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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=human-wildlife

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

Reported livestock guarding dog-wildlife interactions: Implications for conservation and animal welfare

Authors: K Whitehouse-Tedd, R Wilkes, C Stannard, D Wettlaufer, D Cilliers

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: agriculture, carnivore, coexistence, conflict, human-wildlife, predator control

2020

Assessing Animal Welfare Impacts in the Management of European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), European Moles (Talpa europaea) and Carrion Crows (Corvus corone)

Authors: S. E. Baker, T. M. Sharp, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: aggregation, consequences, conservation, dislocation, multidisciplinary sciences, predation, strategies, thresholds, traps, vertebrate pest-control, wildlife

2016

Human-wildlife interactions: the importance and benefits of effective training

Authors: J. Lane, V. Jackson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, capture, handling, marking, training, wildlife

2013

The welfare of an unwanted guest in an urban environment: the case of the white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris)

Authors: C. S. A. Souza, C. P. Teixeira, R. J. Young

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, human-wildlife conflicts, marsupials, translocations, urban wildlife, white-eared opossums

2012

The Importance of Chemical Communication Studies to Mammalian Conservation Biology: A Review

Authors: R. Campbell-Palmer, F. Rosell

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, conservation, non-invasive, olfaction, scent, welfare

2011

Suitability of Amphibians and Reptiles for Translocation

Authors: Jennifer M. Germano, Phillip J. Bishop

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: herpetofauna, population supplementation, reintroduction, relocation, repatriation, translocation

2009

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