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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.
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Assessing saddle‐billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) pair‐bonds and breeding behavior using behavior observed during multiple breeding seasons

Authors: Chelsea J Weibel, Rebecca Abreu, Kris K Becker, Melissa Solomon, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding behavior, nesting behavior, pair bond, proximity, saddle-billed stork

2021


Influences of Rearing Environment on Behaviour and Welfare of Captive Chilean Flamingos: A Case Study on Foster-Reared and Parent-Reared Birds

Authors: Peter Kidd, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, cross-fostering, development, flamingos, foster-rearing, husbandry, welfare

2021


Understanding sociality and behavior change associated with a nesting event in a captive flock of great white pelicans

Authors: James E Brereton, James Fryer, Paul E Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, evidence-based husbandry, Pelecanus onocrotalus, social network analysis

2021


The effects of increasing visitor and noise levels on birds within a free-flight aviary examined through enclosure use and behavior

Authors: MKS Blanchett, E Finegan, J Atkinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavioral-responses, enclosure use, free-range enclosure, GIS, mixed species aviary, visitor effects

2020


Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020


The nocturnal activity of a commonly housed rodent: How African pygmy dormice (Graphiurus murinus) respond to an enriched environment

Authors: Geminni PSA Lang, Paul E Rose, Steve M Nash, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavioral repertoires, Graphiurus murinus, nest box, space use, welfare

2020


Same Space, Different Species: The Influence of Exhibit Design on the Expression of Zoo-Housed Apes’ Species-Typical Retiring Behaviors

Authors: Samantha C Earl, Lydia M Hopper, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzee, exhibit design, gorilla, gorilla gorilla, nesting, pan troglodytes, space use

2020


Evaluating the behaviour of Andean Flamingos Phoenicoparrus andinus and James’s Flamingos P. jamesi in captivity: comparing species and flocks using multiple methods

Authors: Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Wildfowl

Keywords: aggression, american flamingos, enclosure use, management, social networks, social-structure, time-activity budget

2019


Nesting, sleeping, and nighttime behaviors in wild and captive great apes

Authors: James R. Anderson, Mabel Y. L. Ang, Louise C. Lock, Iris Weiche

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, gorilla, nest building, orangutan, sleep posture, sleep quality, welfare

2019


First report of a hatched, hand‐reared, and released African oystercatcher

Authors: Romy Klusener, Renata Hurtado, Nicola Stander, Nola J. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hand rearing, oystercatcher, wild animal release

2018


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