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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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An assessment tool to help producers improve cow comfort on their farms

Authors: E. Vasseur, J. Gibbons, J. Rushen, D. Pellerin, E. Pajor, D. Lefebvre, A. M. de Passillé

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: assessment tool, dairy cow comfort, freestall, tiestall

2015

Problem-solving performance is correlated with reproductive success in a wild bird population

Authors: Laure Cauchard, Neeltje J. Boogert, Louis Lefebvre, Frédérique Dubois, Blandine Doligez

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, fitness component, great tit, individual variability, innovation, parus major, problem solving, reproductive success, string-pulling task

2013

Innovative Foraging Behaviour in Birds: What Characterizes an Innovator?

Authors: S. E. Overington, L. Cauchard, K. A. Côté, L. Lefebvre

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: carib grackle, cognition, exploration, individual differences, innovation, neophobia, problem solving, quiscalus lugubris

2011

A survey of dairy calf management practices in Canada that affect animal welfare

Authors: E. Vasseur, F. Borderas, R. I. Cue, D. Lefebvre, D. Pellerin, J. Rushen, K. M. Wade, A. M. de Passillé

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: calf, management, risk factor, welfare

2010

Brain Size Predicts the Success of Mammal Species Introduced into Novel Environments

Authors: Daniel Sol, Sven Bacher, Simon M Reader, Louis Lefebvre

Publication/Journal: The American Naturalist

Keywords: behavioral flexibility, behavioural flexibility, brain evolution, ecological generalism, invasion biology, propagule pressure

2008

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