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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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Silence is Golden: Auditory Preferences in Zoo-housed Gorillas

Authors: Jordyn Truax, Jennifer Vonk

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: choice, enrichment, gorilla, sound

2021

The Ethics of Eliminating Harmful Species: The Case of the Tsetse Fly

Authors: Jeremy Bouyer, Neil H. Carter, Chelsea Batavia, Michael Paul Nelson

Publication/Journal: Bioscience

Keywords: ethics, Glossinidae, sleeping sickness, sterile insect technique, trypanosomosis, vector control

2019

A users guide to HPA axis research

Authors: Robert L. Spencer, Terrence Deak

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: acth, corticosterone, cortisol, glucocorticoid, hpa axis, stress

2017

Empathy towards animals and belief in animal-human-continuity in Italian veterinary students

Authors: E. S. Colombo, A. Pelosi, E. Prato-Previde

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, empathy, gender differences, human-animal continuity, veterinary medicine, veterinary students

2016

Regulatory Capture and the Welfare of Farm Animals in Australia

Authors: J. Goodfellow

Publication/Journal: Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives

Keywords: agencies, attitudes, law

2016

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

Frustration Behaviors in Domestic Dogs

Authors: Adriana Jakovcevic, Angel M. Elgier, Alba E. Mustaca, Mariana Bentosela

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dogs, fustration behavior

2013

An investigation into the use of music as potential auditory enrichment for moloch gibbons (Hylobates moloch)

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Mark Kingston-Jones, Matthew Ford, Stuart Semple

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: enrichment, gibbons, individual differences, music

2013

Multidisciplinary Approaches and Assessment Techniques to Better Understand and Enhance Zoo Nonhuman Animal Welfare

Authors: Janice M. Siegford

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare assessment, zoo animal welfare

2013

Opportunities for Public Aquariums to Increase the Sustainability of the Aquatic Animal Trade

Authors: Michael F. Tlusty, Andrew L. Rhyne, Les Kaufman, Michael Hutchins, Gordon McGregor Reid, Chris Andrews, Paul Boyle, Jay Hemdal, Frazer McGilvray, Scott Dowd

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquaculture, fisheries, ornamental fish hobby, pet trade, public aquarium, sustainability, tropical fish

2013

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