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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=sanctuaries

What Is the Future for Zoos and Aquariums?

Authors: Ron Kagan, Stephanie Allard, Scott Carter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, sanctuaries, zoo animals, zoo ethics

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2018

Choice, Control and Computers: Empowering Wildlife in Human Care

Authors: Jon Coe, Julia Hoy

Publication/Journal: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

Keywords: animal-centered technology (ACT), captive, choice, conservation, enrichment, exhibit, reintroduction, wildlife, zoo

2020

The effect of proximity relations to mahouts on social behaviors among captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Saki Yasui, Gen’ichi Idani

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Management

Keywords: asian elephant, captivity, human-animal proximity relation, mahout, social behavior

2020

Large brains in small tanks: intelligence and social complexity as an ethical issue for captive dolphins and whales

Authors: Lori Marino

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: captivity, cetacean, health, sanctuary, stress, well-being

2020

Understanding the Behavior of Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees During Public Programs

Authors: Bethany K Hansen, Lydia M Hopper, Amy L Fultz, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords: ethnoprimatology, human-animal interaction, primate, sanctuary, space use, welfare

2020

Looking for Visitor’s Effect in Sanctuaries: Implications of Guided Visitor Groups on the Behavior of the Chimpanzees at Fundació Mona

Authors: Jana López-Álvarez, Yaiza Sanjorge, Sara Soloaga, Dietmar Crailsheim, Miquel Llorente

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, human interaction, sanctuary, visitor effect, welfare

2019

Investigating the impact of media on demand for wildlife: A case study of Harry Potter and the UK trade in owls

Authors: Diane A. Megias, Sean C. Anderson, Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: human behavior, media, wildlife trade

2017

A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos

Authors: Mary K. Agnew, Cheryl S. Asa, Victoria L. Clyde, Dominique L. Keller, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception

2016

Social group formation and genetic relatedness in reintroduced Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Thailand

Authors: Chatchote Thitaram, Suthatip Dejchaisri, Chaleamchat Somgird, Taweepoke Angkawanish, Janine Brown, Ratchadakorn Phumphuay, Siriwadee Chomdech, Daoroong Kangwanpong

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: asian elephant, group forming behavior, microsatellite, mitochondrial DNA, reintroduction

2015

Human Interaction as Environmental Enrichment for Pair-Housed Wolves and Wolf–Dog Crosses

Authors: Lindsay R. Mehrkam, Nicolle T. Verdi, Clive D. L. Wynne

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: captive wolves, environmental enrichment, human interaction, wolf dogs

2014

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