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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=relocation

The effect of a new enclosure on the behaviour of a large captive group of lion-tailed macaques Macaca silenus

Authors: Rebecca Newman, Sean McKeown, Thomas Quirke, Ruth M O'Riordan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enclosure, enrichment, visitor effect

2021

Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus

Authors: Aneesh P. H. Bose, Daniel Zayonc, Nikolaos Avrantinis, Natasha Ficzycz, Jonathan Fischer-Rush, Fiona T. Francis, Siobhan Gray, Faye Manning, Haley Robb, Coralee Schmidt, Christine Spice, Aari Umedaly, Jeff Warden, Isabelle M. Cote

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: animal welfare, Echinoderm, invertebrate, reintroduction, relocation, stress

2019

Hair cortisol concentrations in New Zealand white rabbits subjected to surgery

Authors: T. Peric, A. Comin, M. Corazzin, M. Montillo, F. Canavese, M. Stebel, A. Prandi

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, hair, hpa axis, rabbit, surgery

2018

Relocation and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in New Zealand White Rabbits

Authors: Tanja Peric, Antonella Comin, Mirco Corazzin, Marta Montillo, Federico Canavese, Marco Stebel, Alberto Prandi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cortisol, hair, hpa axis, rabbit, relocation

2017

Effects of Relocation and Individual and Environmental Factors on the Long-Term Stress Levels in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Monitoring Hair Cortisol and Behaviors

Authors: Y. Yamanashi, M. Teramoto, N. Morimura, S. Hirata, M. Inoue-Murayama, G. Idani

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: chimpanzee, hair cortisol, relocation, stress

2016

Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour

Authors: María Díez-León, Steve Bursian, David Galicia, Angelo Napolitano, Rupert Palme, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour

2016

A welfare assessment of methods used for harvesting, hunting and population control of kangaroos and wallabies

Authors: K. A. Descovich, I. J. McDonald, A. Tribe, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, culling, lethal control, macropod, non-lethal control, population management

2015

A pilot study on the effects of a change in behavioural management on the behaviour of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Godelieve Kranendonk, Eva P. Schippers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, affiliative behaviour, allogrooming, behavioural management, relocation, retired laboratory chimpanzees

2014

What Do People Want? Factors People Consider When Acquiring Dogs, the Complexity of the Choices They Make, and Implications for Nonhuman Animal Relocation Programs

Authors: Laurie Garrison, Emily Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dog adoption

2014

Captive-housed male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) form naturalistic coalitions: Measuring associations and calculating chance encounters

Authors: Carly L. Chadwick, Paul A. Rees, Barry Stevens-Wood

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior modeling, captive breeding, felid, group housing, social behavior, vigilance behavior, zoo

2013

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