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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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Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts

Authors: Liptovszky,Matyas

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo

2024

What Types of Animals Should Be in the Future Zoo? Thoughts from United States Residents and Zoo and Aquarium Staff

Authors: David M Powell, Theodore G Meyer, Candice Dorsey, Rob Vernon

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: collection, conservation, domesticated, education, endangered, exhibit, mission, popular, preference, recreation

2024

Zoo Visitors’ Most-Liked Aspects of Elephant Encounters and Related Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States: A Pragmatic Approach

Authors: Angela M. Lacinak

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal emotions, animal experiences, animal training, animal welfare, animal–caregiver interactions, elephants, pragmatism, visitors, zoos

2024

Chimpanzee immigration: Complex social strategies differ between zoo-based and wild animals

Authors: Jennifer Susan McClung, Florent Goetschi, Adrian Baumeyer, Klaus Zuberbühler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: demonic females, immigration, integration, inter-group, policing, social relationship

2020

US Residents’ Perceptions of Dog Welfare Needs and Canine Welfare Information Sources

Authors: Courtney Bir, Candace C. Croney, Nicole J. Olynk Widmar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: *preferences, best–worst scaling, dogs, information sources, welfare

2019

Perceptions of Social Responsibility of Prominent Animal Welfare Groups

Authors: Nicole J. Olynk Widmar, Carissa J. Morgan, Candace C. Croney

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, best–worst scaling, perceptions, social responsibility

2018

Changing Attitudes and Animal Welfare in Small Island Developing States: Dogs on New Providence, The Bahamas

Authors: William J. Fielding

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: bahamas, free-roaming dogs, population control

2017

No Dog Left Behind: A Hedonic Pricing Model for Animal Shelters

Authors: Laura A. Reese, Mark Skidmore, William Dyar, Erika Rosebrook

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: companion animal traits, hedonic pricing, shelter animal pricing

2017

Spontaneous discrimination of urine odours in wild African lions, Panthera leo

Authors: Geoffrey D. Gilfillan, Jessica D. T. Vitale, J. Weldon McNutt, Karen McComb

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: felids, group discrimination, mammals, olfactory communication, scent marking, scent presentation, sex discrimination

2017

Nest building as an indicator of illness in laboratory mice

Authors: Brianna N. Gaskill, Kathleen R. Pritchett-Corning

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: handling, mice, nest building, sickness behaviors, welfare

2016

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