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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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Stress, anxiety, fear and frustration in different reptile species: how to reduce these negative emotional states during veterinary procedures

Authors: Jane Williams, Danielle Beck

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Nursing Journal

Keywords: anxiety, fear, frustration, reptile stress, reptiles, sampling and handling, stress reduction

2021

Exploration of potential triggers for self-directed behaviours and regurgitation and reingestion in zoo-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sonja E. Koski, Sarah-Jane Vick, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Katie E. Slocombe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety-related behaviour, chimpanzees, regurgitation and reingestion, scratching, yawning

2019

The role of heart rate monitoring to assess workload during maintenance interval training in National Hunt racehorses

Authors: Jane Williams, Kieran Kenworthy, Tim Jones, David Marlin, Gillian Tabor

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: equine, fitness, heart rate, horseracing, training, welfare

2019

Emotional affect and the occurrence of owner reported health problems in the domestic dog

Authors: Sarah Jane Reaney, Helen Zulch, Daniel Mills, Sarah Gardner, Lisa Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, behaviour, canine, emotional affect, health, mood

2017

Rapid body color brightening is associated with exposure to a stressor in an Anolis lizard

Authors: Jane FF Boyer, Lindsey Swierk

Publication/Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: Anolis (Norops) aquaticus, cryptic, metachrosis, physiological color change, stress, water anole

2017

Perception of available space during chimpanzee introductions: Number of accessible areas is more important than enclosure size

Authors: Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Sarah-Jane Vick

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, chimpanzee, enclosure size, zoo

2015

Enrichment options for African painted dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Authors: Tammy L. Cloutier, Jane M. Packard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, canid, carnivores, enrichment, stereotypic

2014

Personality structure in brown capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella): Comparisons with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), orangutans (Pongo spp.), and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: F. Blake Morton, Phyllis C. Lee, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Sarah F. Brosnan, Bernard Thierry, Annika Paukner, Frans B. M. de Waal, Jane Widness, Jennifer L. Essler, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal social behavior, animal strain differences, chimpanzees, monkeys, personality-traits

2013

Cognitive research in zoo-housed chimpanzees: Influence of personality and impact on welfare

Authors: Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sarah-Jane Vick, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: chimpanzee, cognition, personality, self-directed behavior, welfare

2012

Diet of the Critically Endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus) in an Inter-Andean Lowland Rainforest in Colombia

Authors: AndrÉS Link, Nelson Galvis, Mateo Marquez, Jane Guerrero, Camila Solano, Pablo R. Stevenson

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: endangered primates, feeding behavior, fragmentation, frugivores, fruit availability

2012

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