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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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Cognitive enrichment in a social setting: assessing the use of a novel food maze in sanctuary-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Maria Padrell, Federica Amici, Maria Pau Córdoba, Miquel Llorente

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: chimpanzee, cognitive, enrichment, food maze

2022

Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) personality: A rating assessment with ex Situ Conservation Program sample

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Victoria Asensio, Antonio Rivas, Rodrigo Serra, Jaume Fatjó, Miquel Llorente, Francisco Villaespesa

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: felids, lynx, personality

2021

Is There a “Right” Side of Communicating Friendship? Lateralization of Social Interactions in Zoo Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)

Authors: Marzia Baldachini, Barbara Regaiolli, Miquel Llorente, David Riba, Caterina Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affiliative contacts, approach behavior, barbary macaque, laterality, proximity, social hierarchy

2021

Personality of killer whales (Orcinus orca) is related to welfare and subjective well-being

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Sara Ortín, Todd R Robeck, Miquel Llorente, Javier Almunia

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cetaceans, killer whales, orcas, personality, subjective well-being, welfare

2021

Looking for Visitor’s Effect in Sanctuaries: Implications of Guided Visitor Groups on the Behavior of the Chimpanzees at Fundació Mona

Authors: Jana López-Álvarez, Yaiza Sanjorge, Sara Soloaga, Dietmar Crailsheim, Miquel Llorente

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, human interaction, sanctuary, visitor effect, welfare

2019

Personality in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca): A rating approach based on the five-factor model

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Sara Ortín, Judy St. Leger, Miquel Llorente, Javier Almunia

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal captivity, animal ethology, animal personality, five factor personality model, test construction, whales

2019

Assessment of environmental enrichment for different primate species under low budget: A case study

Authors: R. Costa, C. Sousa, M. Llorente

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior opportunity, case study, environmental enrichment, low budget, primate welfare

2018

Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Drew M. Altschul, Emma K. Wallace, Yulán Úbeda, Miquel Llorente, Zarin Machanda, Katie E. Slocombe, Matthew C. Leach, Natalie K. Waran, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, chimpanzee, happiness, pan troglodytes, personality, welfare

2017

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