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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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Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey

Authors: Valentín Zárate, Jesica R Mufari, Lucía G Abalos Luna, Daniel P Villarreal, Juan M Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha

2022


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


Behavioral Implications of Enrichment for Golden Lion Tamarins: A Tool for Ex Situ Conservation

Authors: Kimberly Sanders, Eduardo Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: callitrichid, enrichment, foraging, golden lion tamarin, primate, puzzle feeder

2020


Improving the sustainability of ex situ populations with mate choice

Authors: Meghan S. Martin-Wintle, Nathan J.P. Wintle, María Díez-León, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation breeding, cooperative breeding program, mate choice, reproductive success, species survival plan

2019


The Welfare of Invertebrate Animals

Authors: Claudio Carere, Jennifer A Mather

Publication/Journal: The Welfare of Invertebrate Animals

Keywords: animal personality, cephalopods, cognition, crustaceans, entomology, ethics, insects, invertebrates, model invertebrates, mollusks, nocireception, pain, research ethics, sentience, suffering

2019


Feeding Asian pangolins: An assessment of current diets fed in institutions worldwide

Authors: Francis Cabana, Amy Plowman, Thai Van Nguyen, Shih-Chien Chin, Sung-Lin Wu, Hsuan-Yi Lo, Hirofumi Watabe, Fujio Yamamoto

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ants, chitin, insectivore, myrmecophagy, nutritional geometry

2017


Mixed-species associations in cuxiús (genus Chiropotes)

Authors: Christopher A. Shaffer, Adrian A. Barnett, Tremaine Gregory, Fabiano de Melo, Leandro Moreira, Thiago H. G. Alvim, Viviane S. Moura, Anderson Filó, Tatiane Cardoso, Marcio Port-Carvalho, Ricardo Rodrigues dos Santos, Sarah A. Boyle

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bearded sakis, brazil, guyana, polyspecific association, suriname

2016


Complete nutrient content of four species of commercially available feeder insects fed enhanced diets during growth

Authors: Mark D. Finke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amino acids, fatty acids, insects, minerals, vitamin e, vitamins, β-carotene

2015


Diets high in fruits and low in gum exudates promote the occurrence and development of dental disease in pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)

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

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exudativore, gummivore, nutrition, primate

2015


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


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