To provide a pool of expertise to government, industry and animal welfare organizations that deal with problems involving animal behaviour. To encourage the assimilation of scientific knowledge resulting in practical improvement of the ways in which animals are kept. The Society holds an International Congress each year, which usually lasts three days. Papers given at these meetings are published in the scientific press. There are also regional meetings held, for example in the UK, North America and in Scandinavia.
Members also receive a Newsletter twice a year.
Membership is open to people involved in the fields of agriculture, veterinary science, zoology and other animal sciences. It contains only limited information about the society.