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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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Overlooked and Under-Studied: A Review of Evidence-Based Enrichment in Varanidae

Authors: Darcy Howard, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive, cognition, play, reptile, welfare

2022

Insights into Activity of Zoo Housed Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) during Periods of Limited Staff and Visitor Presence, a Focus on Resting Behaviour

Authors: Katherine Finch, Fiona Sach, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, evidence-based management, resting, sleep, social behavior

2021

Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration

Authors: Charlotte James, Andrew Nicholls, Marianne Freeman, Kerry Hunt, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot

2021

Effects of personality and rearing-history on the welfare of captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)

Authors: Sitendu Goswami, Praveen C Tyagi, Pradeep K Malik, Shwetank J Pandit, Riyazahmed F Kadivar, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Samrat Mondol

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: asiatic lion, captivity, personality, rearing, welfare

2020

Longitudinal Improvements in Zoo-Housed Elephant Welfare: A Case Study at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Authors: Katherine Finch, Fiona Sach, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Nic Masters, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behaviour, elephas maximus, resting, social, SSSMZP

2020

Welfare of feral cats and potential influencing factors

Authors: Elisabeth Marianne Gilhofer, Ines Windschnurer, Josef Troxler, Veronika Heizmann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, colony cats, environment, health status, human-animal relationship, stray cats

2019

Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups

Authors: Simon P. Turner, Ian M. Nevison, Suzanne Desire, Irene Camerlink, Rainer Roehe, Sarah H. Ison, Marianne Farish, Mhairi C. Jack, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social

2017

Development of personality tests to use in the field, stable over time and across situations, and linked to horses’ show jumping performance

Authors: Léa Lansade, Pascaline Philippon, Lucile Hervé, Marianne Vidament

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, fearfulness, reactivity, rideability, tactile sensitivity, temperament

2016

Does the presence of shoulder ulcers affect the behaviour of sows?

Authors: Thea Larsen, Marianne Kaiser, Mette S. Herskin

Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science

Keywords: behaviour, pain, shoulder ulcer, sow, welfare

2015

Does water or blowing air stimulate cows to defecate?

Authors: Marianne Villettaz Robichaud, Anne Marie de Passillé, Jeffrey Rushen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: defecation, elimination, stimulation, urination, water

2013

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