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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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Comparing Space Use and Fecal Glucocorticoid Concentrations during and after the COVID-19 Closure to Investigate Visitor Effects in Multiple Species

Authors: Ashley N. Edes, Nathan C. Liu, Eli Baskir, Karen L. Bauman, Corinne P. Kozlowski, Helen L. Clawitter, David M. Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: banteng, behavior, cortisol, gorillas, grizzly bears, physiology, polar bears, zoo research

2022

Seasonal and Daily Activity of Two Zoo-Housed Grizzly Bears (Ursus Arctos Horribilis)

Authors: Eduardo J Fernandez, Ellen Yoakum, Nathan Andrews

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, circadian, circannual, grizzlies, stereotypies, ursids, zoos

2020

Stereotypic behaviour predicts reproductive performance and litter sex ratio in giant pandas

Authors: Meghan S Martin, Megan Owen, Nathan JP Wintle, Guiquan Zhang, Hemin Zhang, Ronald R Swaisgood

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: captivity, giant pandas, reproductive-performance, stereotypies

2020

Widespread Behavioral Responses by Mammals and Fish to Zoo Visitors Highlight Differences between Individual Animals

Authors: Sarah A Boyle, Nathan Berry, Jessica Cayton, Sarah Ferguson, Allesondra Gilgan, Adiha Khan, Hannah Lam, Stephen Leavelle, Isabelle Mulder, Rachel Myers

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: exhibit, interactive, management, visitor effect, welfare, zoo

2020

Improving the sustainability of ex situ populations with mate choice

Authors: Meghan S. Martin-Wintle, Nathan J.P. Wintle, María Díez-León, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation breeding, cooperative breeding program, mate choice, reproductive success, species survival plan

2019

Developmental effects of vasotocin and nonapeptide receptors on early social attachment and affiliative behavior in the zebra finch

Authors: Nicole M. Baran, Nathan C. Sklar, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, arginine vasotocin, attachment, development, nonapeptides, v1ar, vasopressin, zebra finch

2016

Inter-annual patterns of aggression and pair bonding in captive American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Authors: Nathan B. Frumkin, Tina W. Wey, Megan Exnicios, Caroline Benham, Mitchell G. Hinton, Samantha Lantz, Carolyn Atherton, Debbie Forde, Jordan Karubian

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive animals, personality, social networks, ucinet, zoo management

2016

Successful transfer of a Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) pouch young to a yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) surrogate

Authors: David J. McLelland, Kate Fielder, Gayl Males, Nathan Langley, David Schultz

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assisted reproduction, cross-foster, macropod, zoo

2015

Effect of Mother’s Dominance Rank on Offspring Temperament in Infant Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, Amanda Hathaway, Carlos Waters, Kelli Vaughan, Stephen J. Suomi, Pamela L. Noble, Daniel S. Pine, Nathan A. Fox, Eric E. Nelson

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: development, dominance, hierarchy, infant, temperament

2013

Measuring same-sex sexual behaviour: the influence of the male social environment

Authors: Nathan W. Bailey, Jessica L. Hoskins, Jade Green, Michael G. Ritchie

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: drosophila melanogaster, insect learning, mate choice plasticity, same-sex sexual behaviour, social environment

2013

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