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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=human%20behaviour

The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare

Authors: David J Mellor, Ngaio J Beausoleil, Katherine E Littlewood, Andrew N McLean, Paul D McGreevy, Bidda Jones, Cristina Wilkins

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affective state, behavioural interaction, biological functioning, environment, human behaviour, humans, other animals, welfare grading, welfare impacts

2020


Aggressive encounters lead to negative affective state in fish

Authors: Leia Rogers, Ellie Sales, Shokoofeh Shamsi, R Keller Kopf, Rafael Freire

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: affective state, aggression, fish welfare

2020


Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Barbara A Wolfe, Janine L Brown, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights

Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates

2020


Analysis of stereotypic behaviour and enhanced management in captive Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis housed at Zoological Garden Alipore, Kolkata

Authors: Tushar Pramod Kulkarni

Publication/Journal: Journal of Threatened Taxa

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural abnormalities, enrichment, giraffe, stereotypy

2020


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


Asking Animals: An Introduction to Animal Behaviour Testing

Authors: Birte Lindstrøm Nielsen

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cognition, ethics, learning, memory, motivation, recommendations

2020


Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test

Authors: Mark James Learmonth, Sally Sherwen, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals

2020


Behavioural response, welfare, and performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) under different water temperatures

Authors: Enas N Said, Fayza Abd Allah Ahmed, Al-Sadik Y Saleem, Hesham H Mohammed, Mohamed YI Youssef, Azhar F Abdel Fattah

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies

Keywords: behaviour, crossing test, nile tilapia, water temperature, welfare

2020


Biomarkers of health and welfare: A One Health perspective from the laboratory side

Authors: Lorena Franco-Martinez, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, Jose Joaquin Ceron, Fernando Tecles, Peter David Eckersall, Katarina Oravcova, Asta Tvarijonaviciute

Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science

Keywords: analytical validation, biomonitoring, one health, one world, traditional medicine

2020


Body Contacts and Social Interactions in Captive Odontocetes Are Influenced by the Context: An Implication for Welfare Assessment

Authors: Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, Ding Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: agonistic interaction, bottlenose dolphin, emotional state, finless porpoise, pectoral fin contact, socio-sexual interaction

2020


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