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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=turtles

Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation

Authors: M. Willette, N. Rosenhagen, G. Buhl, C. Innis, J. Boehm

Publication/Journal: Animals (Basel)

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, clinical wildlife medicine, marine mammals, sea turtles, urban wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation

2023

Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation

Authors: Michelle Willette, Nicki Rosenhagen, Gail Buhl, Charles Innis, Jeff Boehm

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, clinical wildlife medicine, marine mammals, sea turtles, urban wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation

2023

Behavioral Assessment of Six Reptile Species during a Temporary Zoo Closure and Reopening

Authors: Jennifer Hamilton, Kylen N. Gartland, Megan Jones, Grace Fuller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: COVID-19, reptile welfare, visitor effects, zoo animal behavior

2022

Rehabilitation of Marine Turtles and Welfare Improvement by Application of Environmental Enrichment Strategies

Authors: Cesar Marcial Escobedo-Bonilla, Noelia Maria Quiros-Rojas, Esteban Rudín-Salazar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: conservation, environmental enrichment, rehabilitation, rescue, sea turtles, welfare

2022

Can colored object enrichment reduce the escape behavior of captive freshwater turtles?

Authors: Callum C Bannister, Angus JC Thomson, Mirela Cuculescu‐Santana

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral types, olfactory cues, Pseudemys sp., Trachemys scripta ssp.

2021

Enrichment devices for green turtles (Chelonia mydas) reared in captivity programs

Authors: Hirun Kanghae, Karun Thongprajukaew, Surasak Inphrom, Saowalak Malawa, Patchawadee Sandos, Piyanan Sotong, Kullanat Boonsuk

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: enrichment device, environmental enrichment, green turtles, wounding

2021

Interest in coloured objects and behavioural budgets of individual captive freshwater turtles

Authors: Angus James Campbell Thomson, Callum Craig Bannister, Reece Taylor Marshall, Natasha McNeil, Donna Maria Mear, Susie Lovick-Earle, Mirela Cuculescu-Santana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, escape behaviour, novelty stress

2021

Personality in Zoo-Hatched Blanding’s Turtles Affects Behavior and Survival After Reintroduction Into the Wild

Authors: Stephanie Allard, Grace Fuller, Lauri Torgerson-White, Melissa A. Starking, Teresa Yoder-Nowak

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, Blanding's turtle, conservation, personality, reintroduction, zoo

2019

Environmental enrichment facilitates release and survival of an injured loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) after ten years in captivity

Authors: Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Vicente Marco-Cabedo, Xavier Manteca, Gemma Palencia Membrive, Josep Sanjosé, Oriol Fuentes, Elsa Jiménez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: caretta caretta, environmental enrichment, fore flipper loss, loggerhead sea turtle, release to wild

2017

Investigating the impact of media on demand for wildlife: A case study of Harry Potter and the UK trade in owls

Authors: Diane A. Megias, Sean C. Anderson, Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: human behavior, media, wildlife trade

2017

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