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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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Social behaviour in zoo bachelor groups: a case study of related South American fur seals

Authors: Christa Emmett, Mathilda Digby, Jemma Pope, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Arctocephalus australis, bachelor groups, evidence-based management, social behavior, social needs, South American fur seals

2021


Social Behaviour in Zoo Bachelor Groups: A Case Study of Related South American Fur Seals

Authors: Christa Emmett, Mathilda Digby, Jemma Pope, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Archocephalus australis, bachelor groups, evidence-based management, social behavior, social needs, South American fur seals

2021


Understanding Temporal Social Dynamics in Zoo Animal Management: An Elephant Case Study

Authors: Ellen Williams, Samantha Bremner-Harrison, Carol Hall, Anne Carter

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: evidence-based management, social behaviour, social groups, social networks, temporal dynamics, welfare, zoo elephant

2020


Mutual grooming functions to prolong grooming received in ringtailed lemurs

Authors: Gabriele Schino, Alessandro Alessandrini

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: grooming, reciprocity

2018


What is play fighting and what is it good for?

Authors: Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis

Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior

Keywords: reciprocity, tactics, targets

2017


Do friends help each other? Patterns of female coalition formation in wild bonobos at Wamba

Authors: Nahoko Tokuyama, Takeshi Furuichi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agonistic interaction, bonobo, cooperative behaviour, female coalition, mutualism, pan paniscus, social bond

2016


Exploring Children’s Perspectives on the Welfare Needs of Pet Animals

Authors: J. C. Muldoon, J. M. Williams, A. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoos

Keywords: animal welfare, anthropology, attitudes, behavior, children, contagious illnesses, dog, education, environmental studies, knowledge, pets, science, sentience, sociology, veterinary sciences

2016


Grooming, social rank and ‘optimism’ in tufted capuchin monkeys: a study of judgement bias

Authors: Gabriele Schino, Roberta Massimei, Marta Pinzaglia, Elsa Addessi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *cognitive bias, dominance rank, emotions, grooming, optimism, reciprocity, sapajus

2016


Important role of dominance in allogrooming behaviour in beef cattle

Authors: Radka Šárová, Anke Kristina Gutmann, Marek Špinka, Ilona Stěhulová, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: allogrooming, beef cattle, dominance, reciprocity, social hierarchy, social network analysis

2016


Stealing milk by young and reciprocal mothers: high incidence of allonursing in giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis

Authors: Markéta Gloneková, Karolína Brandlová, Jan Pluháček

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: allonursing, allosuckling, giraffa camelopardalis, milk theft, reciprocity

2016


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