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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=innovation

Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts

Authors: Liptovszky,Matyas

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo

2024

Confronting back-of-house traditions: Primates as a case study

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Jon Coe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: 24/7, animal welfare, back-of-house (BOH), integrated zoo design model, primate research laboratory, primate sanctuary, primates, zoo, zoo design

2022

The Bodies in Charge of Animal Welfare: What They Do and What They Could Do?

Authors: Giuliano Grignaschi, Veronica Redaelli, Fabio Luzi, Massenzio Fornasier

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, bodies in charge, italy, laboratiory animals, legislation as topic

2018

ANIMAL WELFARE FROM MOUSE TO MOOSE-IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 3RS IN WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Authors: J. Lindsjo, A. Fahlman, E. Tornqvist

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: 3 rs, 3rs, abundance, animal welfare, bears, capture, ethics, reduction, refinement, replacement, roe deer, samples, survival, ursus-arctos, veterinary sciences, wildlife research

2016

Quick, Accurate, Smart: 3D Computer Vision Technology Helps Assessing Confined Animals’ Behaviour

Authors: S. Barnard, S. Calderara, S. Pistocchi, R. Cucchiara, M. Podaliri-Vulpiani, S. Messori, N. Ferri

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: 3d model, animal behaviour, captivity

2016

Analysis of animal monitoring technologies in Germany from an innovation system perspective

Authors: M. Busse, W. Schwerdtner, R. Siebert, A. Doernberg, A. Kuntosch, B. Konig, W. Bokelmann

Publication/Journal: Agricultural Systems

Keywords: agriculture, animal monitoring, challenges, governance, innovation processes, multidisciplinary, precision livestock farming, sectoral innovation, sensors, system, systemic intervention

2015

Animal performativity: Exploring the lives of donkeys in Botswana

Authors: M. Geiger, A. J. Hovorka

Publication/Journal: Environment and Planning D-Society & Space

Keywords: africa, animals, developing-countries, elephants, environmental studies, geography, health, mules, performativity, posthumanist feminism, welfare, working horses

2015

Best practice framework for animal welfare certification schemes

Authors: D. C. J. Main, S. Mullan, C. Atkinson, M. Cooper, J. H. M. Wrathall, H. J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Trends in Food Science & Technology

Keywords: animal welfare certification, best practices

2014

Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation

Authors: P. Bateson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal play, applying ideas, human playfulness, novel solutions

2014

A comparison of innovative problem-solving abilities between wild and captive spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta

Authors: Sarah Benson-Amram, Mary L. Weldele, Kay E. Holekamp

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: crocuta crocuta, innovation, neophobia, problem solving, spotted hyaena

2013

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