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Our Goals

  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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Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos

Authors: Andrew Mooney, Kelly McCall, Scott Bastow, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: bumblefoot, enclosure design, pododermatitis, welfare, zoo enclosure

2023

An Assessment of Welfare Conditions in Wildlife Markets across Morocco

Authors: Daniel Bergin, Vincent Nijman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: five freedoms, Mediterranean, pet, welfare assessment, wildlife trade

2019

The effect providing space in excess of standards on the behaviour of budgerigars in aviaries

Authors: Clive J. C. Phillips, Cameron Farrugia, Chun-han Lin, Karen Mancera, Bob Doneley

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, aviary, behaviour, budgerigar, flight

2018

Use of Primates in Research: What Do We Know About Captive Strepsirrhine Primates?

Authors: Gloria Fernández Lázaro, Sarah Zehr, Enrique Alonso García

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: ethics, lemur, nonhuman primates, research use, strepsirrhine

2017

Animal welfare initiatives improve feather cover of cage-free laying hens in the UK

Authors: S. Mullan, C. Szmaragd, M. D. Cooper, J. H. M. Wrathall, J. Jamieson, A. Bond, C. Atkinson, D. C. J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, hen, industry, policy

2016

Consumer attitudes to injurious pecking in free-range egg production

Authors: R. M. Bennett, P. J. Jones, C. J. Nicol, R. B. Tranter, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consumer attitudes, free-range layers, injurious pecking, management strategies, willingness-to-pay

2016

Farm membership of voluntary welfare schemes results in better compliance with animal welfare legislation in Great Britain

Authors: C. C. A. Clark, R. Crump, A. L. KilBride, L. E. Green

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm animals, government legislation, herd health scheme, inspections, private regulation

2016

Kangaroo harvesters and the euthanasia of orphaned young-at-foot: applying the theory of planned behaviour to an animal welfare issue

Authors: T. M. Sharp, S. R. McLeod

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, commercial harvesting, kangaroo, social psychology, theory of planned behaviour

2016

The Welfare of Bears in Zoos: A Case Study of Poland

Authors: Robert Maślak, Agnieszka Sergiel, David Bowles, Łukasz Paśko

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: bears, welfare, zoo

2016

Animal performativity: Exploring the lives of donkeys in Botswana

Authors: M. Geiger, A. J. Hovorka

Publication/Journal: Environment and Planning D-Society & Space

Keywords: africa, animals, developing-countries, elephants, environmental studies, geography, health, mules, performativity, posthumanist feminism, welfare, working horses

2015

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