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Date: 03/4/21
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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-animal%20interaction

Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Authors: JAH Crawley, O Lierhmann, DJ Franco dos Santos, J Brown, UK Nyein, HH Aung, W Htut, Z Min Oo, MW Seltmann, JL Webb

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: asian elephants, human-animal relationship, welfare

2021


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


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


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


Bridging compassion and justice in conservation ethics

Authors: Francisco J Santiago-Ávila, William S Lynn

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: animal ethics, compassionate conservation, conservation ethics, hermeneutics, mixed-community, multispecies justice

2020


Chimpanzee immigration: Complex social strategies differ between zoo-based and wild animals

Authors: Jennifer Susan McClung, Florent Goetschi, Adrian Baumeyer, Klaus Zuberbühler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: demonic females, immigration, integration, inter-group, policing, social relationship

2020


Choice, Control and Computers: Empowering Wildlife in Human Care

Authors: Jon Coe, Julia Hoy

Publication/Journal: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

Keywords: animal-centered technology (ACT), captive, choice, conservation, enrichment, exhibit, reintroduction, wildlife, zoo

2020


Conservation, animal behaviour, and human-animal relationship in zoos. Why is animal welfare so important?

Authors: Isabel Escobar-Ibarra, Daniel Mota-Rojas, Fernando Gual-Sill, Carlos R Sánchez, Fidel Baschetto, María Alonso-Spilsbury

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Behaviour abd Biometeorology

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, wildlife conservation., zoos

2020


Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in a Zoo Setting

Authors: Laura Freeland, Charlotte Ellis, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, elo-rating, fixed action pattern, welfare, zoo

2020


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