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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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An assessment of animal welfare for the culling of peri-urban kangaroos

Authors: J. O. Hampton, D. M. Forsyth

Publication/Journal: Wildlife Research

Keywords: eastern grey kangaroos, ecology, european rabbit, impala aepyceros-melampus, macropus-giganteus, management, meat quality, population control, populations, responses, stress response, urban areas, urban ecology, white-tailed deer, wildlife management, zoology

2016


Few sex effects in the ontogeny of mother-offspring relationships in eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Wendy J. King, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: associative behaviour, distress call, kin cluster, macropus-giganteus, mother-offspring relationship, spatial proximity, weaning

2016


Associations are more strongly correlated with space use than kinship in female eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Emily C. Best, Ross G. Dwyer, Jennifer M. Seddon, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: digiroo2, home range, kangaroo, macropus-giganteus, network analysis, social preference

2014


Offspring sex, current and previous reproduction affect feeding behaviour in wild eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Uriel Gélin, Michelle E. Wilson, Graeme M. Coulson, Marco Festa-Bianchet

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age, eastern grey kangaroo, foraging behaviour, foraging effort, inter-annual variation, lactation, macropus-giganteus, mammal, offspring sex, reproduction

2013


Social preference influences female community structure in a population of wild eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Emily C. Best, Jennifer M. Seddon, Ross G. Dwyer, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: community, fission–fusion, kangaroo, macropus-giganteus, network analysis, relatedness, social preference

2013


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