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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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Assessing the behaviour, welfare and husbandry of mouse deer (Tragulus spp.) in European zoos

Authors: Ricardo Lemos de Figueiredo, Matthew Hartley, Alison W Fletcher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, captive breeding, chevrotain, lesser mouse deer, Philippine mouse deer

2021

Inside out: heart rate monitoring to advance the welfare and conservation of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Authors: Rosana N Moraes, Timothy G Laske, Peter Leimgruber, Jared A Stabach, Paul E Marinari, Megan M Horning, Noelle R Laske, Juan V Rodriguez, Ginger N Eye, Jessica Kordell

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance, behavioral-response, ex situ, heart rate, in situ, maned wolf, physiological response, stressors, welfare

2021

Zoo-housed female chimpanzee adopts local female-specific tradition upon immigrating into a new group

Authors: Zoë Goldsborough, Christine E Webb, Frans BM de Waal, Edwin JC van Leeuwen

Publication/Journal: Behaviour

Keywords: behavioral copying, chimpanzees, social integration, social learning, tradition

2021

Aquarium Tank Design Is Integral to the Elimination of Mantle Abrasion in the Captive Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa): A Case Study at Macduff Marine Aquarium

Authors: Lauren E Smith, Christopher Rowe, Frazer Mackay, Claire Matthews, Christopher GG Matthews

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: abrasion, aquarium, husbandry, octopus, welfare

2020

Effect of a water conditioner on ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport

Authors: M. Vanderzwalmen, E. Edmonds, P. Carey, D. Snellgrove, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: ornamental fish, transport, Water conditioner, welfare

2020

Animal welfare complementing or conflicting with other sustainability issues

Authors: D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, domestic cats, emissions, greenhouse gases, placebo, road traffic accidents

2019

Behavioral and physiological assessment of liquid nitrogen cryoablation to prevent horn development in dairy calves

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Suzanne K. Dowling, Karin E. Schütz, Vanessa M. Cave, Nikki J. Kells, Craig B. Johnson, Mairi Stewart

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, calves, cryoablation, disbudding, welfare

2019

Environmental and physiological determinants of huddling behavior of molting female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Authors: Laureline L. Chaise, Dominic J. McCafferty, Adélie Krellenstein, Susan L. Gallon, William D. Paterson, Marc Théry, André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggregation behavior, habitat type, heat loss, meteorological variations, phocids, stomach temperature

2019

The Ethics of Eliminating Harmful Species: The Case of the Tsetse Fly

Authors: Jeremy Bouyer, Neil H. Carter, Chelsea Batavia, Michael Paul Nelson

Publication/Journal: Bioscience

Keywords: ethics, Glossinidae, sleeping sickness, sterile insect technique, trypanosomosis, vector control

2019

Evaluating the behaviour of Andean Flamingos Phoenicoparrus andinus and James’s Flamingos P. jamesi in captivity: comparing species and flocks using multiple methods

Authors: Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Wildfowl

Keywords: aggression, american flamingos, enclosure use, management, social networks, social-structure, time-activity budget

2019

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