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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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American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition

Authors: Faith Kruis, Madison Wallwork, Marisa Spain, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, body condition, captivity

2022


Social structure and habitat design affect the impact of a novel feeding enrichment for alligators

Authors: Marisa Spain, Cayle Pearson, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2022


Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021


Assessment of behavior and space use before and after forelimb amputation in a zoo-housed chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Mabel Y. L. Ang, Marisa A. Shender, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adaptability, disability, management, post-operative care, recovery

2017


Zoo visitors’ perceptions of chimpanzee welfare are not affected by the provision of artificial environmental enrichment devices in a naturalistic exhibit

Authors: Sarah L Jacobson, Lydia M Hopper, Marisa A Shender, Stephen R Ross, Maureen Leahy, Janice McNernie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: chimpanzee, environmental enrichment device, naturalism, visitor perception, zoos

2017


Behavioral research as physical enrichment for captive chimpanzees

Authors: Lydia M. Hopper, Marisa A. Shender, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity, locomotion, primate, welfare, zoo

2016


The birth of an infant decreases group spacing in a zoo-housed lowland gorilla group (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Laura M. Kurtycz, Marisa A. Shender, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: group cohesion, group composition, proximity, social spacing, western lowland gorillas

2014


Temperamental turkeys: Reliability of behavioural responses to four tests of fear

Authors: Marisa Erasmus, Janice Swanson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fear tests, fearfulness, temperament, turkeys

2014


Deficits in male sexual behavior in adulthood after social instability stress in adolescence in rats

Authors: Cheryl M. McCormick, Matthew R. Green, Nicole M. Cameron, Feather Nixon, Marisa J. Levy, Rachel A. Clark

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adolescence, copulatory behavior, partner preference test, reproductive behavior, sexual motivation, stress, testosterone

2013


A few days of social separation affects yearling horses’ response to emotional reactivity tests and enhances learning performance

Authors: Léa Lansade, Claire Neveux, Frédéric Levy

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: fearfulness, habituation, instrumental, isolation, memory, training

2012


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