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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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Applying welfare science to bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: I. L. K. Clegg, C. E. Van Elk, F. Delfour

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, animal-based measures, bottlenose dolphins, cetaceans, welfare assessment

2017


Bottlenose dolphins engaging in more social affiliative behaviour judge ambiguous cues more optimistically

Authors: I. L. K. Clegg, H. G. Rodel, F. Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affiliative behavior, animal emotion, animal welfare, anticipatory, behavior, behavioral sciences, bias, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive, judgment bias, mood, neurosciences, optimism, social behavior, state, stress, synchronous swimming, tursiops-truncatus, welfare

2017


C-Well: The development of a welfare assessment index for captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: I. L. K. Clegg, J. L. Borger-Turner, H. C. Eskelinen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based measures, assessment, bottlenose dolphins, c-well®, dolphin welfare, welfare assessment

2015


Owners’ perceptions of quality of life in geriatric horses: a cross-sectional study

Authors: J. L. Ireland, P. D. Clegg, C. M. McGowan, J. S. Duncan, S. McCall, L. Platt, G. L. Pinchbeck

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, euthanasia, geriatric, horse, quality of life, survey

2011


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