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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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Personality dimensions and their behavioral correlates in wild Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Authors: Winnie Eckardt, H. Dieter Steklis, Netzin G. Steklis, Alison W. Fletcher, Tara S. Stoinski, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal ethology, gorillas, personality-traits, theory of evolution

2015


Personality and subjective well-being in captive male western lowland gorillas living in bachelor groups

Authors: Sarah A. Schaefer, H. Dieter Steklis

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captive management, conscientiousness, five-factor model, gorilla, personality, well-being

2014


Relationship between rank and plasma testosterone and cortisol in red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Authors: Luděk Bartoš, Dieter Schams, George A. Bubenik, Radim Kotrba, Milan Tománek

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cervus-elaphus, cortisol, dominance, rank, red deer, social-structure, testosterone

2010


Long-term dominance relationships in female mountain gorillas: strength, stability and determinants of rank

Authors: Robbins, M.M., Robbins, A.M., Gerald-Steklis, N., Steklis, H.D.

Publication/Journal: Behavior

Keywords: access to resources, dominance, egalitarian, mountain gorillas., nepotism, philopatric, primates, rank, reproductive success, social animals, social relationships

2005


Dispersed male networks in western gorillas

Authors: Brenda J. Bradley, Diane M. Doran-Sheehy, Dieter Lukas, Christophe Boesch, Linda Vigilant

Publication/Journal: Current Biology

Keywords: gorilla, gorilla beringei beringei), kin selection, mountain gorilla, patrilocal, relatedness

2004


Salivary cortisol assessment for stress detection in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus): A pilot study

Authors: Holger H. Dathe, Bernd Kuckelkorn, Dieter Minnemann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: management, physiology, stress monitoring

1992


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