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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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Development of an animal welfare tool for zoo-housed primates, considering intra- and inter-rater reliability

Authors: Arnaud Dazord, Maeva Primault

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: assessment, inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, primates, tool, welfare, zoo

2024

Effect of Social Dominance and Reproductive State on Adrenal Steroids in Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: E. N. Hart, R. S. C. Takeshita

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: adrenal function, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS), japanese macaques, macaca fuscata, stress response

2023

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

Sonic enrichment at the zoo: What will the zoo of the future sound like?

Authors: Rébecca Kleinberger

Publication/Journal: Interaction Studies

Keywords: animal agency, animal control, animal enrichment, animal ethics, animal wellbeing, animal-computer-interaction, audio enrichment, interspecies enrichment, sonic enrichment, zoo interactive systems, zoo technology

2023

Comparisons of Activity Budgets, Interactions, and Social Structures in Captive and Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Nodoka Inoue, Masaki Shimada

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, Mahale Mountains National Park, social grooming, social network, Tama Zoological Park

2020

Does group size matter? Captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) behavior as a function of group size and composition

Authors: Sarah J. Neal Webb, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, group composition, group-size, management

2019

Friend or foe: reconciliation between males and females in wild chacma baboons

Authors: Christine E. Webb, Alice Baniel, Guy Cowlishaw, Elise Huchard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, chacma baboon, male–female association, postconflict affiliation, reconciliation

2019

Giraffe social preferences are context dependent

Authors: Zoe Muller, Mauricio Cantor, Innes C. Cuthill, Stephen Harris

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association index, behavioural state, habitat complexity, Rothschild's giraffe, social affiliation, social network, social-structure

2018

Social security: are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

Authors: Rachael P. Mady, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: antipredator behaviour, security, social attribute, social network, vigilance, yellow-bellied marmot

2017

Adult presence augments juvenile collective foraging in social spiders

Authors: Andreas P. Modlmeier, Kate L. Laskowski, Hayley A. Brittingham, Anna Coleman, Karen A. Knutson, Candice Kuo, Matthew McGuirk, Katherine Zhao, Carl N. Keiser, Jonathan N. Pruitt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age demography, collective behaviour, foraging, group-size, keystone individual, social spider

2015

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