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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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Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments

Authors: D. W. Laméris, M. Salas, M. Eens, L. Gillespie, N. Staes, J. R. Torfs, J. Verspeek, H. Vervaecke, S. J. Ward, J. M. Stevens

Publication/Journal: Anim Welf

Keywords: animal welfare, emotion, Fixed List, free choice profiling, primate, qba

2024

24/7 behaviour and welfare of giraffes

Authors: Anke Vaesen, Sarah Depauw, Marina Salas, Hilde Vervaecke, Jeroen Stevens

Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium, Date: 2021/07/13-2021/07/14, Location: Online

Keywords: behavior, giraffes, nocturnal behavior, rumination, welfare

2021

Monitoring the welfare of giraffes in two Belgian zoos

Authors: Caroline Heylen, Sarah Depauw, Marina Salas, Hilde Vervaecke, Jeroen Stevens

Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium

Keywords: giraffes, interspecific aggression, oral stereotypies, positive welfare indicators, welfare

2021

The effect of cage size on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G Borgmans, R Palme, A Sannen, H Vervaecke, R Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cage size, captivity, green anole, reptiles, stress

2019

The effect of environmental provisioning on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G. Borgmans, R. Palme, A. Sannen, H. Vervaecke, R. Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, environmental provisioning, green anole, reptiles, stress

2018

The influence of zoo visitor numbers on the behaviour of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)

Authors: Jeroen Stevens, Anya Thyssen, Hans Laevens, Hilde Vervaecke

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, harbor seal, zoo visitor effect

2013

Sex Differences in the Steepness of Dominance Hierarchies in Captive Bonobo Groups

Authors: Jeroen M. G. Stevens, Hilde Vervaecke, Han Vries, Linda Elsacker

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: despotism . dominance . egalitarianism . pan paniscus

2007

Measuring and testing the steepness of dominance hierarchies

Authors: H. Devries, J. Stevens, H. Vervaecke

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dominance hierarchy linearity, social dominance, steepness

2006

The influence of the steepness of dominance hierarchies on reciprocity and interchange in captive groups of bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Stevens, Jeroen M.G.; Vervaecke, Hilde; de Vries, Han; Van Elsacker, Linda

Publication/Journal: Behaviour

Keywords: dominance, grooming, interchange, pan paniscus, reciprocity, support, tolerance

2005

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