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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=pursuit

An Ecological and Neural Argument for Developing Pursuit-Based Cognitive Enrichment for Sea Lions in Human Care

Authors: Peter F. Cook, Colleen Reichmuth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: cognitive enrichment, enrichment, goal-based cognition, hunting, pursuit, sea lions

2024

Social interaction analysis in captive orcas (Orcinus orca)

Authors: Paula Sanchez-Hernandez, Anastasia Krasheninnikova, Javier Almunia, Miguel Molina-Borja

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, consilliatory tendency, ethogram, orcas, social behavior

2019

In pursuit of peak animal welfare; the need to prioritize the meaningful over the measurable

Authors: Jake S. Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive, health, optimal, peak, psychological, welfare

2017

Behavioral preference for different enrichment objects in a commercial sow herd

Authors: Kristina M. Horback, Meghann K. Pierdon, Thomas D. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment object, group pen, rope, rubber, sow, woodblock

2016

Must marine predators always follow scaling laws? Memory guides the foraging decisions of a pursuit-diving seabird

Authors: Paul M. Regular, April Hedd, William A. Montevecchi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: area restricted search, brownian motion, capelin, common murre, lévy flight, mallotus villosus, memory, movement pattern, search strategy, uria aalge

2013

In pursuit of “normal”: A review of the behaviour of cattle at pasture

Authors: R.J. Kilgour

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, ethogram, time-budget

2012

Memory and foraging theory: chimpanzee utilization of optimality heuristics in the rank-order recovery of hidden foods

Authors: Ken Sayers, Charles R. Menzel

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: communication, evolutionary ecology, handling time, movement ecology, prey encounter, primate cognition

2012

Wolf-Pack (Canis lupus) Hunting Strategies Emerge From Simple Rules in Computational Simulations

Authors: C. Muro, R. Escobedo, L. Spector, R. P. Coppinger

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: collective behavior, collective behaviour, emergence, wolf-pack hunting

2011

Assessing animal welfare: different philosophies, different scientific approaches

Authors: David Fraser

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affect, animal behavior, animal welfare, health

2009

Understanding animal welfare

Authors: David Fraser

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, conference, health, methodology, species specific behavior, species specific behaviour

2008

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