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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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Friend or foe: reconciliation between males and females in wild chacma baboons

Authors: Christine E. Webb, Alice Baniel, Guy Cowlishaw, Elise Huchard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, chacma baboon, male–female association, postconflict affiliation, reconciliation

2019


Daytime summer access to pasture vs. free-stall barn in dairy cows with year-long outdoor experience: A case study

Authors: Elise Shepley, Reneé Bergeron, Elsa Vasseur

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cows, experienced grazer, pasture, year-long outdoor access

2017


Juvenile pigs use simple geometric 2D shapes but not portrait photographs of conspecifics as visual discriminative stimuli

Authors: Elise T. Gieling, Maartje A. Musschenga, Rebecca E. Nordquist, F. Josef van der Staay

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2d portrait photographs, discrimination task, facial recognition, low birth weight, pigs, visual-discrimination learning

2012


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