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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.
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The Longevity Legacy: The Challenges of Old Animals in Zoos

Authors: Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: aging, behavior, enrichment, euthanasia, pathology, skeleton, teeth, welfare

2023

Monitoring the social behavior of a bachelor mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) dyad participating in touchscreen-mediated cognitive testing

Authors: Austin Leeds, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliative behavior, animal welfare, cognitive enrichment, cognitive testing, mandrill

2019

Social interaction analysis in captive orcas (Orcinus orca)

Authors: Paula Sanchez-Hernandez, Anastasia Krasheninnikova, Javier Almunia, Miguel Molina-Borja

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, consilliatory tendency, ethogram, orcas, social behavior

2019

Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails

Authors: M. A. Paoli, H. P. Lahrmann, T. Jensen, R. B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, intact tail, pigs, tail docking, tail-biting

2016

Declawing has no effect on biting behavior but does affect adoption outcomes for domestic cats in an animal shelter

Authors: Saethra Jade Fritscher, James Ha

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: adoption, biting, euthanasia, felis catus, onychectomy

2016

Early development and growth in captive-born Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Authors: Javier Yerga, Javier Calzada, Xavier Manteca, Astrid Vargas, Antonio Rivas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: early development, growth, iberian lynx, rearing method, sex

2014

Dental disease in slender lorises (Loris tardigradus)

Authors: Roland Plesker, Helga Schulze

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: abscess, dental disease, loris tardigradus, lorises

2013

Social Tolerance in Wild Female Crested Macaques (Macaca nigra) in Tangkoko-Batuangus Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Authors: Julie Duboscq, JÉRÔMe Micheletta, Muhammad Agil, Keith Hodges, Bernard Thierry, Antje Engelhardt

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: comparative studies, females, macaca nigra, macaques, social behavior, social tolerance

2013

Facilitating Play Through Communication: Significance of Teeth Exposure in the Gorilla Play Face

Authors: B.M. Waller, L. Cherry

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal signals, bared-teeth display, facial expression, laughing, primate communication, smiling

2012

A comparison of the occurrence of common dental abnormalities in stabled and freegrazing horses

Authors: H. V. Masey O’Neill, J. Keen, L. Dumbell

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: dentistry, equine, free-living, stable-kept, teeth, thoroughbred

2010

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