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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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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


Using social network analysis to inform on the process of one‐male‐unit formation of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) in captivity

Authors: Holly G Molinaro, Darren Minier, Karin E Jaffe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, hamadryas baboon, social network

2021


Preparing for Life After Birth: Introducing the Concepts of Intrauterine and Extrauterine Sensory Entrainment in Mammalian Young

Authors: David J. Mellor

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: fetal sensory systems, in utero sensory environment, learning, memory, neuroplasticity, sensory development after birth, sensory maturity at birth, trans-natal sensory continuity

2019


Birds choose long-term partners years before breeding

Authors: Claire S. Teitelbaum, Sarah J. Converse, Thomas Mueller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: breeding, mating system, monogamy, nesting, pair formation, whooping crane

2017


Hormonal correlates of development and natal dispersal in wild female owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) of Argentina

Authors: Margaret Corley, Claudia Valeggia, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dispersal, ovulatory cycling, owl monkey, reproductive suppression, sexual maturity, social monogamy

2017


Impact of mimicking natural dispersion on breeding success of captive North American Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Authors: Sierra J. Gillman, Karen Ziegler-Meeks, Carol Eager, Thomas A. Tenhundfeld, Wendy Shaffstall, Mary Jo Stearns, Adrienne E. Crosier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aza, breeding, carnivore, cheetah, ssp

2017


Developmental effects of vasotocin and nonapeptide receptors on early social attachment and affiliative behavior in the zebra finch

Authors: Nicole M. Baran, Nathan C. Sklar, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, arginine vasotocin, attachment, development, nonapeptides, v1ar, vasopressin, zebra finch

2016


Early life stress accelerates behavioral and neural maturation of the hippocampus in male mice

Authors: Bath K.G, Manzano-Nieves G, Goodwill H

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: early life stress, mice

2016


Use of deslorelin acetate implants to control aggression in a multi-male group of Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Authors: Janis A. Raines, John J. Fried

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, deslorelin, male, procavia, testosterone

2016


Conflict behavior in elite show jumping and dressage horses

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Izabela Kosińska, Zbigniew Jaworski, Tadeusz Jezierski, Jack Murphy

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: conflict behavior, dressage, horse, show jumping, welfare

2015


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