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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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Elephant tourism: An analysis and recommendations for public health, safety, and animal welfare

Authors: R Grant, C Warwick, Catrina Steedman, A Pilney

Publication/Journal: International Journal of One Health

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2023

Wanted dead or alive: ethics and animal welfare in food choice

Authors: Alessandro Di Marzio, Elza Birbele, Rebeka Šķērstiņa

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: ethics, life feeding, policy, welfare

2023

Assessing chimpanzees’ fluency of movement: applications for monitoring health and welfare

Authors: Lydia M Hopper, Benjamin R Lake, Jesse G Leinwand, Amy Fultz, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aging, geriatric care, locomotion, mobility, primate, quality of life

2022

Enrichment devices for green turtles (Chelonia mydas) reared in captivity programs

Authors: Hirun Kanghae, Karun Thongprajukaew, Surasak Inphrom, Saowalak Malawa, Patchawadee Sandos, Piyanan Sotong, Kullanat Boonsuk

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: enrichment device, environmental enrichment, green turtles, wounding

2021

Capture Myopathy and Stress Cardiomyopathy in a Live-Stranded Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Rehabilitation

Authors: Nakita Câmara, Eva Sierra, Antonio Fernández, Manuel Arbela, Yara Bernaldo de Quirós, Marina Arregui, Francesco Consoli, Pedro Herráez

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal conservation, animal welfare, biochemistry, cetaceans, histopathology, immunohistochemistry

2020

A Systematic Review of Equine Personality

Authors: Ellen M Rankins, Carissa L Wickens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, coping styles, disposition, equine, personality, temperament

2020

Using faecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses to elucidate stressors of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus from South Africa

Authors: Bruce Crossey, Christian Chimimba, Cole du Plessis, Grant Hall, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: Wildlife Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, body condition scoring, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring, managed metapopulation, stress, wildlife management

2020

The welfare of game birds destined for release into the wild: a balance between early life care and preparation for future natural hazards

Authors: JR Madden, F Santilli, MA Whiteside

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, hunting, partridge, pheasant, reintroduction biology

2020

Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)

Authors: Kelly S. Spratt, Jeffrey S. Spratt, Joan E. Bauman, Charles Ray Chandler

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress

2019

Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand

Authors: A. David M. Latham, Ben Davidson, Bruce Warburton, Ivor Yockney, Jordan O. Hampton

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam

2019

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