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Imprint
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Table of Content
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Introduction by Dr. Pavel Poc, MEP
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Assessment of Welfare of Marine Mammal Speciesin Zoological Parks
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Short History of Animal Welfare Policy in Europe
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Workshop Program
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Welcome address
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Opening remarks
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Summary of the contents of the workshop presentations
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Summaries of the presentations
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Biopsychology – Cognitive capacities indicate welfare needs
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Welfare Science from an Animal Behaviour Perspective
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The Need for Objective Indicators for Zoological Speciesin Human Care
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Developing and applying animal welfare indicators forspecies held by zoos and aquaria – what does it take?
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The C-Well® assessment as a dolphin welfare framework,and conducting research to find objective measures of welfare
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Summary of a Q&A Panel and a consecutive discussion ofdifferent working groups
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Excerpts from the discussion
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What parameters for assessment of animal welfare are usefulfor marine mammals?
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Short description of practical research sessions
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Some examples of current research projects involving marinemammals in zoological parks of the EU
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Proposal for an animal welfare decision treeusing the example of Tursiops truncatus
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Appendix
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Presentation of Prof. Dr. Onur Güntürkün
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Presentation of Prof. Dr. Norbert Sachser
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Presentation of Prof. Dr. Anastasia Komnenou
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Presentation of Dr. Heather J. Bacon
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Presentation of Isabella L. K. Clegg, PhD Student
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List of Participants
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Impressions of the workshop
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End
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