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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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Changes in bottlenose dolphin whistle parameters related to vessel presence, surface behaviour and group composition

Authors: J. Heiler, S. H. Elwen, H. J. Kriesell, T. Gridley

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, marine tourism, namibia, tursiops-truncatus, vocal behaviour

2016

Defining management units for European captive aardvarks

Authors: Ludmila Pohlová, Pauline Schepsky, Thomas Lehmann, Axel Hochkirch, Renata Masopustová, Jaroslav Šimek, Wineke Schoo, Roman Vodička, Jan Robovský

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: genetic structure, mitochondrial, orycteropus, taxonomy

2014

A comparative study of the speeds attained by captive cheetahs during the enrichment practice of the “cheetah run”

Authors: Thomas Quirke, Ruth O'Riordan, John Davenport

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cheetah, enrichment, lure, speed

2013

Fission–fusion dynamics in wild giraffes may be driven by kinship, spatial overlap and individual social preferences

Authors: Kerryn D. Carter, Jennifer M. Seddon, Celine H. Frère, John K. Carter, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association pattern, fission–fusion sociality, genetic relatedness, giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe, half-weight index, home range, preferred associate, sociality, spatial overlap

2013

Social networks, long-term associations and age-related sociability of wild giraffes

Authors: Kerryn D. Carter, Rachel Brand, John K. Carter, Bryan Shorrocks, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association pattern, fission–fusion, giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe, half-weight index, lagged association rate, social network analysis, sociality

2013

Focal palatine erosion in captive and free-living cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and other felid Species

Authors: M. Zordan, S. L. Deem, C. R. Sanchez

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dental disease, molars, nondomestic cats, palatine disorder, palatine perforation

2012

Chapter 8. General Discussion

Authors: Julian Thomas Fennessy

Publication/Journal: Ecology of desert-dwelling giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis in northwestern Namibia

Keywords: arid environments, community based natural resource management, ecology, genetic architecture, giraffe, namibia, population dynamics

2004

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