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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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Battle of the enrichments: comparing the impact of nutritional and sensory enrichment on the behaviour of captive lowland tapirs Tapirus terrestris

Authors: Ellena Trelfa-Stewart, Louise Cox

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants

Authors: Surendranie J. Cabral de Mel, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing

2023

The impact of exhibit design on zoo visitor dwell time based on an unobtrusive observational methodology in Central European zoos

Authors: Attila Istvan Kohut, Krisztian Katona

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: exhibit features, ungulate, unobtrusive observation, visitor interest

2022

Recognising emotional expressions in captive bottlenose dolphins: Can lay observers agree using qualitative behavioural assessment?

Authors: Emma Warner, Sabrina Brando, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare assessment, aquarium, captive dolphins, dolphin behaviour, free choice profiling, qualitative behaviour assessment, tursiops-truncatus, zoo

2022

Animal Welfare in Predator Control: Lessons from Land and Sea. How the Management of Terrestrial and Marine Mammals Impacts Wild Animal Welfare in Human–Wildlife Conflict Scenarios in Europe

Authors: Laetitia Nunny

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, human–wildlife conflict, pest, predator, welfare assessment, welfare domains, welfare impact, wildlife

2020

Effect of Covering a Visitor Viewing Area Window on the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Authors: Samantha J Chiew, Kym L Butler, Sally L Sherwen, Grahame J Coleman, Vicky Melfi, Alicia Burns, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: little penguins, visitor behaviour, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, visual contact, zoos

2020

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

Exploration of potential triggers for self-directed behaviours and regurgitation and reingestion in zoo-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sonja E. Koski, Sarah-Jane Vick, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Katie E. Slocombe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety-related behaviour, chimpanzees, regurgitation and reingestion, scratching, yawning

2019

Oxytocin modulates responses to inequity in dogs

Authors: Teresa Romero, Akitsugu Konno, Miho Nagasawa, Toshikazu Hasegawa

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, decision latency, domestic dogs, inequity aversion, oxytocin

2019

Physiological and behavioural evaluation of common anaesthesia practices in the rainbow trout

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol, anaesthetic, aversion, cortisol, stress

2018

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