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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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Behavioral Implications of Enrichment for Golden Lion Tamarins: A Tool for Ex Situ Conservation

Authors: Kimberly Sanders, Eduardo Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: callitrichid, enrichment, foraging, golden lion tamarin, primate, puzzle feeder

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


Simple but temporally unpredictable puzzles are cognitive enrichment

Authors: Krebs, B. L., & Watters, J. V.

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, anticipatory behavior, foraging enrichment, reward schedules

2017


Food puzzles for cats: Feeding for physical and emotional wellbeing

Authors: L. M. S. Dantas, M. M. Delgado, I. Johnson, C. A. T. Buffington

Publication/Journal: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Keywords: cats, puzzle feeder

2016


Efficacy of foraging enrichments to increase foraging time in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus)

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Nico J. Schoemaker, Manon M. Ravesteijn, Marjon Mol, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, foraging, foraging enrichment, parrot, psittacine

2013


Repeated innovation in great apes

Authors: Héctor Marín Manrique, Christoph J. Völter, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cognitive flexibility, great ape, inhibitory control, innovation, primates, prior knowledge, problem solving, puzzle box

2013


Why Aye-Ayes See Blue

Authors: A.D. Melin, G.L. Moritz, R.A.E. Fosbury, S. Kawamura, N.J. Dominy

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: color vision, colour vision, daubentonia, nocturnal behavior, nocturnal behaviour, opsin, ravenala, scent marking

2012


Animal personality due to social niche specialisation

Authors: Ralph Bergmüller, Michael Taborsky

Publication/Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Keywords: animal personality, behavioral syndromes, behavioural syndromes, ecological niche theory, evolution, social conflict, temperament

2010


Are birds smarter than mathematicians? Pigeons (Columba livia) perform optimally on a version of the Monty Hall Dilemma

Authors: Walter T. Herbranson, Julia Schroeder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: matching, monty hall dilemma, pigeon, probability

2010


The Effect of Zoo Visitors on the Behaviour and Welfare of Zoo Mammals

Authors: Alexandra Farrand

Publication/Journal: Department of Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, conservation, education, entertainment, mammals, noise, thesis, visitor density, visitors, zoo, zoo animal biology

2007


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