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Our Goals

  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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Effect of simple and low-cost enrichment items on behavioral, clinical, and productive variables of caged laying hens

Authors: Mayra H. Frediani, Cristiane S. Pizzutto, Maíra B. R. Alves, Ricardo J. G. Pereira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, poultry, production, thermography, welfare

2019

Improving Leg Health in Broiler Chickens: A Systematic Review of the Effect of Environmental Enrichment

Authors: I. J. Pedersen, B. Forkman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler chicken, environmental enrichment, leg health, light, stocking density

2019

The effect of environmental provisioning on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G. Borgmans, R. Palme, A. Sannen, H. Vervaecke, R. Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, environmental provisioning, green anole, reptiles, stress

2018

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

Rearing environment and laying location affect pre-laying behaviour in enriched cages

Authors: Michelle E. Hunniford, Tina M. Widowski

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: laying hen, nest site selection, nesting behaviour, rearing environment

2016

Use of space by domestic chicks housed in complex aviaries

Authors: Madison Kozak, Bret Tobalske, Candace Martins, Stephen Bowley, Hanno Wuerbel, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aviary, chicks, gallus gallus domesticus, incline, laying hen, locomotion

2016

Effects of panels and perches on the behaviour of commercial slow-growing free-range meat chickens

Authors: Ane Rodriguez-Aurrekoetxea, Erin Hoerl Leone, Inma Estevez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, free-range meat chicken, panels, perches

2015

Modification of aviary design reduces incidence of falls, collisions and keel bone damage in laying hens

Authors: Ariane Stratmann, Ernst Konrad Friederich Fröhlich, Sabine Gabriele Gebhardt-Henrich, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, Hanno Würbel, Michael Jeffrey Toscano

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aviary system, keel bone damage, laying hens, moving behavior

2015

The risk factors affecting the development of vent pecking and cannibalism in free-range and organic laying hens

Authors: S. L. Lambton, T. G. Knowles, C. Yorke, C. J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cannibalism, free range, laying hens, risk-factors, vent pecking

2015

Choice of perch characteristics by laying hens in cages with different group size and perching behaviours

Authors: Dong-hua Chen, Jun Bao, Fan-yu Meng, Chun-bo Wei

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, choice, group-size, laying hen, perch

2014

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