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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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CHALLENGES TO ANIMAL WELFARE DURING TRANSPORTATION OF WILD MAMMALS: A REVIEW (1990–2020)

Authors: Friederike Pohlin, Emma H Hooijberg, Leith CR Meyer

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: animal welfare, transport

2021

Ethological Studies on the Jellyfish, Crambionella orsini (Vanhöffen, 1888)(Scyphozoa: Catostylidae) in Captivity

Authors: KR Soumya, A Riyas, S Mithun, A Biju Kumar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries

Keywords: acclimatization, aquarium adaptability, Artemia, behaviour, feed preference, jellyfish, light response, pulsation rate

2021

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Accuracy and registration success in a free-range area

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, Bart Ampe, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bert Reubens, Jarissa Maselyne, Shaojie Zhuang, Johan Criel, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accuracy, outdoor, poultry, signal reception, ultra-wideband, vegetation

2018

Safewalk: Improving Enrichment and Adoption Rates for Shelter Dogs by Changing Human Behavior

Authors: Terri M. Bright, Louise Hadden

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dogs, enrichment, human behavior, shelter, shelter dogs

2017

Self-Rehabilitation of a Captive American Crow at Binghamton Zoo

Authors: Clara Davie, Anne B. Clark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: self-rehabilitation, zoo

2017

Are domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) able to use complex human-given cues to find a hidden reward?

Authors: C. Nawroth, M. Ebersbach, E. Von Borell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pigs, human-animal interaction, human-given cues, object choice paradigm, pointing gesture

2016

Factors influencing the attitude of equestrians towards sport horse welfare

Authors: C. Ikinger, A. Spiller, M. Kayser

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes towards animals, equestrians, horse, partial least squares equation modelling, sport horse welfare

2016

The impact of streetlights on an aquatic invasive species: Artificial light at night alters signal crayfish behaviour

Authors: John Rhidian Thomas, Joanna James, Rhian Claire Newman, William D. Riley, Siân W. Griffiths, Jo Cable

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: crayfish behaviour, ecological light pollution, inns, pacifastacus leniusculus, streetlight, wildlife management

2016

Intranasal administration of oxytocin increases human aggressive behavior

Authors: R. Ne'eman, N. Perach-Barzilay, M. Fischer-Shofty, A. Atias, S. G. Shamay-Tsoory

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, oxytocin, social salience

2016

The neurobiology of mammalian parenting and the biosocial context of human caregiving

Authors: Ruth Feldman

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: neurobiology of attachment, oxytocin, parental brain, parenting behavior

2016

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