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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=tolerance

Visitor impacts on social dynamics and space use in captive Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in a naturalistic zoo exhibit: A new methodological approach

Authors: Hugo Leroy, Calogero Montedoro, Jean-Pascal Guery, Thierry Hance

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: human-animal interactions, Naturalistic zoo exhibit, Ripley’s function, visitor effect, western lowland gorilla, zoo animal welfare

2024

A comprehensive investigation of negative visitor behaviour in the zoo setting and captive animals’ behavioural response

Authors: Courtney Collins, Sean McKeown, Ruth O’Riordan

Publication/Journal: Heliyon

Keywords: animal behaviour, Circuit-study, Negative behaviour, visitors, zoo

2023

Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs

Authors: Aimee Holland, Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Anita Hashmi, Jerome Catinaud, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affiliative, felidae, Panthera tigris jacksoni, sociality, solitary, tiger, tolerance, welfare

2023

Stress hormone level and the welfare of captive European bison (Bison bonasus): the effects of visitor pressure and the social structure of herds

Authors: Daniel Klich, Rafał Łopucki, Marta Gałązka, Agnieszka Ścibior, Dorota Gołębiowska, Rita Brzezińska, Bartosz Kruszewski, Tadeusz Kaleta, Wanda Olech

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Keywords: aggression, cortisol, enclosure, feces, parasitological infestation, wisent, zoo

2021

Assessment of welfare and brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome signs in young, breeding age French Bulldogs and Pugs, using owner questionnaire, physical examination and walk tests

Authors: M. Aromaa, L. Lilja-Maula, M. M. Rajamäki

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, dog, french bulldog, pug, walk test

2019

Short- and long-term changes in the intensity of responses of pinnipeds to tourist approaches in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay

Authors: Carme Tuneu Corral, Diana Szteren, Marcelo H. Cassini

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural responses, human-animal interactions, tourism

2018

Abandonment of Dogs and Cats: Public Opinions as Population Management Indicators

Authors: Oswaldo Santos Baquero, Evelyn Nestori Chiozzotto, Rita de Cassia Maria Garcia, Marcos Amaku, Fernando Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: abandonment, behavior, dog, population management

2017

How to measure dairy cows’ responsiveness towards humans in breeding and welfare assessment? A comparison of selected behavioural measures and existing breeding traits

Authors: Asja Ebinghaus, Silvia Ivemeyer, Vanessa Lauks, Laura Santos, Kerstin Brügemann, Sven König, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: breeding traits, dairy cattle, human-animal relationship, reliability, validity

2017

Social bonds with males lower the costs of competition for wild female Assamese macaques

Authors: Christine B. Haunhorst, Marlies Heesen, Julia Ostner, Oliver Schülke

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agonistic support, competition, feeding tolerance, female benefits, male–female relationships, social bonds

2017

Do friends help each other? Patterns of female coalition formation in wild bonobos at Wamba

Authors: Nahoko Tokuyama, Takeshi Furuichi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agonistic interaction, bonobo, cooperative behaviour, female coalition, mutualism, pan paniscus, social bond

2016

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