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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=sentience

Frog in the Well: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Amphibian Sentience

Authors: Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, Neil D’Cruze

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: amphibian, pet trade, sentience

2022

The Science of Animal Welfare: Understanding What Animals Want

Authors: Marian Stamp Dawkins

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare

2021

Exploring horse owners’ and caretakers’ perceptions of emotions and associated behaviors in horses

Authors: Maria J. Hötzel, Michele C. Vieira, Denise P. Leme

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: affective states, animal sentience, animal welfare, behavior, belief in animal mind

2019

Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience

Authors: Helen Lambert, Gemma Carder, Neil D'Cruze

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, emotion, exotic pet trade, lizard, reptile, sentience, snake, tortoise, turtle

2019

Misadventures of Sentience: Animals and the Basis of Equality

Authors: Federico Zuolo

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Alasadir Cochrane, basis of equality, equal consideration of interests, equality in animal ethics, Peter Singer, proportionality, sentience

2019

We demand compromise: which achieves more, asking for small or large changes?

Authors: M. C. Appleby

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, compromise, diplomacy, policy, sentience, strategy

2019

The Welfare of Invertebrate Animals

Authors: Claudio Carere, Jennifer A Mather

Publication/Journal: The Welfare of Invertebrate Animals

Keywords: animal personality, cephalopods, cognition, crustaceans, entomology, ethics, insects, invertebrates, model invertebrates, mollusks, nocireception, pain, research ethics, sentience, suffering

2019

Summoning compassion to address the challenges of conservation

Authors: Arian D. Wallach, Marc Bekoff, Chelsea Batavia, Michael Paul Nelson, Daniel Ramp

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal ethics, conservation ethics, intrinsic value, novel ecosystem, sentience, virtue ethics

2018

Looking into the eyes of a cow: Can eye whites be used as a measure of emotional state?

Authors: Helen S. Lambert, Gemma Carder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, eye whites, measuring emotions, sentience, welfare assessment

2017

Can changes in nasal temperature be used as an indicator of emotional state in cows?

Authors: Helen Proctor, Gemma Carder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, emotions, nasal temperature, sentience, welfare assessment

2016

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