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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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Tortoise Husbandry and Welfare

Authors: Jane Williams

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: dietary requirements, habitat design, husbandry, tortoise, welfare

2024

Behavioural Impact of Captive Management Changes in Three Species of Testudinidae

Authors: Jessica T. Turner, Alexandra L. Whittaker, David McLelland

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, diversity index, enrichment, ethogram, reptile, tortoise, welfare

2022

Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species

Authors: Alyssa M Hartzheim, Jennifer L Terry, Emily K Field, Natalie T Haydt, Sinlan Poo, Lorin A Neuman‐Lee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology

Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise

2022

Investigating the Behavior and Personality Structure of the Aldabra Tortoise during Human Interactions and Training Events

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Vanessa Smith, Massimo Faustini, Eleonora Bonacina, Davide Guadagnini, Roberto Robbiati, Alice Cavalleri, James Edward Brereton, Richard Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Aldabrachelys giganea, animal personality, chelonia mydas, geochelone gigantea, human-animal interaction

2022

THERMAL BIOLOGY OF ZOO-HOUSED CHELONOIDIS CHILENSIS: DETERMINING THE ACTIVITY PATTERN AND ESTIMATING SELECTED AND CRITICAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

Authors: Candela Buteler, M Carla Labaque, Gerardo C Leynaud

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Keywords:

2022

Rethinking Captive Heating: Effect of Infrared Radiation on the Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

Authors: Nichola J Willis, Andrew Quayle, James E Brereton

Publication/Journal: Captive and Field Herpetology

Keywords: astrochelys radiata, heating, husbandry, IR-A, IR-B

2021

Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test

Authors: Mark James Learmonth, Sally Sherwen, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals

2020

Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse

Authors: Adam Hartstone-Rose, Edwin Dickinson, Lisa M Paciulli, Ashley R Deutsch, Leon Tran, Grace Jones, Kaitlyn C Leonard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: anxiety, captive, light, weather, zoo

2020

Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience

Authors: Helen Lambert, Gemma Carder, Neil D'Cruze

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, emotion, exotic pet trade, lizard, reptile, sentience, snake, tortoise, turtle

2019

Nutrition and husbandry conditions of Palearctic tortoises (Testudo spp.) in captivity

Authors: Thomas Bauer, Sven Reese, Petra Koelle

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: chelonian, diet, European tortoises, keeping, pyramidal growth syndrome

2019

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