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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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Evaluation of the stress state based on fecal corticosterone metabolite concentrations in captive penguins in Japan

Authors: Megumi Itoh, Misato Kitahara, Nanako Sawayama, Naoya Matsumoto, Takahito Toyotome, Kazutaka Yamada

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Keywords: captive penguin, diseased individual, fecal corticosterone metabolite, hot season, molting period

2024

Moult phenology and the influence of breeding activity in adult African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Allwetterzoo Münster, Germany

Authors: Friederike Schmitz, Wagner Philipp

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captive management, husbandry practice, jackass penguin

2024

Nutrition in captive penguins: What do we know about how can we make it better?

Authors: Bruna Maganhe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal nutrition, energy requirements, feeding guidelines, polar habitat, spheniscidae

2024

The Benefits of Increased Space and Habitat Complexity for the Welfare of Zoo-Housed King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Megan Jones, Kylen N. Gartland, Sara Zalewski, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic behavior, data-loggers, exhibit design, post-occupancy evaluation, time–depth recorders

2023

A comprehensive investigation of negative visitor behaviour in the zoo setting and captive animals’ behavioural response

Authors: Courtney Collins, Sean McKeown, Ruth O’Riordan

Publication/Journal: Heliyon

Keywords: animal behaviour, Circuit-study, Negative behaviour, visitors, zoo

2023

The Impacts of a Commercial Bubble Curtain on Zoo-Housed African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) Swimming Behavior

Authors: Shannon L. O’Brien, Katherine A. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, penguin, swimming, temperature, zoos

2023

Nationwide Survey about the Occurrence of Aspergillosis in Captive Penguins in Zoos and Aquariums in Japan

Authors: Megumi Itoh, Naoya Matsumoto, Kyogo Hagino, Nanako Sawayama, Miki Kuwayama, Kazutaka Yamada, Takahito Toyotome

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aspergillosis, Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums, penguin, soil, survey

2023

Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry

Authors: Anne E Goodenough, Amy Sewell, Katie McDonald

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather

2022

An evaluation of the role of ‘biological evidence’ in zoo and aquarium enrichment practices

Authors: J Brereton, P Rose

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal training, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, evidence-based approaches, zoo animal management, zoo research

2022

Fecal glucocorticoid analysis as a health monitoring tool for endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

Authors: Maureen V Driscoll, Allison D Tuttle, Tracy A Romano

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: african penguin, breeding, corticosterone, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, molt, noninvasive

2022

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