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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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Effects of Seasonality and Pregnancy on Hair Loss and Regrowth in Rhesus Macaques

Authors: Allison Heagerty, Rebecca A. Wales, Kristine Coleman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: alopecia, anagen, hair regrowth, macaca-mulatta, macaque, pregnancy, telogen

2024

Effects of honey locust seed pods on the behavior and nutrient intake of zoo‐housed François langurs and prehensile‐tailed porcupines

Authors: Noah T Dunham, Kaylin S Tennant, Andrew H Loudon, Patricia M Dennis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dietary enrichment, langur, prehensile-tailed porcupine, seed pods

2023

Hierarchical position of individual captive western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla and its impact on neighbour associations and behaviour

Authors: Rebecca Sweet, Susan Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

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2023

The Impacts of Evening Events in Zoos: A Christmas Event at Knowsley Safari

Authors: Ellen Williams, Tom Fulwell, Naomi Davies Walsh, Jessica J Harley, Bridget Johnson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behaviour, Christmas lights, evidence-based management, ungulates, zoo animal welfare

2023

Integrating Reference Intervals into Chimpanzee Welfare Research

Authors: Jessica C Whitham, Katie Hall, Lisa K Lauderdale, Jocelyn L Bryant, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, reference interval

2023

Trigger of twin-fights in captive common marmosets

Authors: Miki Miwa, Yusuke Hamazaki, Hiroki Koda, Katsuki Nakamura

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: birth control, common marmoset, interbirth interval, twin-fight

2023

About pace: How variations in method and definition affect quantification of pacing in bears?

Authors: Laura M Bernstein‐Kurtycz, Kayla G Wiatroski, Austin Leeds, Kristen E Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bears, pacing, stereotypy

2022

The Measurability of Subjective Animal Welfare

Authors: Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Consciousness Studies

Keywords: animal welfare, research

2022

Observations on the use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags in teleosts and elasmobranchs at a public aquarium, 728 cases, 2007–2020

Authors: Jessica McMurrer, Aubrey McElhiney, Kerry McNally, Charles J Innis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elasmobranch, fish welfare, PIT tags, teleost

2022

A simulated comparison of behavioural observation sampling methods

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Jonathan Tuke, Eduardo J Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: animal behaviour, sampling methods, welfare research

2022

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