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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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A Review of Welfare Assessment Methods in Reptiles, and Preliminary Application of the Welfare Quality registered trademark Protocol to the Pygmy Blue-Tongue Skink, Tiliqua adelaidensis, Using Animal-Based Measures

Authors: Amelia L. Benn, David J. McLelland, Alexandra L. Whittaker

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: assessment tool, play, pygmy skink, reptiles, welfare

2019

The response of a sleepy lizard social network to altered ecological conditions

Authors: Stephanie S. Godfrey, Andrew Sih, C. Michael Bull

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ecological variation, extrapair association, lizard, pair bond, resource availability, skink, social network, temporal network dynamics, tiliqua rugosa

2013

Environmental enrichment for captive Eastern blue-tongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides)

Authors: C. J. C. Phillips, Z. Jiang, A. J. Hatton, A. Tribe, M. Le Bouar, M. Guerlin, P. J. Murray

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, eastern blue-tongue lizard, environmental enrichment, skink, space availability, temperature

2011

Comparison of noninvasive methods for the evaluation of female reproductive condition in a large viviparous lizard, Tiliqua nigrolutea

Authors: Brett D. Gartrell, Jane E. Girling, Ashley Edwards, Susan M. Jones

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blue-tongued skink, gestation, palpation, radiology, reproductive-status, ultrasound

2002

Assessment of Motivation in the Lizard, Chalcides Ocellatus

Authors: T.M. Skelton, N.K. Waran, R.J. Young

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, eyed skink, lizard, motivation, substrate deprivation

1996

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