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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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A food for all seasons: Stability of food preferences in gorillas across testing methods and seasons

Authors: Jennifer Vonk, Jordyn Truax, Molly C McGuire

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: *food preferences, gorilla, paired-choice, stability, touchscreen, validation, zoo

2022

Body Size Is Related to Temperature Preference in Hyla chrysoscelis Tadpoles

Authors: Danielle R Kirsch, Shawna Fix, Jon M Davenport, Kristen K Cecala, Joshua R Ennen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Herpetology

Keywords: anuran, thermal preference

2021

Does Enclosure Size Influence the Behaviour & Welfare of Captive Snakes (Pantherophis guttatus)?

Authors: Tatjana Hoehfurtner, Anna Wilkinson, Matthew Walker, Oliver Burman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, enclosure size, preference, reptile behavior, reptile welfare

2021

Does the provision of environmental enrichment affect the behaviour and welfare of captive snakes?

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

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, preference, reptile behavior, reptile welfare

2021

The Effects of Choice-Based Design and Management on the Behavior and Space Use of Zoo-Housed Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)

Authors: Charles P Ritzler, Kristen E Lukas, Laura M Bernstein-Kurtycz, Diana C Koester

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: carnivore, design, environmental choice, space use, tiger

2021

Ethological Studies on the Jellyfish, Crambionella orsini (Vanhöffen, 1888)(Scyphozoa: Catostylidae) in Captivity

Authors: KR Soumya, A Riyas, S Mithun, A Biju Kumar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries

Keywords: acclimatization, aquarium adaptability, Artemia, behaviour, feed preference, jellyfish, light response, pulsation rate

2021

Exploring How White-Faced Sakis Control Digital Visual Enrichment Systems

Authors: Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, Vilma Kankaanpää

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal technology, animal-computer-interaction, visual enrichment, white-faced saki

2021

In search of the optimal enrichment program for zoo‐housed animals

Authors: Aleksei A Podturkin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, environmental enrichment, European badger, golden jackal, novelty, zoo-housed

2021

Interest in coloured objects and behavioural budgets of individual captive freshwater turtles

Authors: Angus James Campbell Thomson, Callum Craig Bannister, Reece Taylor Marshall, Natasha McNeil, Donna Maria Mear, Susie Lovick-Earle, Mirela Cuculescu-Santana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, escape behaviour, novelty stress

2021

Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats

Authors: Bridget W Brox, Katheryn Edwards, Natasha A Buist, Anne C Macaskill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: food preference, group-housed, meerkat, zoo welfare

2021

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