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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 Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony

Authors: A. N. Edes, E. Baskir, K. L. Bauman, N. Chandrasekharan, M. Macek, A. Tieber

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavior, decibel, visitor effects, welfare, zoo

2021

Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Barbara A Wolfe, Janine L Brown, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights

Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates

2020

Validation of scan sampling techniques for behavioural observations of pastured lambs

Authors: A. N. Pullin, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, M. R. Campler, K. L. Proudfoot

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, pasture, scan sampling, sheep, validation

2017

Rearing history and allostatic load in adult western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in human care

Authors: Ashley N. Edes, Barbara A. Wolfe, Douglas E. Crews

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: allostasis, apes, captivity, stress

2016

Interactions between zoo-housed great apes and local wildlife

Authors: S. R. Ross, A. N. Holmes, E. V. Lonsdorf

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, meat eating, orangutans, zoos

2009

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