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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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Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, visitor effects, white-tailed deer, zoo

2023

Long-Term Assessment of Captive Chimpanzees: Influence of Social Group Composition, Seasonality and Biographic Background

Authors: Arnau Pascual, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter, David Riba, Dietmar Crailsheim

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adverse early life experiences, behavior, captive care, chimpanzee, group alterations, group composition, seasonality, social network analysis

2023

Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo

Authors: Ronald G Oldfield, Josie E Thal, Praanjal Das, Nick J Zarlinga, Kristen E Lukas, Jason D Wark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Ethology

Keywords: agonistic behavior, feeding competition, piranha, zoo

2022

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

Social structure and habitat design affect the impact of a novel feeding enrichment for alligators

Authors: Marisa Spain, Cayle Pearson, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2022

24/7 behaviour and welfare of giraffes

Authors: Anke Vaesen, Sarah Depauw, Marina Salas, Hilde Vervaecke, Jeroen Stevens

Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium, Date: 2021/07/13-2021/07/14, Location: Online

Keywords: behavior, giraffes, nocturnal behavior, rumination, welfare

2021

Behavioural diversity as a potential welfare indicator for professionally managed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Exploring variations in calculating diversity using species-specific behaviours

Authors: K Hall, J Bryant, M Staley, JC Whitham, LJ Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, chimpanzee, diversity index, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, immunoglobulin a, shannon-wiener diversity index

2021

Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals

Authors: Irina Clavadetscher, Monica Bond, Louise Martin, Christian Schiffmann, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo

2021

The effect of different types of environmental enrichment on Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti behaviour

Authors: Catherine Razal, Lance Miller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, feed, island, minnows, penguins, sticks

2021

The Effects of Live Feeding on Swimming Activity and Exhibit Use in Zoo Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)

Authors: Eduardo J Fernandez, Mark Myers, Nancy C Hawkes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, exhibit use, live feeding, penguin, swimming activity, zoo

2021

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