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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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Effects of Transport Conditions on Behavioural and Physiological Responses of Horses

Authors: Barbara Padalino, Sharanne L Raidal

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, equine, position, space, stomach ulcers, travelling, welfare

2020


Activity budget and social interactions in semi-captive gray woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha cana) living in an ex situ conservation area in Central Amazonia

Authors: Bárbara Cartagena-Matos, Thierry Gasnier, Mariana Cravo-Mota, Bruna Martins Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atelidae, behavior, neotropics, semi-captivity

2017


Investigations Into Equine Transport-Related Problem Behaviors: Survey Results

Authors: B. Padalino, C. Henshall, S. L. Raidal, P. Knight, P. Celi, L. Jeffcott, G. Muscatello

Publication/Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Keywords: australia, behavioral problems, equitation, horse, horses, injury, reinforcement, risk-factors, science, slaughter, stress, training, transportation, veterinary sciences, welfare

2017


Vocal activities reflect the temporal distribution of bottlenose dolphin social and non-social activity in a zoological park

Authors: Alice Lima, Alban Lemasson, Martin Boye, Martine Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, dolphin, meal times, social activities, time-budget, vocal activity

2017


A tool for the evaluation of slaughter horse welfare during unloading

Authors: S. Messori, E. K. Visser, M. Buonanno, P. Ferrari, S. Barnard, M. Borciani, N. Ferri

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, long journey, slaughter horse, transport, welfare assessment, welfare indicators

2016


Behavioural responses of Argentine coastal dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) to a biopsy pole system

Authors: R. Loizaga de Castro, A. R. Hoelzel, E. A. Crespo

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, argentina, behavioural response, biopsy pole system, dusky dolphins, lagenorhynchus obscurus

2013


Ecology rather than psychology explains co-occurrence of predation and border patrols in male chimpanzees

Authors: Ian C. Gilby, Michael L. Wilson, Anne E. Pusey

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural syndrome, chimpanzee, collective action, cooperation, hunting, impact males, lethal aggression, pan troglodytes, territoriality

2013


Grooming increases self-directed behaviour in wild Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus

Authors: Sandra Molesti, Bonaventura Majolo

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, anxiety, barbary macaque, emotion, grooming, macaca sylvanus, self-directed behaviour, self-grooming, self-scratching

2013


Activity and enrichment use in disabled Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) rescued from bile farms

Authors: J. A. Dallaire, N. Field, G. J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, asiatic black bear, blindness, environmental enrichment, limb aputation, physical disability

2012


Graded leadership by dominant animals in a herd of female beef cattle on pasture

Authors: Radka Sárová, Marek Spinka, José L. Arias Panamá, Petr Simecek

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bos taurus, cattle, dominance, foraging, gps, group movement, leadership

2010


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