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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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Social games that belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) play

Authors: Heather M. Manitzas Hill, Nicole Ortiz, Katie Kolodziej, Jackson R. Ham

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Play

Keywords: beluga, cooperation, object play, social play, white whale

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

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

Diagnosis of hypothermia in the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, using infrared thermography

Authors: Kathryn E South, Kelly Haynes, Angus C Jackson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, hypothermia, infrared thermography, non-invasive technology, rehabilitation

2020

The effect of trough space and floor space on feeding and welfare of lambs in an intensive finishing system

Authors: Ellen C. Jongman, Maxine Rice, Angus J. D. Campbell, Kym L. Butler, Paul H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feeder space, feeding behaviour, feedlot, floor space, growth, lambs

2017

Human-wildlife interactions: the importance and benefits of effective training

Authors: J. Lane, V. Jackson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, capture, handling, marking, training, wildlife

2013

Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information

Authors: Kevin Healy, Luke McNally, Graeme D. Ruxton, Natalie Cooper, Andrew L. Jackson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: comparative analysis, critical flicker fusion, evolutionary ecology, predator–prey, temporal resolution

2013

A bio-behavioral study of chronic idiopathic colitis in the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: S. Howell, D. White, S. Ingram, R. Jackson, J. Larin, P. Morales, A. P. Garcia, C. Hicks, K. Hopper, J. Wagner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bio-behavior, colitis, cortisol, diarrhea, dominance, social behavior

2012

Effects of natal male alliances on aggression and power dynamics in rhesus macaques

Authors: B. A. Beisner, M. E. Jackson, A. Cameron, B. McCowan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: aggression, coalition, group stability, primates, social network

2011

Does feeding area restriction inhibit social learning of toxic weed ingestion in cattle?

Authors: K. T. Jackson, A. F. Cibils, W. R. Gould, J. D. Graham, C. D. Allison

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: diet selection, social facilitation, social interference, white locoweed

2010

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