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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=fur

Further Than Fur: Effects of Sex, Body Site, and Season on Hair Color and Hair Cortisol Concentration in Captive Addax nasomaculatus Antelopes

Authors: Juan Pablo Damián, María Eugenia Banguese, Santiago Bentancor, Analía Pérez, Sarina Sierra, Cesar Echaides, Ana Pérez-Sarasqueta, Ana Claudia Menezes, Paula Pessina, Matías Villagrán

Publication/Journal: Ruminants

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ruminant, stress, thermoregulation

2024

Thermal Imaging to Assess the Health Status in Wildlife Animals under Human Care: Limitations and Perspectives

Authors: Daniel Mota-Rojas, Alfredo MF Pereira, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Jennifer Rios-Sandoval, Ana de Mira Geraldo, Dehua Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: infrared thermography, pain, thermal status, thermal window

2022

Social behaviour in zoo bachelor groups: a case study of related South American fur seals

Authors: Christa Emmett, Mathilda Digby, Jemma Pope, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Arctocephalus australis, bachelor groups, evidence-based management, social behavior, social needs, South American fur seals

2021

Social Behaviour in Zoo Bachelor Groups: A Case Study of Related South American Fur Seals

Authors: Christa Emmett, Mathilda Digby, Jemma Pope, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Archocephalus australis, bachelor groups, evidence-based management, social behavior, social needs, South American fur seals

2021

Changes in the welfare of mink (Neovison vison) with date of assessment in the winter and growth periods have limited effects on the overall WelFur categorisation

Authors: A. F. Marsbøll, B. I. F. Henriksen, B. K. Hansen, S. H. Møller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, feasibility, mink production, reliability, welfare assessment, welfur

2019

Environmental and physiological determinants of huddling behavior of molting female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Authors: Laureline L. Chaise, Dominic J. McCafferty, Adélie Krellenstein, Susan L. Gallon, William D. Paterson, Marc Théry, André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggregation behavior, habitat type, heat loss, meteorological variations, phocids, stomach temperature

2019

Short- and long-term changes in the intensity of responses of pinnipeds to tourist approaches in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay

Authors: Carme Tuneu Corral, Diana Szteren, Marcelo H. Cassini

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural responses, human-animal interactions, tourism

2018

THE COMPASSIONATE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS A Contemporary Buddhist Approach in Eastern Tibet

Authors: H. Gayley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Religious Ethics

Keywords: animal welfare, compassion, cultural politics, larung buddhist academy, religion, reverse orientalism, tibetan buddhism, tsultrim lodro

2017

The concept of behavioural needs in contemporary fur science: do we know what American mink (Mustela vison) really need?

Authors: A. L. Kornum, H. Röcklinsberg, M. Gjerris

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: american mink, animal housing, animal welfare, behavioural needs, ethics, swimming

2017

How tall should a mink cage be? Using animals’ preferences for different ceiling heights to improve cage design

Authors: María Díez-León, Margaret Quinton, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cage size, internal cage height, preference, welfare regulations

2017

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