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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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Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)

Authors: Kelly Bruno, Cassidy Hubbard, Emily Lynch

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo

2023


Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care

Authors: Amy Y. Olsen, Angela Smith, Caroline Hempstead, Shawn E. Larson

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress

2023


Assessing stress physiology within a conservation breeding program for an endangered species

Authors: S. Falconer, M. McAdie, G. Mastromonaco, A. I. Schulte-Hostedde

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords:

2023


Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) in a walk-through enclosure

Authors: Yuri Garcia de Abreu Rezende, Marina Bonde Queiroz, Robert John Young, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth

2023


Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques

Authors: María Soledad Moleón, Gonzalo Santiago, Samuel Hilevski, Pablo Ariel Siroski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein

2023


Choice, control, and animal welfare: definitions and essential inquiries to advance animal welfare science

Authors: Englund,Maisy D., Cronin,Katherine A.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: affective states, agency, animal welfare, choice, control, psychological wellbeing

2023


Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023


Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science

Authors: Walter Veit, Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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2023


Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value

Authors: Samuel Decker, J Michelle Lavery, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2023


Early life adversities and lifelong health outcomes: A review of the literature on large, social, long-lived nonhuman mammals

Authors: Amanda M. Dettmer, Daniella E. Chusyd

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: aging, early life, environment, Large-bodied mammal, Long-lived mammal, social

2023


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