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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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‘Bearly’ Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities

Authors: L.M. Bernstein-Kurtycz, D. Koester, R. Snyder, J. Vonk, M.A. Willia, K. E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: bear behavior, COVID-19, crowd size, daily attendance, season, visitor effect

2021


How access to exhibit space impacts the behavior of female tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: A. Miller, K.A. Leighty, M.A. Maloney, C.W. Kuhar, T.L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliation, aggression, conflict avoidance, management practices, panthera tigris

2011


Staying Cool, Keeping Strong: Incubation Temperature Affects Performance in a Freshwater Turtle

Authors: M.A. Micheli-Campbell, H. A. Campbell, R. L. Cramp, D. T. Booth, C. E. Franklin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: climate change, conservation physiology, elusor macrurus, hatchling, righting response, swimming performance

2011


Positive reinforcement training as enrichment for singly housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: K.C. Baker, M.A. Bloomsmith, K. Neu, C. Griffis, M. Maloney

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral management, behavioural management, human interaction, laboratory primates, positive reinforcement training, single housing

2010


Foraging opportunity: a crucial criterion for horse welfare?

Authors: H. Benhajali, M.A. RichardYris, M. Ezzaouia, F. Charfi, M. Hausberger

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: foraging opportunities, mare, social behaviour, time-budget, welfare

2009


Behavioral responses to the zoo environment by white handed gibbons

Authors: C.M. Cooke, M.A. Schillaci

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captive behavior, gibbons, hylobates lar, scratching, territoriality, zoo visitors

2007


Computer-assisted enrichment for zoo-housed orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Authors: L.R. Tarou, C.W. Kuhar, D. Adcock, M.A. Bloomsmith, T.L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichmennt, great apes, non-human primates, orangutans, psychological well-being

2004


Habituation, capture and relocation of Sykes monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus) on the coast of Kenya

Authors: N.N. Moinde, M.A. Suleman, H. Higashi, J. Hau

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus, conservation, release, relocation, sykes monkeys

2004


Stereotypic swaying and serum cortisol concentrations in three captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: M.L. Wilson, M.A. Bloomsmith, T.L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: african elephant, animal welfare, cortisol, management, stereotypic behavior, stereotypic behaviour

2004


Experimental evidence for spatial learning in cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

Authors: M.A. Karson, J.G. Boal, R.T. Hanlon

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animals, exploratory behavior, exploratory behaviour, maze learning, memory, mollusca, reversal learning, sapace perception

2003


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