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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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Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade

Authors: Padcha Chatpongcharoen, Marco Campera, Phadet Laithong, Nancy L Gibson, KAI Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exudate enrichment, gummivory, insectivory, rescue centre, Thailand

2021

Improving diet and activity of insectivorous primates in captivity: Naturalizing the diet of Northern Ceylon gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus nordicus

Authors: Emma Williams, Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, enrichment, insectivory, lorisidae, nocturnal, primate

2015

Apes finding ants: Predator–prey dynamics in a chimpanzee habitat in Nigeria

Authors: Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Buba Umaru, Oliver Allon, Volker Sommer

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: army ants, chimpanzee, insectivory, predation, primate archaeology

2013

Ecology of culture: do environmental factors influence foraging tool use in wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus?

Authors: Kathelijne Koops, William C. McGrew, Tetsuro Matsuzawa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *tool use, ant dipping, chimpanzee, culture, necessity hypothesis, nut cracking, opportunity hypothesis, pan troglodytes verus, termite fishing

2013

An Investigation Into the Chemical Composition of Alternative Invertebrate Prey

Authors: D. G. A. B. Oonincx, E. S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chemical composition, insect, insectivory, invertebrate

2012

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