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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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What’s not to like about Likert? Developing a nonverbal animal preference scale (NAPS)

Authors: Jennifer Vonk

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: gorillas, Likert scale, preference scale

2021


Animal welfare with and without consciousness

Authors: M. S. Dawkins

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, behavior, consciousness, emotion, emotions, ethics, expressions, feelings, hard problem, liking, motivation, science, states, stress, systems, zoology

2017


Creating Public Awareness of How Goats Are Reared and Milk Produced May Affect Consumer Acceptability

Authors: Mauro Musto, Daniele Cardinale, Pietro Lucia, Daniela Faraone

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: consumer attitudes, goats, milk production

2016


The effect of the functional attributes of objects within the caged environment on interaction time in laboratory rats

Authors: Claire M. Williams, Louise A. Hanmer, Patricia M. Riddell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, climbing, environmental enrichment, liking

2009


Feeding Gum Arabic to New World Monkeys: Species Differences and Palatability

Authors: Herron, S.; Price, E.; Wormell, D.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, exudates, goeldi's monkey, gum, marmoset, nutrition, tamarin

2001


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