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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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Baseline Behavioral Data and Behavioral Correlates of Disturbance for the Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes)

Authors: Jemma E Dias, Charlotte Ellis, Tessa E Smith, Charlotte A Hosie, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, welfare, zoo research

2022

Behavioural Development of Three Former Pet Chimpanzees a Decade after Arrival at the MONA Sanctuary

Authors: Olga Feliu, Marti Masip, Carmen Maté, Sònia Sánchez-López, Dietmar Crailsheim, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budget, chimpanzee, early life experience, pan troglodytes, pet and entertainment, re-socialization, sanctuary, well-being

2022

Frog in the Well: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Amphibian Sentience

Authors: Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, Neil D’Cruze

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: amphibian, pet trade, sentience

2022

THERMAL BIOLOGY OF ZOO-HOUSED CHELONOIDIS CHILENSIS: DETERMINING THE ACTIVITY PATTERN AND ESTIMATING SELECTED AND CRITICAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

Authors: Candela Buteler, M Carla Labaque, Gerardo C Leynaud

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Keywords:

2022

Can colored object enrichment reduce the escape behavior of captive freshwater turtles?

Authors: Callum C Bannister, Angus JC Thomson, Mirela Cuculescu‐Santana

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral types, olfactory cues, Pseudemys sp., Trachemys scripta ssp.

2021

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

Environmental enrichment impacts discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar human odours in snakes (Pantherophis guttata)

Authors: Gokulan Nagabaskaran, Oliver HP Burman, Tatjana Hoehfurtner, Anna Wilkinson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment, environment, familiarity, odour discrimination, reptile, snake

2021

Investigating the Effect of Disturbance on Prey Consumption in Captive Congo Caecilians Herpele squalostoma

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Francesca Servini, Mark Wilkinson, David J Gower, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, diet, nitrogenous waste, welfare, zoo research

2021

Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade

Authors: Padcha Chatpongcharoen, Marco Campera, Phadet Laithong, Nancy L Gibson, KAI Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exudate enrichment, gummivory, insectivory, rescue centre, Thailand

2021

Surviving the Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Reforming the ‘Disposal’of Confiscated Live Animals under CITES

Authors: Shannon N Rivera, Andrew Knight, Steven P McCulloch

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cites, conservation, illegal wildlife trade, wildlife confiscations, wildlife disposal

2021

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