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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=keeper%20opinions

Challenges and Directions in Zoo and Aquarium Food Presentation Research: A Review

Authors: James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: chopped food, desiccation, microbiology, minimally processed food, nutrient composition, zoo animal behavior, zoo nutrition

2020


Concepts, applications, uses and evaluation of environmental enrichment

Authors: Lisa Marie Riley, Paul Edward Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: barriers to enrichment, food-based bias, keeper opinions, taxonomic bias, workshop

2020


Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations

Authors: L. Reese, M. Ladwig-Wiegard, L. von Fersen, G. Haase, H. Will, R. Merle, D. Encke, H. Maegdefrau, K. Baumgartner, C. Thöne-Reineke

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo

2020


Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020


Why the “Visitor Effect” Is Complicated. Unraveling Individual Animal, Visitor Number, and Climatic Influences on Behavior, Space Use and Interactions With Keepers—A Case Study on Captive Hornbills

Authors: Paul E Rose, Jake S Scales, James E Brereton

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: bird behavior, black-casqued hornbill, Ceratogymna atrata, keeper effect, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare

2020


A bibliometric analysis of past and emergent trends in animal welfare science

Authors: Raf Freire, CJ Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal well-being, bibliometrics, citation analysis, publications, scientometrics

2019


Exploring the relationship between personality and social interactions in zoo-housed elephants: Incorporation of keeper expertise

Authors: Ellen Williams, Anne Carter, Carol Hall, Samantha Bremner-Harrison

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: Keeper expertise, personality, social behaviour, social relationships, welfare, zoo elephants

2019


Implications of human-animal interactions on mother-calf interactions in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dyad

Authors: T. Welsh, S. J. Ward

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, cetacean, human welfare, human-animal relationship, keeper, management, positive reinforcement, trainer, welfare

2019


The Influence of Materialism on Purebred Dogs’ Welfare Among Two Different Generations in Colombia (South America)

Authors: Gonzalo Luna-Cortés

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral problems, generational segmentation, intention to abandon, materialism

2019


An investigation into keeper opinions of great ape diets and abnormal behaviour

Authors: R. Hammerton, K. A. Hunt, L. M. Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: *tool use, abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, chimpanzees, cultivated fruit-free, diet, environmental enrichment, food presentation, foods, gorillas, great ape, keeper opinion, questionnaire, regurgitation, reingestion, wild

2019


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