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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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Evaluation of Sound Enrichment in the Behavior of Sapajus xanthosternos (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)(Primates: Cebidae) in Captivity

Authors: Alana Marques dos Santos, Márcio Borba da Silva, Isabela Sousa Prado, Edma Santos de Antonio, Ana Tereza Teixeira Silva Dourado, Barbara Silva Alves, Patricia Belini Nishiyama, Laize Tomazi, Ricardo Evangelista Fraga

Publication/Journal: Primate Conservation

Keywords: classical music, non-human primates, sensory enrichment

2022


A Case Study on the Behavioural Effect of Positive Reinforcement Training in a Novel Task Participation Test in Göttingen Mini Pigs

Authors: Lisa Jønholt, Cathrine Juel Bundgaard, Martin Carlsen, Dorte Bratbo Sørensen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: clicker training, laboratory pigs, positive reinforcement training, welfare

2021


The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship

Authors: Míriam Marcet-Rius, Patrick Pageat, Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Eva Teruel, Philippe Monneret, Julien Leclercq, Alessandro Cozzi

Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management

Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement

2020


The development of fault bars in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) increases with acute stressors and individual propensity: implications for animal welfare

Authors: A. Arrazola, S. Torrey

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, feather growth, gallus gallus domesticus, psychological stress, stress response, welfare indicator

2019


The effect of cage size on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G Borgmans, R Palme, A Sannen, H Vervaecke, R Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cage size, captivity, green anole, reptiles, stress

2019


Effects of a light-colored cotton rug use on horse thermoregulation and behavior indicators of stress

Authors: Barbara Padalino, Jaymie Loy, Lesley Hawson, Hayley Randle

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: cotton rug, equine, thermal stress, thermoregulation, welfare

2019


Post-natal development of EEG responses to noxious stimulation in pigs (Sus scrofa) aged 1–15 days

Authors: N. J. Kells, N. J. Beausoleil, M. A. Sutherland, C. B. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, eeg, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking

2019


Case control study on environmental, nutritional and management-based risk factors for tail-biting in long-tailed pigs

Authors: P. A. Kallio, A. M. Janczak, A. E. Valros, S. A. Edwards, M. Heinonen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, feeding, pig, risk factor, tail-biting

2018


The effect of environmental provisioning on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G. Borgmans, R. Palme, A. Sannen, H. Vervaecke, R. Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, environmental provisioning, green anole, reptiles, stress

2018


The effect providing space in excess of standards on the behaviour of budgerigars in aviaries

Authors: Clive J. C. Phillips, Cameron Farrugia, Chun-han Lin, Karen Mancera, Bob Doneley

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, aviary, behaviour, budgerigar, flight

2018


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