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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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The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests

Authors: Jorge Tobajas, María Josefa Ruiz-Aguilera, José Vicente López-Bao, Pablo Ferreras, Rafael Mateo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management

2020

Some like it varied: Individual differences in preference for feed variety in dairy heifers

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, curiosity, foraging behaviour, individual differences, neophobia, preference

2017

Stereotypic mice are aggressed by their cage-mates, and tend to be poor demonstrators in social learning tasks

Authors: L. Harper, E. Choleris, K. Ervin, C. Fureix, K. Reynolds, M. Walker, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, mice, social learning, stereotypic behaviour

2015

Facilitating ‘learning from mom how to eat like a pig’ to improve welfare of piglets around weaning

Authors: Marije Oostindjer, Bas Kemp, Henry van den Brand, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment, perinatal flavour learning, piglet, social learning, stress, weaning

2014

Learning how to eat like a pig: effectiveness of mechanisms for vertical social learning in piglets

Authors: Marije Oostindjer, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Mike Mendl, Suzanne Held, Henry van den Brand, Bas Kemp

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: local enhancement, mother, participation, pig, social learning, stimulus enhancement, sus scrofa, weaning

2011

Sensory varieties in concentrate diets for stabled horses: effects on behaviour and selection

Authors: D. Goodwin, H. P. B. Davidson, P. Harris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, diet, flavour, horse, selection

2005

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