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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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Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

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

Focal palatine erosion in captive and free-living cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and other felid Species

Authors: M. Zordan, S. L. Deem, C. R. Sanchez

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dental disease, molars, nondomestic cats, palatine disorder, palatine perforation

2012

To hunt or not to hunt? A feeding enrichment experiment with captive large felids

Authors: Meredith J. Bashaw, Mollie A. Bloomsmith, M. J. Marr, Terry L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: carcass feeding, environmental enrichment, live feeding, visitor experience, well-being

2003

Spontaneous discrimination of natural stimuli by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: D.A. Brown, S.T. Boysen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: attention, discrimination learning, humans, paired-associate learning, pan troglodytes/psychology, pattern recognition, problem solving, species specificity, visual

2000

The influence of food presentation on the behavior of small cats in confined environments

Authors: David J. Shepherdson, Kathy Carlstead, Jill D. Mellen, John Seidensticker

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, bengalensis, environmental enrichment, f, felis viverrina, predation, stereotypic behavior

1993

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