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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/?ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords&fwp_search=A.%20Smith

Aquarium Tank Design Is Integral to the Elimination of Mantle Abrasion in the Captive Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa): A Case Study at Macduff Marine Aquarium

Authors: Lauren E Smith, Christopher Rowe, Frazer Mackay, Claire Matthews, Christopher GG Matthews

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: abrasion, aquarium, husbandry, octopus, welfare

2020

Impacts of dietary modifications on the behaviour of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: B Katherine Smith, Melissa J Remis, Ellen S Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, captivity, coprophagy, diet, gorilla

2020

Social Experience of Captive Livingstone’s Fruit Bats (Pteropus livingstonii)

Authors: Morgan J Welch, Tessa Smith, Charlotte Hosie, Dominic Wormell, Eluned Price, Christina R Stanley

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, binomial mixture modelling, captive welfare, dominance, evidence based, Livingstone's fruit bat, network assortment, social network analysis, social roles

2020

What is the evidence for the effectiveness of husbandry and management interventions for the conservation and welfare of captive animals? A systematic map protocol

Authors: Anaëlle Lemasson, Silviu Petrovan, Rebecca Smith, William Sutherland, Andrew Bowkett

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captive, conservation, evidence, protocol, systematic map, systematic review, welfare, zoo

2020

Exploration of potential triggers for self-directed behaviours and regurgitation and reingestion in zoo-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sonja E. Koski, Sarah-Jane Vick, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Katie E. Slocombe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety-related behaviour, chimpanzees, regurgitation and reingestion, scratching, yawning

2019

Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar human visual and olfactory cues

Authors: E. J. Polla, C. C. Grueter, C. L. Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: discrimination, elephant, elephas maximus, heterospecific, olfactory, unimodal, visual

2018

Behaviour of free-range laying hens in distinct outdoor environments

Authors: H. Larsen, G. Cronin, C. L. Smith, P. Hemsworth, J. L. Rault

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, laying hen, natural behaviour, preference, range, shelter

2017

Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality

Authors: Sonja E. Koski, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Hayley Ash, Judith M. Burkart, Thomas Bugnyar, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal breeding, animal personality, interspecies interaction, primates (nonhuman)

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

Is mixed-species living cognitively enriching? Enclosure use and welfare in two captive groups of tufted capuchins (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Authors: S. Daoudi, G. Badihi, H. M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: cognitive challenges, mixed species zoo exhibit, saimiri, sapajus, social enrichment, welfare

2017

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