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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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The Brain, Unconsciousness and Death: A Critical Appraisal with Regard to Halal Meat Production

Authors: A. Fuseini

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bleeding-out, consciousness, death, halal slaughter, unconsciousness

2019

Assessment of stun quality after gunshot used on cattle: a pilot study on effects of diverse ammunition on physical signs displayed after the shot, brain tissue damage and brain haemorrhages

Authors: K. J. Schiffer, S. K. Retz, B. Algers, O. Hensel

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, brain haemorrhage, cattle, gunshot, physical signs, stun quality

2017

Assessment of Welfare Issues During Traditional Slaughter of Goats in Pretoria, South Africa

Authors: Daniel N. Qekwana, Cheryl M. E. McCrindle, James W. Oguttu, Delia Grace, Beniamino T. Cenci-Goga

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, south africa, traditional slaughter, welfare assessment

2017

The compatibility of modern slaughter techniques with halal slaughter: a review of the aspects of ‘modern’ slaughter methods that divide scholarly opinion within the Muslim community

Authors: A. Fuseini, S. B. Wotton, P. J. Hadley, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bleeding-out, halal slaughter, mechanical slaughter, pre-slaughter stunning, thoracic sticking

2017

Humane euthanasia of neonates I: validation of the effectiveness of the Zephyr EXL non-penetrating captive-bolt euthanasia system on neonate piglets up to 10.9 kg live-weight

Authors: A. Grist, J. C. Murrell, J. L. McKinstry, T. G. Knowles, Sb Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive bolt, euthanasia, mechanical stunning, piglet, visual evoked potentials

2017

Assessment of aversion and unconsciousness during exposure to carbon dioxide at high concentration in lambs

Authors: P. Rodríguez, A. Dalmau, X. Manteca, H. Litvan, E. W. Jensen, A. Velarde

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, auditory-evoked potential, aversion, carbon dioxide, sheep, stunning

2016

Behavioural responses of broiler chickens during low atmospheric pressure stunning

Authors: Nikki Mackie, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, humane slaughter, hypobaric hypoxia, loss of posture, low atmosphere pressure stunning

2016

Behavioural, brain and cardiac responses to hypobaric hypoxia in broiler chickens

Authors: Jessica E. Martin, Karen Christensen, Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton, Malcolm A. Mitchell, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, hypobaric hypoxia, low atmosphere pressure stunning

2016

Effects of analgesic intervention on behavioural responses to Low Atmospheric Pressure Stunning

Authors: Jessica E. Martin, Karen Christensen, Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, humane slaughter, hypobaric hypoxia, low atmosphere pressure stunning, pain

2016

Electrical stunning of edible crabs (Cancer pagurus): from single experiments to commercial practice

Authors: B. Roth, E. Grimsbø

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, crab, crustacean, electricity, slaughter, stunning

2016

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