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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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Cognitive Foraging Enrichment (but Not Non-Cognitive Enrichment) Improved Several Longer-Term Welfare Indicators in Bottlenose Dolphins

Authors: Isabella LK Clegg, Mariana Domingues, Elin Ström, Linda Berggren

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behaviour, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive enrichment, environmental enrichment, zoo animal welfare

2023

Evaluating Environmental Enrichment Methods in Three Zoo-Housed Varanidae Lizard Species

Authors: James O Waterman, Rachel McNally, Daniel Harrold, Matthew Cook, Gerardo Garcia, Andrea L Fidgett, Lisa Holmes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, environmental enrichment, evidence based, husbandry, lizard, reptile, welfare, zoo

2021

Multiple assessments of personality and problem-solving performance in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Lisa P Barrett, Sarah Benson-Amram

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: elephants, personality, problem solving

2021

Chimpanzees’(Pan troglodytes) problem-solving skills are influenced by housing facility and captive care duration

Authors: Sofia Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Christine Hrubesch, Claudio Tennie

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: chimpanzees, experience effect, housing facility, physical cognition, problem-solving skills

2020

Temperament in Captivity, Environmental Enrichment, Flight Ability, and Response to Humans in an Endangered Parrot Species

Authors: Gabriela de AP Ramos, Cristiano S de Azevedo, Talys HA Jardim, Aline C Sant’Anna

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: Amazona vinacea, flight skill, human-animal interaction, personality, reintroduction in wild

2020

High-Tech and Tactile: Cognitive Enrichment for Zoo-Housed Gorillas

Authors: F. E. Clark, S. I. Gray, P. Bennett, L. J. Mason, K. V. Burgess

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, behavior, challenge, gorilla gorilla gorilla, maze, puzzle, technology, welfare

2019

Curiosity boosts orang-utan problem-solving ability

Authors: Laura A. Damerius, Sereina M. Graber, Erik P. Willems, Carel P. van Schaik

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: captivity effect, cognitive abilities, curiosity, experience effect, orang-utans, problem solving

2017

From play to proficiency: The ontogeny of stone-tool use in coastal-foraging long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from a comparative perception-action perspective

Authors: Amanda W. Y. Tan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal foraging behavior, *animal learning, *tool use, animal ethology, animal play, monkeys

2017

Social play as joint action: A framework to study the evolution of shared intentionality as an interactional achievement

Authors: Raphaela Heesen, Emilie Genty, Federico Rossano, Klaus Zuberbühler, Adrian Bangerter

Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior

Keywords: communication, cooperation, joint action, shared intentionality, social play

2017

How practice makes perfect: the role of persistence, flexibility and learning in problem-solving efficiency

Authors: Pizza Ka Yee Chow, Stephen E. G. Lea, Lisa A. Leaver

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: effective behaviour, efficiency, flexibility, grey squirrels, ineffective behaviour, learning, learning ability, persistence, problem solving

2016

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