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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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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

Rooting area and drinker affect dunging behaviour of organic pigs

Authors: Herman Maarten Vermeer, Henk Altena, Pieter Franciscus Gerardus Vereijken, Marc Bernardus Maria Bracke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, drinking, dunging, organic, pigs, rooting

2015

Effect of hiding places, straw and territory on aggression in group-housed rabbit does

Authors: Jorine M. Rommers, Berry J. F. Reuvekamp, Henk Gunnink, Ingrid C. de Jong

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, agonistic behaviour, group housing, rabbit

2014

Contrasting context dependence of familiarity and kinship in animal social networks

Authors: Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers, Vena M. A. P. Adamczyk, Robert H. S. Kraus, Joseph I. Hoffman, Sipke E. van Wieren, Henk P. van der Jeugd, William Amos, Herbert H. T. Prins, Rudy M. Jonker

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: barnacle goose, branta leucopsis, food sharing, inbreeding avoidance, kin recognition, kinship, sexual selection

2013

Effect of diet on the incidence of and mortality owing to gastritis and renal disease in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa

Authors: E. P. Lane, S. Miller, R. Lobetti, P. Caldwell, H. J. Bertschinger, R. Burroughs, A. Kotze, A. van Dyk

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acinonyx, cheetah, gastritis, nutrition, polyunsaturated fatty acid

2012

Non-invasive monitoring of glucocorticoid metabolites in brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) feces

Authors: A. Hulsman, F. Dalerum, A. Ganswindt, S. Muenscher, H. J. Bertschinger, M. Paris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acth challenge test, degradation rate, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, git times, hyaena brunnea

2011

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