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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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Captivity and habituation to humans raise curiosity in vervet monkeys

Authors: Sofia Ingrid Fredrika Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Pooja Dongre, Tecla Mohr, Erica van de Waal

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: curiosity, habituation, human interaction, neophobia, vervet monkey

2021


Chimpanzees’(Pan troglodytes) problem-solving skills are influenced by housing facility and captive care duration

Authors: Sofia Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Christine Hrubesch, Claudio Tennie

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: chimpanzees, experience effect, housing facility, physical cognition, problem-solving skills

2020


Differences in novel food response between Pongo and Pan

Authors: Sofia Ingrid Fredrika Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Christine Hrubesch, Claudio Tennie

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: great apes, neophobia, novel food, social information, sociality

2019


Cattle behaviours and stockperson actions related to impaired animal welfare at Swedish slaughter plants

Authors: Jan Hultgren, Sofia Wiberg, Charlotte Berg, Katarina Cvek, Christina Lunner Kolstrup

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abattoir, cattle, driving, human-animal interaction, slaughterhouse, stockperson, stunning

2014


Critical care and survival of fragile animals: The case of Prrxl1 knockout mice

Authors: Clara Monteiro, Margarida Dourado, Mariana Matos, Isabel Duarte, Sofia Lamas, Vasco Galhardo, Deolinda Lima

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: colony management, early lethality, housing, mouse, pain

2014


Icelandic horses with the Silver coat colour show altered behaviour in a fear reaction test

Authors: Emma Brunberg, Sanna Gille, Sofia Mikko, Gabriella Lindgren, Linda J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fear, genetics, horse, pmel and temperament, silver coat colour

2013


Individual differences in metabolism predict coping styles in fish

Authors: Catarina I. M. Martins, Maria F. Castanheira, Sofia Engrola, Benjamín Costas, Luís E. C. Conceição

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, individual variation, personality, respirometry, resting metabolic rate

2011


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