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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=livestock

The Animal Welfare Consequences and Moral Implications of Lethal and Non-Lethal Fox Control Methods

Authors: Nathalie de Ridder, Andrew Knight

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: control method, death, livestock, Peter Singer, suffering, Tom Regan, vulpes vulpes

2024

Development of an animal welfare tool for zoo-housed primates, considering intra- and inter-rater reliability

Authors: Arnaud Dazord, Maeva Primault

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: assessment, inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, primates, tool, welfare, zoo

2024

Enhancing Japanese visitors’ interest in livestock welfare through zoo carcass feeding activities

Authors: Kota Okabe, Ayumi Kawamura, Katsuji Uetake, Chihiro Kase

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Consumer Behaviour, environmental enrichment, laying hen, Personal Connection

2024

A scoping review of the use of bioacoustics to assess various components of farm animal welfare

Authors: Mathilde Coutant, Avelyne S. Villain, Elodie F. Briefer

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, bioacoustics, precision livestock farming, vocalization

2024

The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior

Authors: Janice M. Siegford, Juan P. Steibel, Junjie Han, Madonna Benjamin, Tami Brown-Brandl, Joao R. R. Dórea, Daniel Morris, Tomas Norton, Eric Psota, Guilherme J. M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behavior, Automated monitoring technology, observation, sensors

2023

Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants

Authors: Surendranie J. Cabral de Mel, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing

2023

Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Authors: JAH Crawley, O Lierhmann, DJ Franco dos Santos, J Brown, UK Nyein, HH Aung, W Htut, Z Min Oo, MW Seltmann, JL Webb

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: asian elephants, human-animal relationship, welfare

2021

Animal Welfare in Predator Control: Lessons from Land and Sea. How the Management of Terrestrial and Marine Mammals Impacts Wild Animal Welfare in Human–Wildlife Conflict Scenarios in Europe

Authors: Laetitia Nunny

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, human–wildlife conflict, pest, predator, welfare assessment, welfare domains, welfare impact, wildlife

2020

The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests

Authors: Jorge Tobajas, María Josefa Ruiz-Aguilera, José Vicente López-Bao, Pablo Ferreras, Rafael Mateo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management

2020

Reported livestock guarding dog-wildlife interactions: Implications for conservation and animal welfare

Authors: K Whitehouse-Tedd, R Wilkes, C Stannard, D Wettlaufer, D Cilliers

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: agriculture, carnivore, coexistence, conflict, human-wildlife, predator control

2020

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