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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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Multivariate Analyses of the Activity Pattern and Behavior of the Lesser Anteater on Open and Closed Days at Córdoba Zoo, Argentina

Authors: Florencia Chiapero, Héctor Ricardo Ferrari, María Valentina Prieto, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enclosure use, human-animal interaction, Tamandua tetradactyla, time-activity budget, visitor effect

2020

Shedding light into the dark: age and light shape nocturnal activity and sleep behaviour of giraffe

Authors: Anna Lena Burger, Johannes Hartig, Paul W Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: giraffe, linear mixed models, nocturnal activity budget, rest-activity cycle

2020

Social proximities of developing gorilla males (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in European zoos: the consequences of castration and social composition

Authors: Benoit Létang, Baptiste Mulot, Vanessa Alerte, Thomas Bionda, Lisa Britton, Tjerk ter Meulen, János Szánthó, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Cédric Sueur

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bachelor, castration, gorillas, maturation, social network analysis, welfare

2020

Activity budget and spatial distribution of Bennett’s wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) in open versus closed exhibit designs

Authors: Julie Beaudin-Judd, Robert B. Weladji, Louis Lazure, Patrick Pare

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, exhibit design, visitor effects

2019

Are “visitor effects” overestimated? Behaviour in captive lemurs is mainly driven by co-variation with time and weather

Authors: Anne E. Goodenough, Katie McDonald, Kayleigh Moody, Clare Wheeler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, captivity, lemur catta, time of day, zoo animals

2019

Behavioral and physiological measures in dairy goats with and without small ruminant lentivirus infection

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Daria Reczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Katarzyna Barłowska, Emilia Bagnicka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dairy goat, health, heart rate, SRLV, welfare

2019

Complexities of Using Wild versus Captive Activity Budget Comparisons for Assessing Captive Primate Welfare

Authors: Christian P. Howell, Susan M. Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animals, behavior, primates, well-being, zoos

2019

Evaluating the behaviour of Andean Flamingos Phoenicoparrus andinus and James’s Flamingos P. jamesi in captivity: comparing species and flocks using multiple methods

Authors: Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Wildfowl

Keywords: aggression, american flamingos, enclosure use, management, social networks, social-structure, time-activity budget

2019

Stall architecture influences horses’ behaviour and the prevalence and type of stereotypies

Authors: Clémence Lesimple, Emmanuel Gautier, Haïfa Benhajali, Céline Rochais, Christophe Lunel, Samia Bensaïd, Adala Khalloufi, Séverine Henry, Martine Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: horse, housing, stereotypic/abnormal repetitive behaviours, time-budget, welfare

2019

Assessment of environmental enrichment for different primate species under low budget: A case study

Authors: R. Costa, C. Sousa, M. Llorente

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior opportunity, case study, environmental enrichment, low budget, primate welfare

2018

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