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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=orang-utans

Implementing portable touchscreen-setups to enhance cognitive research and enrich zoo-housed animals

Authors: Vanessa Schmitt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal-computer-interaction, birds, comparative cognition, enrichment, primates, social group, touchscreen technology, welfare

2019

Curiosity boosts orang-utan problem-solving ability

Authors: Laura A. Damerius, Sereina M. Graber, Erik P. Willems, Carel P. van Schaik

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: captivity effect, cognitive abilities, curiosity, experience effect, orang-utans, problem solving

2017

The give and take of food sharing in Sumatran orang-utans, Pongo abelii, and chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

Authors: Katja Liebal, Federico Rossano

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: active food sharing, chimpanzees, offer, prosocial behaviours, request, sumatran orang-utans, taking

2017

Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment

Authors: Tom S Roth, Thomas R Bionda, Elisabeth H M Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body postures, enclosure design, great apes, movement patterns, positional behaviour, zoo welfare

2017

Repeated innovation in great apes

Authors: Héctor Marín Manrique, Christoph J. Völter, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cognitive flexibility, great ape, inhibitory control, innovation, primates, prior knowledge, problem solving, puzzle box

2013

Personality in the behaviour of great apes: temporal stability, cross-situational consistency and coherence in response

Authors: J. Uher, J. Asendorpf, J. Call

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavior prediction, behaviour prediction, bonobo, bottom-up approach, chimpanzee, gorilla, individual differences, orangutan, personality, traits

2008

An Enrichment Device for Great Apes

Authors: I. Gilloux, J. Gurnell, D. Shepherdson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, primates, puzzle feeder

1992

Assessing reproductive status in orang-utans by using urinary estrone

Authors: Anne M. Masters, Rosemary J. Markham

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: age, anorexia, estrogen, lactation, menstrual cycle

1991

Breeding orangutans at Perth Zoo: Twenty years of appropriate husbandry

Authors: Rosemary J. Markham

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, social-structure

1990

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