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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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Note on optimizing environmental enrichment: a study of fennec fox and zoo guests

Authors: J.V. Watters, J.T. Miller, T.J. Sullivan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: husbandry schedules, uncertainty, visitor experience

2011

Inter-observer and test-retest reliability of on-farm behavioural observations in veal calves

Authors: Bokkers, E.A.M.; Leruste, H.; Heutinck, L.F.M.; Wolthuis-Fillerup, M.; Werf, J.T.N. van der; Lensink, B.J.; Reenen, C.G. van

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, barns, behaviour, behavioural response test, calf feeding, farmers, farms, human-animal relations, monitoring, reliability, validity, veal calves

2009

Measuring fearfulness of hens in commercial organic egg production.

Authors: Hegelund, L.; Sørensen, J.T.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, fear test, flock evaluation, laying hens, test stimuli, tonic immobility test

2007

On-farm welfare assessment systems- what are the recording costs

Authors: J.T. Sørensen, T. Rousing, S.H. Møller, M. Bonde, L. Hegelund

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, labour costs, on-farm welfare assessment systems, recordings

2007

Nonenculturated Orangutans’ (Pongo pygmaeus) Use of Experimenter-Given Manual and Facial Cues in an Object-Choice Task

Authors: J.T. Byrnit

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *choice behavior, animal/physiology, behavior, behaviour, cues, culture, facial expression, female, hand, pongo pygmaeus, visual perception

2004

Evaluation of Welfare Indicators for the Social Environment in Cattle Herds

Authors: T. Jóhannesson, J.T. Sørensen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal density, animal welfare, pen changes, regrouping, space

2000

Recognizing Facial Cues: Individual Discrimination by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: L.A. Parr, J.T. Winslow, W.D. Hopkins, F.B.M. de Waal

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chimpanzees, face-recognition, individual recognition, macaca-mulatta, pan troglodytes, rhesus monkeys

2000

The Well-Being of Animals in Zoo and Aquarium Sponsored Research: Putting Best Practices Forward

Authors: G.M. Burghardt, J.T. Bielitzki, J.R. Boyce, D.O. Schaeffer

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare, research, zoo animals, zoology

1996

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