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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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Overlooked and Under-Studied: A Review of Evidence-Based Enrichment in Varanidae

Authors: Darcy Howard, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive, cognition, play, reptile, welfare

2022

Chopped and dispersed food enhances foraging and reduces stress-related behaviours in captive white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus)

Authors: Sophie Waasdorp, Joe A Tuffnell, Linda Bruins-van Sonsbeek, Chrispijn M Schilp, Yvonne RA van Zeeland, Elisabeth HM Sterck

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: food distribution, food size, positive welfare indicators, primates, self-directed behaviours, zoo welfare

2021

Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration

Authors: Charlotte James, Andrew Nicholls, Marianne Freeman, Kerry Hunt, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot

2021

Welfare of feral cats and potential influencing factors

Authors: Elisabeth Marianne Gilhofer, Ines Windschnurer, Josef Troxler, Veronika Heizmann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, colony cats, environment, health status, human-animal relationship, stray cats

2019

Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups

Authors: Simon P. Turner, Ian M. Nevison, Suzanne Desire, Irene Camerlink, Rainer Roehe, Sarah H. Ison, Marianne Farish, Mhairi C. Jack, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social

2017

Behavioural testing based breeding policy reduces the prevalence of fear and aggression related behaviour in Rottweilers

Authors: Joanne A. M. van der Borg, Elisabeth A. M. Graat, Bonne Beerda

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, behavioural testing, c-barq, dog, fear, prevalence

2017

Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment

Authors: Tom S Roth, Thomas R Bionda, Elisabeth H M Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body postures, enclosure design, great apes, movement patterns, positional behaviour, zoo welfare

2017

Development of personality tests to use in the field, stable over time and across situations, and linked to horses’ show jumping performance

Authors: Léa Lansade, Pascaline Philippon, Lucile Hervé, Marianne Vidament

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, fearfulness, reactivity, rideability, tactile sensitivity, temperament

2016

The effect of a diet change on regurgitation and reingestion in captive chimpanzees

Authors: Iris Mulder, Raymond van der Meer, Han de Vries, Elisabeth HM Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, diet change, regurgitation and reingestion

2016

Does the presence of shoulder ulcers affect the behaviour of sows?

Authors: Thea Larsen, Marianne Kaiser, Mette S. Herskin

Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science

Keywords: behaviour, pain, shoulder ulcer, sow, welfare

2015

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