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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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Group compositional changes impact the social and feeding behaviors of captive hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas)

Authors: Amy M. Ryan, Mark E. Hauber

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: group compositional changes, introductions, old world monkeys, removals, social behavior

2016

Managing the Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque population: The role of density

Authors: Raisa Hernandez-Pacheco, Diana L. Delgado, Richard G. Rawlins, Matthew J. Kessler, Angelina V. Ruiz-Lambides, Elizabeth Maldonado, Alberto M. Sabat

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: culling, density-dependence, macaca-mulatta, population viability

2016

Removing individual rats affects indicators of welfare in the remaining group members

Authors: Oliver Burman, Diane Owen, Usama AbouIsmail, Mike Mendl

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, laboratory rat, social disruption, social stress

2008

Into the brains of whales

Authors: Mark Peter Simmonds

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cetaceans, conservation, culture, dolphins, intelligence, management, welfare, whales

2006

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