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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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Does group size matter? Captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) behavior as a function of group size and composition

Authors: Sarah J. Neal Webb, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, group composition, group-size, management

2019


The Impact of Group Size on Welfare Indicators of Ewes during Pregnancy

Authors: X. Averos, I. B. de Heredia, R. Ruiz, I. Estevez

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: ewes, group-size, pregnancy, welfare indicators

2016


Social grooming network in captive chimpanzees: does the wild or captive origin of group members affect sociality?

Authors: M. Leve, C. Sueur, O. Petit, T. Matsuzawa, S. Hirata

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: *tool use, behavior, behavioral development, biomedical-research, differences, early rearing, grooming, group-size, management, mountains-national-park, pan troglodytes, patterns, primates, social network analysis, tanzania, well-being, zoology

2016


Adult presence augments juvenile collective foraging in social spiders

Authors: Andreas P. Modlmeier, Kate L. Laskowski, Hayley A. Brittingham, Anna Coleman, Karen A. Knutson, Candice Kuo, Matthew McGuirk, Katherine Zhao, Carl N. Keiser, Jonathan N. Pruitt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age demography, collective behaviour, foraging, group-size, keystone individual, social spider

2015


The relevance of variations in group size and phenotypic appearance on the behaviour and movement patterns of young domestic fowl

Authors: Guiomar Liste, Irene Campderrich, Ignacia Beltrán de Heredia, Inma Estevez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, group-size, laying hen, movement, phenotypic appearance

2015


Choice of perch characteristics by laying hens in cages with different group size and perching behaviours

Authors: Dong-hua Chen, Jun Bao, Fan-yu Meng, Chun-bo Wei

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, choice, group-size, laying hen, perch

2014


Playful handling as social enrichment for individually- and group-housed laboratory rats

Authors: Sylvie Cloutier, Chelsea Baker, Kim Wahl, Jaak Panksepp, Ruth C. Newberry

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, group-size, handling, laboratory rats, play behaviour

2013


Behavioural Processes in Social Context: Female Abductions, Male Herding and Female Grooming in Hamadryas Baboons

Authors: P. Polo, F. Colmenares

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: bonding, female abduction, grooming, group-size, hamadryas baboon, herding, sexual conflict and coercion

2012


The effect of group size and stocking density on the welfare and performance of hens housed in furnished cages during summer

Authors: Y. Y. Guo, Z. G. Song, H. C. Jiao, Q. Q. Song, H. Lin

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, furnished cage, group-size, laying hens, performance, temperature

2012


Investigation of distances covered by fattening pigs measured with VideoMotionTracker®

Authors: Julia Brendle, Steffen Hoy

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: computer-supported measurement, fattening pigs, group-size, live weight, locomotion, rank order, sex

2011


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