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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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Investigating the Behavior and Personality Structure of the Aldabra Tortoise during Human Interactions and Training Events

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Vanessa Smith, Massimo Faustini, Eleonora Bonacina, Davide Guadagnini, Roberto Robbiati, Alice Cavalleri, James Edward Brereton, Richard Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Aldabrachelys giganea, animal personality, chelonia mydas, geochelone gigantea, human-animal interaction

2022

Investigating the effect of social grouping on the behaviour of captive leopards

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, James Edward Brereton, Francesca Drago, Eleonora Confalonieri, Richard Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, Electivity Index, felid, panthera pardus, sociality

2021

An investigation into the Behavior, Sociality and Enclosure Use of Group-Housed Lions and Tigers

Authors: Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Fabio A Rausa, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle

Publication/Journal: MedDocs

Keywords: affiliative behavior, felid, keeper, panthera leo, panthera tigris, paw treading, social interaction, social network

2021

Comparative Personality Traits Assessment of Three Species of Communally Housed Captive Penguins

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Richard Preziosi, Massimo Faustini, Giulio Curone, Mariangela Albertini, Dawn Nicoll, Lorna Moffat, Romain Pizzi, Silvia Mazzola

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, Eudyptes moseleyi, personality-traits, Pygocelis papua

2019

Feeding Enrichment in a Captive Pack of European Wolves (Canis Lupus Lupus): Assessing the Effects on Welfare and on a Zoo’s Recreational, Educational and Conservational Role

Authors: Giacomo Riggio, Chiara Mariti, Chiara Boncompagni, Simone Corosaniti, Massimiliano Di Giovanni, Asahi Ogi, Angelo Gazzano, Robert Thomas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, education, visitor, wolf behaviour, zoo

2019

Effect of Cage Type on Fecal Corticosterone Concentration in Buck Rabbits During the Reproductive Cycle

Authors: Paolo Cornale, Elisabetta Macchi, Manuela Renna, Liviana Prola, Giovanni Perona, Antonio Mimosi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: caging, fecal corticosterone, rabbits

2016

Maternal exposure to environmental enrichment before and during gestation influences behaviour of rat offspring in a sex-specific manner

Authors: Anna Rita Zuena, Manuela Zinni, Chiara Giuli, Carlo Cinque, Giovanni Sebastiano Alemà, Alessandro Giuliani, Assia Catalani, Paola Casolini, Roberto Cozzolino

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, early programming, maternal behaviour, play behaviour, social hierarchy, spatial learning

2016

Tank size alters mean behaviours and individual rank orders in personality traits of fish depending on their life stage

Authors: Giovanni Polverino, Tommaso Ruberto, Georg Staaks, Thomas Mehner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, context-dependent behaviour, gambusia, ontogeny, personality, repeatability, size scaling, temperament

2016

Stereotypic behaviours in Melopsittacus undulatus: Behavioural consequences of social and spatial limitations

Authors: Giovanni Polverino, Arianna Manciocco, Augusto Vitale, Enrico Alleva

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, environmental enrichments, melopsittacus undulatus, parrot, psycho-physical stress, stereotypy

2015

Effect of Breed, Cage Type, and Reproductive Phase on Fecal Corticosterone Levels in Doe Rabbits

Authors: Liviana Prola, Paolo Cornale, Manuela Renna, Elisabetta Macchi, Giovanni Perona, Antonio Mimosi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fecal corticosterone, rabbits

2013

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