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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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Giraffe social preferences are context dependent

Authors: Zoe Muller, Mauricio Cantor, Innes C. Cuthill, Stephen Harris

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association index, behavioural state, habitat complexity, Rothschild's giraffe, social affiliation, social network, social-structure

2018


Extinction of food-reinforced instrumental behavior in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Authors: Jonathan Buriticá, Leonardo A. Ortega, Mauricio R. Papini, Germán Gutiérrez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: food reinforcement, japanese quail, magnitude of reinforcement extinction effect, overtraining extinction effect, partial reinforcement extinction effect, reward downshift, spaced-trial training

2013


Common toads (Bufo arenarum) learn to anticipate and avoid hypertonic saline solutions

Authors: M. Florencia Daneri, Mauricio R. Papini, Rubén N. Muzio

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: anticipation, avoidance, bufo arenarum, conditioning, learning, toads

2007


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