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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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Effects of a combined enrichment intervention on the behavioural and physiological welfare of captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)

Authors: Sitendu Goswami, Shiv Kumari Patel, Riyaz Kadivar, Praveen Chandra Tyagi, Pradeep Kumar Malik, Samrat Mondol

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour diversity, captive animal management, conservation breeding initiative, faecal corticosterone, space usage, stereotypy

2021

Optimal husbandry of hatchling Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program

Authors: Michael P. Wines, Valerie M. Johnson, Brad Lock, Fred Antonio, James C. Godwin, Elizabeth M. Rush, Craig Guyer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet diversity, husbandry, incubation temperature, optimal growth, repatriation

2015

Suitability of Amphibians and Reptiles for Translocation

Authors: Jennifer M. Germano, Phillip J. Bishop

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: herpetofauna, population supplementation, reintroduction, relocation, repatriation, translocation

2009

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