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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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Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis feeding: How stereotypies and other behaviours changed at Kolmårdens djurpark in Sweden

Authors: William Walldén

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: breed and cull, enrichment, giraffe, reproduction, slow-feeder

2023

Assessing the Preference of Rabbit Does to Social Contact or Seclusion: Results of Different Investigations

Authors: Alessandro Dal Bosco, Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Steffen Hoy, Melania Martino, Simona Mattioli, Elisa Cotozzolo, Cesare Castellini

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: group housing, motivational cage, preference test, rabbit does, social contact

2020

Effect of hiding places, straw and territory on aggression in group-housed rabbit does

Authors: Jorine M. Rommers, Berry J. F. Reuvekamp, Henk Gunnink, Ingrid C. de Jong

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, agonistic behaviour, group housing, rabbit

2014

The effect of combining different environmental enrichment materials on enrichment use by growing pigs

Authors: Jonathan H. Guy, Zoe A. Meads, Robert S. Shiel, Sandra A. Edwards

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment, habituation, methodology, novelty, pig

2013

Postoccupancy evaluations in zoological settings

Authors: A.S. Kelling, D.E. Gaalema

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: design, postoccupancy evaluation, zoo, zoo staff, zoo visitor

2011

Space needs of broilers

Authors: E. A. M. Bokkers, I. J. M. de Boer, P. Koene

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, broiler chicken, modelling, space occupation, synchronisation, synchronization

2011

Colony foundation in the lesser kestrel: patterns and consequences of the occupation of empty habitat patches

Authors: Gustau Calabuig, Joaquín Ortego, Pedro J. Cordero, José Miguel Aparicio

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: breeding performance, colonial breeding, colonization, connectivity, ectoparasitism, falco naumanni, founder individual, habitat selection, lesser kestrel

2010

GPS assessment of the use of exhibit space and resources by African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Katherine A. Leighty, Joseph Soltis, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive management, dominance, enclosure, welfare

2010

Reducing post-mixing aggression and skin lesions in weaned pigs by application of a synthetic maternal pheromone

Authors: J.H. Guy, S.E. Burns, J.M. Barker, S.A. Edwards

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, behaviour, pheromone, pig, weaning

2009

Feeding enrichment methods for Pacific walrus calves

Authors: Ronald A. Kastelein, Nancy Jennings, Jacobus Postma

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, captivity, occupation, odobenus rosmarus divergens, stereotypic behavior, toys

2007

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