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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.
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Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Mark Nigel Geoffrey Myhill, James Ali Shora

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index

2021


Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Mark Nigel Geoffrey Myhill, James Ali Shora

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index

2021


Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros

Authors: María C Fàbregas, Geoffrey T Fosgate, André Ganswindt, Henk Bertschinger, Markus Hofmeyr, Leith CR Meyer

Publication/Journal: acta ethologica

Keywords: conservation, rehabilitation, white rhinoceros

2020


Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species

Authors: Amanda J. Caldwell, Geoffrey M. While, Erik Wapstra

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: highland specialist, montane species, phenotypic plasticity, reptile, thermoregulation

2017


Spontaneous discrimination of urine odours in wild African lions, Panthera leo

Authors: Geoffrey D. Gilfillan, Jessica D. T. Vitale, J. Weldon McNutt, Karen McComb

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: felids, group discrimination, mammals, olfactory communication, scent marking, scent presentation, sex discrimination

2017


Radial-arm-maze behavior of the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)

Authors: Julia Mueller-Paul, Anna Wilkinson, Geoffrey Hall, Ludwig Huber

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cognitive map, radial-arm maze, response stereotypy, spatial cognition, tortoises

2012


Zoo animals: behaviour, management, and welfare

Authors: Geoffrey R. Hosey, Vicky Melfi, Sheila Pankhurst

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, management, zoo, zoo animals

2009


Spatial learning and memory in the tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)

Authors: Anna Wilkinson, Hui-Minn Chan, Geoffrey Hall

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: geochelone carbonaria, radial maze, spatial learning, tortoise

2007


Amount of prenatal visual stimulation alters incubation time and postnatal preferences in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)

Authors: Merry J. Sleigh, Geoffrey F. Birchard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: embryos, eublepharis macularius, gecko, hatching, prenatal visual stimulation

2001


Behavior of the mayotte lemur, Lemur fulvus mayottensis, in captivity

Authors: Geoffrey R. Hosey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity, audiences, interactions

1989


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