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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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Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023

Is Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Wounding Frequency Affected by the Presence Versus Absence of Visitors? A Multi-Institutional Study

Authors: Robin Elana Salak, Christina Cloutier Barbour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: chimpanzee, COVID-19, pan troglodytes, visitor effects, welfare, wounding, zoos

2022

Can Aquatic Invertebrates within Public Aquaria Fit the Five Domain Welfare Model?

Authors: Kerry Perkins

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research

Keywords: aquarium, aquatic invertebrates, Five Domains, welfare

2021

Caretaker attitudes and animal training are associated with alpaca behaviour towards humans—An online survey

Authors: Ines Windschnurer, Lisa Fischer, Takuya Yanagida, Cassandra Eibl, Sonja Franz, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: attitudes, behaviour, behavioural problems, ease of handling, human-animal interactions, new world camelids

2021

The relationship between personality, season, and wounding receipt in zoo‐housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): A multi‐institutional study

Authors: Christina R Doelling, Katherine A Cronin, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, macaques, personality, questionnaire, seasonal affects, wounding, zoo welfare

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

Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Barbara A Wolfe, Janine L Brown, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights

Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates

2020

Understanding the multiple conceptions of animal welfare

Authors: D. M. Weary, J. A. Robbins

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal well-being, experimental philosophy, good life, happiness, moral dilemma

2019

The backtest in pigs revisited—Inter-situational behaviour and animal classification

Authors: Manuela Zebunke, Gerd Nürnberg, Nina Melzer, Birger Puppe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: backtest, behaviour tests, classification, coping, personality, pigs

2017

Development of a Canine Care and Welfare Knowledge Scale: Implications for Welfare and Preventing Dogfighting

Authors: Maria A. Iliopoulou, Rene P. Rosenbaum, Carla L. Carleton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: attitude, canine care and welfare knowledge scale, canine welfare, development, humane education evaluation, prevention of canine abuse/neglect, psychology

2017

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