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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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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: The Common Swine Industry Audit: Future steps to assure positive on-farm animal welfare utilizing validated, repeatable and feasible animal-based measures

Authors: M. Pairis-Garcia, S. J. Moeller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: agriculture, audit, dairy & animal science, euthanasia, finishing pigs, sows, swine, system, united-states, welfare

2017

Compassionate Conservation for Yellowstone’s Wolves

Authors: T. Povilitis

Publication/Journal: Natural Areas Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, breeder loss, compassionate conservation, ecology, forestry, management, protection, social-structure, united-states, wildlife, wolf management, wolves, yellowstone

2016

Improved Nonhuman Animal Welfare Is Related More to Income Equality Than It Is to Income

Authors: Michael C. Morris

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, europe, inequality, Kuznets curve, new zealand, united-states

2013

Behavioral and Hormonal Consequences of Transporting Giant Pandas From China to the United States

Authors: R. J. Snyder, B. M. Perdue, D. M. Powell, D. L. Forthman, M. A. Bloomsmith, T. L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal, animal welfare, animals, behavior, behaviour, china, female, hydrocortisone/urine, male, physiological/physiology, stress, transportation, united-states, ursidae, wild, zoo

2012

Characteristics of Relinquishing and Adoptive Owners of Horses Associated With U.S. Nonprofit Equine Rescue Organizations

Authors: K. E. Holcomb, C. L. Stull, P. H. Kass

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: adolescent, adult, animal husbandry, animals, bonding, female, horses, human-pet, humans, male, middle aged, nonprofit, organizations, ownership, questionnaires, rescue work, united-states, young adult

2012

Bordering on disaster: New homeland security legislation jeopardizes wildlife

Authors: Laura Bies

Publication/Journal: The Wildlife Professional

Keywords: border, fence, homeland security, mexico, united-states, wall, wildlife professional

2007

Evaluating recovery strategies for an ocelot () population in the united states

Authors: A. Haines, M. Tewes, L. Laack, W. Grant, J. Young

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: extinction, ocelot, population viability analysis, recovery, texas, united-states

2005

The animal dealers: evidence of abuse of animals in the commercial trade, 1952-1997

Authors: Jason Black

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal dealers, animal welfare, history, united-states

1998

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