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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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Primate cognition in zoos: Reviewing the impact of zoo‐based research over 15 years

Authors: Emma S McEwen, Elizabeth Warren, Sadie Tenpas, Benjamin Jones, Kresimir Durdevic, Emilie Rapport Munro, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cognition, primate, zoo

2022

Preliminary study on current perceptions and usage of training equipment by horse enthusiasts in Canada

Authors: Katrina Merkies, Lindsay Nakonechny, Cordelie DuBois, Emilie Derisoud

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: equine industry survey, learning theory, spur use, training equipment, whip use

2018

Social play as joint action: A framework to study the evolution of shared intentionality as an interactional achievement

Authors: Raphaela Heesen, Emilie Genty, Federico Rossano, Klaus Zuberbühler, Adrian Bangerter

Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior

Keywords: communication, cooperation, joint action, shared intentionality, social play

2017

Assessing walking posture with geometric morphometrics: Effects of rearing environment in pigs

Authors: Céline Tallet, Emilie Sénèque, Claire Mégnin, Stéphane Morisset, David Val-Laillet, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Carole Fureix, Martine Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: methodology, pig, posture analysis, rearing condition, welfare

2016

Mate call as reward: Acoustic communication signals can acquire positive reinforcing values during adulthood in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Authors: Alexandra M. Hernandez, Emilie C. Perez, Hervé Mulard, Nicolas Mathevon, Clémentine Vignal

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal mate selection, *animal mating behavior, *animal vocalizations, *bird song, *female animals, birds, operant conditioning, reinforcement

2016

Experience-facilitated improvements in pup retrieval; evidence for an epigenetic effect

Authors: Danielle S. Stolzenberg, Jacqueline S. Stevens, Emilie F. Rissman

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: cbp, epigenetics, hdac inhibition, maternal experience, oxytocin, sodium butyrate

2012

Transfer of self-control in black (Eulemur macaco) and brown (Eulemur fulvus) lemurs: Choice of a less preferred food item under a reverse-reward contingency

Authors: Emilie Genty, Jean-Jacques Roeder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: food quality, lemurs, reverse reward, self-control., trade-off

2007

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