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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.
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Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)

Authors: Kelly Bruno, Cassidy Hubbard, Emily Lynch

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo

2023

Brown Bear Cognition and Welfare

Authors: Helen R Chambers, Sean J O’Hara

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases

Keywords: animal welfare, bears, cognition, cognitive stimulation, ursids

2023

Seasonal and Daily Activity of Two Zoo-Housed Grizzly Bears (Ursus Arctos Horribilis)

Authors: Eduardo J Fernandez, Ellen Yoakum, Nathan Andrews

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, circadian, circannual, grizzlies, stereotypies, ursids, zoos

2020

Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore species

Authors: M. Diez-Leon, L. Kitchenham, R. Duprey, C. D. C. Bailey, E. Choleris, M. Lewis, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: basal ganglia, Dorsal striatum, environmental enrichment, Index Medicus, mink, stereotypic behaviour, Ventral striatum

2019

Implementing unpredictability in feeding enrichment for Malayan sun bears (Helarctos malayanus)

Authors: Marion Schneider, Gunther Nogge, Lydia Kolter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: appetitive behavior, environmental enrichment, husbandry, optimal foraging theory, ursids

2014

The Influence of Visitors on Behaviour and on the Use of Space in Two Species of Ursids: a Management Question?

Authors: Ana Soriano, Dolors Vinyoles, Carmen Mate

Publication/Journal: International Zoo News

Keywords: management, space usage, ursids, visitior

2013

Split Parturition Observed in a Captive North American Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

Authors: J. V. Ware, O. L. Nelson, C. T. Robbins, H. T. Jansen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: brown bears, hibernation, pregnancy, ursid

2012

Carnivorous mammals: nutrient digestibility and energy evaluation

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Helen Kleffner, Ellen Kienzle

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: canid, digestion, felid, hyenid, mustelid, nutrition, pinniped, ursid

2010

Strategy for enriching the environment of captive Ursids

Authors: Brij Kishor Gupta, Sant Prakash, A. K. Sinha

Publication/Journal: Current Science

Keywords: animal welfare, bears, captive animals, environmental enrichment

2007

Issues of choice and control in the behaviour of a pair of captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Authors: Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: abnormal behavior, abnormal behaviour, bears, pacing, stereotypy, zoo animals

2006

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