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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords&fwp_search=G.%20J.%20Thapa

Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion

Authors: C. R. Mullins, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, K. A. George, R. Anthony, A. K. Johnson, G. J. Coleman, J. L. Rault, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, decision-making, education, euthanasia, swine, timeliness

2017


The Days and Nights of Zoo Elephants: Using Epidemiology to Better Understand Stereotypic Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in North American Zoos

Authors: B. J. Greco, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, K. A. Leighty, J. Mellen, G. J. Mason, J. A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: elephants, stereotypy, zoo

2016


Investigating the welfare, management and human-animal interactions of cattle in four Indonesian abattoirs

Authors: R. E. Doyle, G. J. Coleman, D. M. McGill, M. Reed, W. Ramdani, P. H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, handling, human-animal interactions, live export, slaughter

2016


Sustainable animal welfare: does forcing farmers into transition help?

Authors: S. A. Osinga, M. R. Kramer, G. J. Hofstede

Publication/Journal: Ai & Society

Keywords: agent-based model, animal welfare, artificial intelligence, attitudes, behavior, computer science, context, farmers, information, market, market requirements, policy, systems, transition

2015


A comparison of handling methods relevant to the religious slaughter of sheep

Authors: L. S. W. Bates, E. A. Ford, S. N. Brown, G. J. Richards, P. J. Hadley, S. B. Wotton, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, non-stun religious slaughter, pre-slaughter handling, sheep, v-shaped restrainer

2014


Activity and enrichment use in disabled Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) rescued from bile farms

Authors: J. A. Dallaire, N. Field, G. J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, asiatic black bear, blindness, environmental enrichment, limb aputation, physical disability

2012


Conservation and Climate Change: Assessing the Vulnerability of Snow Leopard Habitat to Treeline Shift in the Himalaya

Authors: J. L. Forrest, E. Wikramanayake, R. Shrestha, G. Areendran, K. Gyeltshen, A. Maheshwari, S. Mazumdar, R. Naidoo, G. J. Thapa, K. Thapa

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: climate adaptation, climate change, conservation planning, endangered species, himalaya, snow leopard

2012


Human-animal relationships at sheep and cattle abattoirs

Authors: G. J. Coleman, M. Rice, P. H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, cattle handling, sheep, slaughter, stockperson

2012


Impact of rapid treatment of sheep lame with footrot on welfare and economics and farmer attitudes to lameness in sheep

Authors: L. E. Green, J. Kaler, G. J. Wassink, E. M. King, R. Grogono Thomas

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dichelobacter nodosus, footrot, lameness, sheep, treatment control

2012


Demographic correlates of bite wounding in Eurasian badgers, Meles meles L., in stable and perturbed populations

Authors: R. J. Delahay, N. J. Walker, G. J. Forrester, B. Harmsen, P. Riordan, D. W. Macdonald, C. Newman, C. L. Cheeseman

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, badgers, bite wounds, territory

2006


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