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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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The effects of increasing visitor and noise levels on birds within a free-flight aviary examined through enclosure use and behavior

Authors: MKS Blanchett, E Finegan, J Atkinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavioral-responses, enclosure use, free-range enclosure, GIS, mixed species aviary, visitor effects

2020

Activity budget and spatial distribution of Bennett’s wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) in open versus closed exhibit designs

Authors: Julie Beaudin-Judd, Robert B. Weladji, Louis Lazure, Patrick Pare

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, exhibit design, visitor effects

2019

Exploration of potential triggers for self-directed behaviours and regurgitation and reingestion in zoo-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sonja E. Koski, Sarah-Jane Vick, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Katie E. Slocombe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety-related behaviour, chimpanzees, regurgitation and reingestion, scratching, yawning

2019

The potential beneficial effect of classical music on heart rate variability in dogs used in veterinary training

Authors: Liza S. Köster, Fortune Sithole, Gregory E. Gilbert, Elpida Artemiou

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: classical music, dogs, heart rate variability, stress, welfare

2019

Aversiveness of husbandry procedures for pre-weaned foals: A comparison using behavioural and physiological indices

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Zbigniew Jaworski, Mira Suwała, Magdalena Sobczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Magdalena Ogłuszka, Carol Sankey, Marlena Boroń, Tadeusz Jezierski

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aversiveness, hrv, human-animal relationship, husbandry, konik polski horse, salivary cortisol

2017

Effects of environmental enrichment on decision-making behavior in pigs

Authors: F. Josef van der Staay, Johanna A. van Zutphen, Mirjam M. de Ridder, Rebecca E. Nordquist

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, barren environment, decision-making, enriched environment, hair cortisol, salivary cortisol, stress

2017

Exploring the early social affiliations and behaviour of a captive Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) calf

Authors: Joseph Petraccione, Holly Root-Gutteridge, Dana A. Cusano, Susan E. Parks

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: ethogram, herd behaviour, social bonds, social development

2017

The impact of exhibit type on behaviour of caged and free-ranging tamarins

Authors: Kayley Bryan, Samantha Bremner-Harrison, Eluned Price, Dominic Wormell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captivity, emperor tamarin, free-ranging, natural behaviour, naturalistic exhibit, pied tamarin

2017

Validation of scan sampling techniques for behavioural observations of pastured lambs

Authors: A. N. Pullin, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, M. R. Campler, K. L. Proudfoot

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, pasture, scan sampling, sheep, validation

2017

Behavioural analysis of captive tigers (Panthera tigris): A water pool makes the difference

Authors: Cristina Biolatti, Paola Modesto, Daniela Dezzutto, Francesca Pera, Martina Tarantola, Maria Silvia Gennero, Cristiana Maurella, Pier Luigi Acutis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budget, behavioural analysis, enhanced welfare, p. tigris, zoo

2016

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