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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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Managing Feral Cats on a University’s Campuses: How Many Are There and Is Sterilization Having an Effect?

Authors: A. L. Jones, C. T. Downs

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animals, cats/surgery, demography, population control/methods, population density, questionnaires, reproductive/statistics & numerical data, reproductive/veterinary, south africa, sterilization, universities and colleges government policy united states, wild/surgery

2011


Annual intake trends of a large urban animal rehabilitation centre in South Africa: a case study

Authors: K. Wimberger, C. T. Downs

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, intake records, rehabilitation, south africa, trends, urban area

2010


A survey of wildlife rehabilitation in South Africa: is there a need for improved management?

Authors: K. Wimberger, C. T. Downs, R. S. Boyes

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, government, minimum standards, south africa, wildlife rehabilitation

2010


A behavioural study of sleep patterns in the malachite sunbird, Cape white-eye and fan-tailed widowbird

Authors: A. Wellmann, C. Downs

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cape white-eye, euplectes axillaris, eye closure, fan-tailed widowbird, malachite sunbird, nectarinia famosa, sleep behavior, sleep behaviour, sleep position, unihemispheric sleep, zosterops virens

2009


Thermal biology of African lovebirds and Australian grass parakeets

Authors: S. Burton, M. Perrin, C. Downs

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: comparative method, metabolic rate, parrot, thermal biology

2008


Parentage verification of a mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) using polymorphic microsatellite markers

Authors: Matthew Breen, Zlata Irvin, Peter Downs, Ian Gill, Peter Bircher, Niki Hart, Kevin Bell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive management, DNA, identification, pcr, polymorphism

1995


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