: a personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Authors: Bruno Esattore, Vedrana Šlipogor, Laura Saggiomo, Martin Walter Seltmann

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cervids, dominance hierarchy, personality assessment, questionnaires, red deer

2021

Physical enrichment research for captive fish: time to focus on the DETAILS

Authors: Nick AR Jones, Mike Webster, Anne Gro Vea Salvanes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: environmental complexity, environmental enrichment, fish husbandry, fish welfare, structural complexity., structural enrichment

2021

Preference and Motivation Tests for Body Tactile Stimulation in Fish

Authors: Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Guilherme Delgado Martins, Eliane Gonçalves-de-Freitas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aggressive behavior, choice, motivation, social stress, welfare

2021

Tank cleaning temporarily increases stress and decreases affiliative behavior in zebrafish

Authors: Christine Powell, Marina AG von Keyserlingk, Becca Franks

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behavior, fish welfare, husbandry, social behavior, zebrafish

2021

Understanding behaviour to improve the welfare of an ornamental fish

Authors: Manuela Lombardi Brandão, Felipe Dorigão‐Guimarães, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, André Vitor Salinas Pereira, Lethicia Vian, Thais Billalba Carvalho, Eliane Gonçalves‐de‐Freitas

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: Angelfish, cognitive ability, environmental enrichment, feeding, reproduction, social interaction

2021

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