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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.
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Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves (Canis lupus lupus)—A Case Study

Authors: Hana Tebelmann, Udo Gansloßer

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavioural chains, Canis lupus lupus, mammals, novel object, prosociality, social behavior, social reward, wolves

2023


Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019


The give and take of food sharing in Sumatran orang-utans, Pongo abelii, and chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

Authors: Katja Liebal, Federico Rossano

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: active food sharing, chimpanzees, offer, prosocial behaviours, request, sumatran orang-utans, taking

2017


Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats

Authors: Javier delBarco-Trillo, Lydia K. Greene, Ines Braga Goncalves, Miriam Fenkes, Jillian H. Wisse, Julian A. Drewe, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton-Brock, Christine M. Drea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, antiandrogen, behavioral neuroendocrinology, communication, cooperative breeder, field experiment, flutamide, prosocial behavior, subordinate male, testosterone

2016


Chimpanzees share food for many reasons: the role of kinship, reciprocity, social bonds and harassment on food transfers

Authors: Joan B. Silk, Sarah F. Brosnan, Joseph Henrich, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven Shapiro

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: altruism, chimpanzee, food sharing, pan troglodytes, prosociality, reciprocity, tolerated theft

2013


Group service in macaques (Macaca fuscata), capuchins (Cebus apella) and marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): A comparative approach to identifying proactive prosocial motivations

Authors: Judith Maria Burkart, Carel van Schaik

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: capuchins, cooperative breeding, dictator games, group service, macaques, marmosets, proactive prosociality

2013


Aggression, grooming and group-level cooperation in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): insights from social networks

Authors: Margaret C. Crofoot, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Arun S. Maiya, Tanya Y. Berger-Wolf

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: barro colorado island, collective action, intergroup competition, social network analysis

2011


The influence of kin relationship and reciprocal context on chimpanzees’ other-regarding preferences

Authors: Shinya Yamamoto, Masayuki Tanaka

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: altruism, chimpanzee, mother-offspring relationship, nepotism, other-regarding preference, pan troglodytes, prosociality, proximate mechanism, reciprocity

2010


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