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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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The effect of pack separation on social relationships and behaviour in captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Authors: Dian G.M. Zijlmans, Marie José H.M. Duchateau

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: african wild dog, behaviour, captive management, social relationships, welfare

2019


A Brief Glimpse at the Long Evolutionary History of Play

Authors: Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animals, evolution, play, play definition, play functions, play origins, surplus resource theory

2014


Prey availability influences the ontogeny and timing of chemoreception-based prey shifting in the striped crayfish snake, Regina alleni

Authors: R. Mark Waters, Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chemoreception, crayfish snake, ontogeny, prey availability

2013


Great tits in urban noise benefit from high frequencies in song detection and discrimination

Authors: N.U. Pohl, E. Leadbeater, H. Slabbekoorn, G.M. Klump, U. Langemann

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: acoustic communication, anthropogenic noise, birdsong, environmental noise, frequency shift, great tit, parus major, pitch, song detection, song discrimination

2012


Long-Term Retention of Visual Tasks by Two Species of Emydid Turtles, Pseudemys nelsoni and Trachemys scripta

Authors: K.M. Davis, G.M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, learning, long-term retention, reptiles, turtles

2012


Perspectives – Minimizing Observer Bias in Behavioral Studies: A Review and Recommendations

Authors: G.M. Burghardt, J.N. Bartmess-LeVasseur, S.A. Browning, K.E. Morrison, C.L. Stec, C.E. Zachau, T.M. Freeberg

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: behavioral studies, behavioural studies, observer bias, perspectives

2012


The Use of a Running Wheel to Measure Activity in Rodents: Relationship to Energy Balance, General Activity, and Reward

Authors: C.M. Novak, P.R. Burghardt, J.A. Levine

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: brain, energy balance, reward, running wheel, wheel-running activity

2012


Stimulus control of lingual predatory luring and related foraging tactics of mangrove saltmarsh snakes (nerodia clarkii compressicauda)

Authors: Kerry A. Hansknecht, Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chemoreception, multimodal enhancement, plasticity, sensory complementation, vision

2010


Rapid solving of a problem apparatus by juvenile black-throated monitor lizards (Varanus albigularis albigularis)

Authors: Jennifer D. Manrod, Ruston Hartdegen, Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: enrichment, learning, lizard, problem solving, varanus

2007


Training and long-term memory of a novel food acquisition task in a turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)

Authors: Davis, KM. Burghardt, GM.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: discrimination task, foodacquisition, long-termmemory, pseudemys nelsoni, turtles

2007


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