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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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Long-Term Assessment of Captive Chimpanzees: Influence of Social Group Composition, Seasonality and Biographic Background

Authors: Arnau Pascual, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter, David Riba, Dietmar Crailsheim

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adverse early life experiences, behavior, captive care, chimpanzee, group alterations, group composition, seasonality, social network analysis

2023


Impact of alternating overnight housing conditions on welfare measures in a bachelor group of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Kylen N Gartland, Emily Bovee, Grace Fuller

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor groups, gorilla, overnight housing

2022


Non-Invasive Assessment of the Seasonal Stress Response to Veterinary Procedures and Transportation of Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Authors: Gabina V Eguizábal, Mariella Superina, Rupert Palme, Camila J Asencio, Daniel P Villarreal, Luciana Borrelli, Juan M Busso

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, ex situ, faecal cortisol metabolites, pilosa, season, transport, veterinary check, wildlife

2022


Behavior and Habitat Use Remain Diverse and Variable in Modern Zoological Exhibits over the Long-Term: Case Studies in 5 Species of Ursidae

Authors: David M Powell, Eli Baskir

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity budget, bears, behavioral variation, entropy, seasonal, welfare, zoo

2021


The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021


The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021


Annual fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in pregnant and pseudopregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in North American zoos

Authors: Jocelyn Bryant, Terri Roth

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cortisol, eia, polar bear, pregnancy test, seasonality, stress

2018


Correlates of androgens in wild male Barbary macaques: Testing the challenge hypothesis

Authors: Alan V. Rincon, Laëtitia Maréchal, Stuart Semple, Bonaventura Majolo, Ann MacLarnon

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: androgens, barbary macaques, challenge hypothesis, male-infant affiliation, rank instability

2017


Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants

Authors: Lea Carisch, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jean-Michel Hatt, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, E. Eberhard Rensch, Marcus Clauss, Philipp Zerbe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality

2017


Social bonds in a flock bird: Species differences and seasonality in social structure in captive flamingo flocks over a 12-month period

Authors: Paul E. Rose, Darren P. Croft

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: associations, behaviour, flamingo, non-random relationships, social network analysis

2017


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