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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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Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021

Assessing the behaviour, welfare and husbandry of mouse deer (Tragulus spp.) in European zoos

Authors: Ricardo Lemos de Figueiredo, Matthew Hartley, Alison W Fletcher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, captive breeding, chevrotain, lesser mouse deer, Philippine mouse deer

2021

Can behavioural management improve behaviour and reproduction in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)?

Authors: Amanda Miglioli, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, environmental enrichment, psittacines, reproduction

2021

Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals

Authors: Irina Clavadetscher, Monica Bond, Louise Martin, Christian Schiffmann, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo

2021

Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum

Authors: Helen Colbachini, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto, Leonardo Mendes de Souza Mesquita, Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig

Publication/Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes

Keywords: captive breeding, olfactory enrichment, olfactory mediation, shark reproduction

2021

Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Authors: JAH Crawley, O Lierhmann, DJ Franco dos Santos, J Brown, UK Nyein, HH Aung, W Htut, Z Min Oo, MW Seltmann, JL Webb

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: asian elephants, human-animal relationship, welfare

2021

Pheromonal enrichment in the zoo: An empirical approach with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Bruce A Schulte

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: chemical communication, evidence-based management, olfaction, primer effects, zoo animal welfare

2021

Pheromonal enrichment in the zoo: An empirical approach with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Bruce A Schulte

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: chemical communication, evidence-based management, olfaction, primer effects

2021

Pheromonal enrichment in the zoo: An empirical approach with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Bruce A Schulte

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: chemical communication, evidence-based management, olfaction, primer effects, zoo animal welfare

2021

Social associations in captive Caribbean flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber and their implications for flock management

Authors: Caitlin Finlay, Robert Bertrand Weladji, Patrick Pare, Guillaume Body

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: affiliations, age, captive breeding, social network analysis, welfare, zoo

2021

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