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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 the anticipatory behaviour of chickens communicate reward quality?

Authors: Nicky McGrath, Oliver Burman, Cathy Dwyer, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anticipatory behaviour, chickens, conditioning, dustbath, rewards

2016


Predator odor exposure increases food-carrying behavior in rats

Authors: Kerstin E. A. Wernecke, Judith Brüggemann, Markus Fendt

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: foraging, fox urine, innate fear, pre-encounter defensive response, risk avoidance

2016


Individual differences in anticipatory activity to food rewards predict cue-induced appetitive 50-kHz calls in rats

Authors: Juan C. Brenes, Rainer K. W. Schwarting

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amphetamine, associative learning, dopamine, incentive motivation, pavlovian conditioning, ultrasonic vocalizations

2015


Behavioral characterization of non-copulating male mice

Authors: W. Portillo, E. Antonio-Cabrera, F. J. Camacho, N. F. Díaz, R. G. Paredes

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: estradiol, non-copulating (nc), olfactory preference, sexual incentive motivation

2013


Extinction of food-reinforced instrumental behavior in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Authors: Jonathan Buriticá, Leonardo A. Ortega, Mauricio R. Papini, Germán Gutiérrez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: food reinforcement, japanese quail, magnitude of reinforcement extinction effect, overtraining extinction effect, partial reinforcement extinction effect, reward downshift, spaced-trial training

2013


Why leopards commit infanticide

Authors: Guy A. Balme, Luke T. B. Hunter

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: carnivore biology, infanticide, leopard, mating strategy, panthera pardus, population dynamics, reproduction, sexual selection

2013


Minimising number killed in long-term vertebrate pest management programmes, and associated economic incentives

Authors: B. Warburton, D. M. Tompkins, D. Choquenot, P. Cowan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bennett's wallaby, brushtail possum, control strategies, economic incentives, ship rat

2012


Non-economic incentives to improve animal welfare: positive competition as a driver for change among owners of draught and pack animals in India

Authors: J. C. Pritchard, L. van Dijk, M. Ali, S. K. Pradhan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, competition, donkey, horse, incentive, working animal

2012


Toward a global perspective on farm animal welfare

Authors: David Fraser

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, developing-countries, education, globalization, research, trade

2008


Environmental enrichment decreases responding for visual novelty

Authors: Cain, ME. Green, TA. Bardo, MT.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: enrichment, environmental stimuli, operant conditioning, rats, social partners

2006


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