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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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“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: a personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Authors: Bruno Esattore, Vedrana Šlipogor, Laura Saggiomo, Martin Walter Seltmann

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cervids, dominance hierarchy, personality assessment, questionnaires, red deer

2021

Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Authors: JAH Crawley, O Lierhmann, DJ Franco dos Santos, J Brown, UK Nyein, HH Aung, W Htut, Z Min Oo, MW Seltmann, JL Webb

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: asian elephants, human-animal relationship, welfare

2021

Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare

Authors: Jonathan L. Webb, Jennie A. H. Crawley, Martin W. Seltmann, Oceane Liehrmann, Nicola Hemmings, U. Kyaw Nyein, Htoo Htoo Aung, Win Htut, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenpera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural assessment, ethogram, observational study, reliability, stress

2020

Future Directions for Personality Research: Contributing New Insights to the Understanding of Animal Behavior

Authors: Vanessa Wilson, Anja Guenther, Oyvind Overli, Martin W. Seltmann, Drew Altschul

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, developmental plasticity, endocrinology, fitness, individual differences, longevity, personality, stress coping, wellbeing

2019

Stress responsiveness, age and body condition interactively affect flight initiation distance in breeding female eiders

Authors: Martin W. Seltmann, Markus Öst, Kim Jaatinen, Shannon Atkinson, Kendall Mashburn, Tuula Hollmén

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age, body condition, boldness, corticosterone, flight initiation distance, incubation duration, personality, predation risk, repeatability, somateria mollissima

2012

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