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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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Aggression and social support predict long-term cortisol levels in captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus Sapajus apella)

Authors: Allie E. Schrock, Corinne Leard, Meredith C. Lutz, Jerrold S. Meyer, Regina Paxton Gazes

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: hair cortisol, information centrality, social network analysis, stress

2019

Does group size matter? Captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) behavior as a function of group size and composition

Authors: Sarah J. Neal Webb, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, group composition, group-size, management

2019

Evaluating changes in salivary oxytocin and cortisol following positive reinforcement training in two adult male western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Julie Good, Mandi W. Schook, Patricia M. Dennis, Tara S. Stoinski, Mark A. Willis, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliation, human-animal relationship, stress reduction, zoo animal welfare

2019

Friend or foe: reconciliation between males and females in wild chacma baboons

Authors: Christine E. Webb, Alice Baniel, Guy Cowlishaw, Elise Huchard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, chacma baboon, male–female association, postconflict affiliation, reconciliation

2019

Oxytocin modulates responses to inequity in dogs

Authors: Teresa Romero, Akitsugu Konno, Miho Nagasawa, Toshikazu Hasegawa

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, decision latency, domestic dogs, inequity aversion, oxytocin

2019

Giraffe social preferences are context dependent

Authors: Zoe Muller, Mauricio Cantor, Innes C. Cuthill, Stephen Harris

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association index, behavioural state, habitat complexity, Rothschild's giraffe, social affiliation, social network, social-structure

2018

Urinary oxytocin levels in relation to post-conflict affiliations in wild male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

Authors: Anna Preis, L. Samuni, A. Mielke, T. Deschner, C. Crockford, R. M. Wittig

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: bystander affiliation, oxytocin, reconciliation, relationship repair

2018

Correlates of androgens in wild male Barbary macaques: Testing the challenge hypothesis

Authors: Alan V. Rincon, Laëtitia Maréchal, Stuart Semple, Bonaventura Majolo, Ann MacLarnon

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: androgens, barbary macaques, challenge hypothesis, male-infant affiliation, rank instability

2017

Personality assessment and model comparison with behavioral data: A statistical framework and empirical demonstration with bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Jordan S. Martin, Scott A. Suarez

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobo, factor analysis, mixed model, personality, social behavior

2017

Spontaneous discrimination of urine odours in wild African lions, Panthera leo

Authors: Geoffrey D. Gilfillan, Jessica D. T. Vitale, J. Weldon McNutt, Karen McComb

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: felids, group discrimination, mammals, olfactory communication, scent marking, scent presentation, sex discrimination

2017

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