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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.
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Age-Related Change in the Association Choices of Two Species of Juvenile Flamingos

Authors: Abbie Loader, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, association, behavioural development, enclosure use, flamingo

2023


Behavioral development of a captive polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub in the maternal den

Authors: Kylen N Gartland, Mary K Humbyrd, Betsie Meister, Grace Fuller

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, development, polar bear

2023


The Benefits of Increased Space and Habitat Complexity for the Welfare of Zoo-Housed King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Megan Jones, Kylen N. Gartland, Sara Zalewski, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic behavior, data-loggers, exhibit design, post-occupancy evaluation, time–depth recorders

2023


Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science

Authors: Walter Veit, Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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2023


Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs

Authors: Aimee Holland, Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Anita Hashmi, Jerome Catinaud, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affiliative, felidae, Panthera tigris jacksoni, sociality, solitary, tiger, tolerance, welfare

2023


Gorilla Activities and Social Behavior: Assessing Changes Associated with Absence of Zoo Visitors, Zoo Attendance, Time of Day and Increasing Maturity

Authors: Cathleen R Cox, Jill S Werner, Joan I Mead

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aggression, bachelor group, gorillas, hand-reared, maturity, pandemic, self-directed activity, time of day, visitor effects, zoo attendance

2023


Hierarchical position of individual captive western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla and its impact on neighbour associations and behaviour

Authors: Rebecca Sweet, Susan Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

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2023


Maternal behavioural analysis during a successful captive breeding of jaguars Panthera onca

Authors: Pamela Zaganin Modena, Cristina Harumi Adania, Vinicius Marques Lopez, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild

Keywords: amazon, felidae, Onça, welfare, wildcat, Yaguareté

2023


Maternal behavioural analysis during a successful captive breeding of jaguars Panthera onca

Authors: Pamela Zaganin Modena, Cristina Harumi Adania, Vinicius Marques Lopez, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild

Keywords: amazon, felidae, Onça, welfare, wildcat, Yaguareté

2023


More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior

Authors: Marta Caselli, Emilio Russo, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, food, keeper familiarity, pan paniscus, social behavior

2023


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