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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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Multi-sensor biologgers and innovative training allow data collection with high conservation and welfare value in zoos

Authors: Holly English, Luke Harvey, Rory Wilson, Richard Gunner, Mark Holton, Rosie Woodroffe, Luca Börger

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, biologging, captivity, daily diary, dead-reckoning, enrichment, space use, welfare

2023

Maximum permissible load for Yonaguni ponies (Japanese landrace horses) trotting over a short, straight course

Authors: A. Matsuura, H. Mano, M. Irimajiri, K. Hodate

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, gait analysis, horse, load, symmetry, weight

2016

Horses use procedural learning rather than conceptual learning to solve matching to sample

Authors: Vivian Gabor, Martina Gerken

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cognition, concept learning, experimental design, horses, procedural learning, visual discrimination

2010

Measuring the heat loss in horses in different seasons by infrared thermography

Authors: Elena Autio, Riitta Neste, Sanna Airaksinen, Minna-Liisa Heiskanen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cold tolerance, horses, infrared thermography

2006

Equid play ethogram

Authors: Sue M. McDonnell, Amy Poulin

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: donkey, equine, ethogram, play behaviour, play-behavior, pony, przewalski horse, zebra

2002

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