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Adaptation of the animal welfare assessment grid (AWAG) for monitoring animal welfare in zoological collections

Animal welfare monitoring is an essential part of zoo management and a legal requirement in many countries. Historically, a variety of welfare audits have been proposed to assist zoo managers. Unfortunately, there are a number of issues with these assessments,...

Year Published: 2017Topics: Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Justice, W. S. M., O'Brien, M. F., Szyszka, O. et al. 2017. Adaptation of the animal welfare assessment grid (AWAG) for monitoring animal welfare in zoological collections. Veterinary Record 181(6), 143.

What can kinematics tell us about the affective states of animals?

An animal's welfare state is intrinsically linked to its affective state. Evidence suggests that sentient, conscious animals can experience a range of affective states, such as pain, fear or boredom as well as positive affects like joy, curiosity, satiation or...

Year Published: 2017Topics: Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Guesgen, M. J., Bench, C. 2017. What can kinematics tell us about the affective states of animals? Animal Welfare 26( 4), 383-397.

Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare

While the international zoological community is committed to enhancing the welfare of individual animals, researchers have yet to take full advantage of the tools available for non-invasively tracking behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare. We review technology currently being applied...

Year Published: 2016Topics: Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Whitham, J. C., Miller, L. J. 2016. Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare. Animal Welfare 25(4), 395-409.

‘More than a feeling’: An empirical investigation of hedonistic accounts of animal welfare

Many scientists studying animal welfare appear to hold a hedonistic concept of welfare -whereby welfare is ultimately reducible to an animal's subjective experience. The substantial advances in assessing animal's subjective experience have enabled us to take a step back to...

Year Published: 2018Topics: Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Robbins, J., Franks, B., von Keyserlingk, M. A. G. 2018. ‘More than a feeling': An empirical investigation of hedonistic accounts of animal welfare. PLOS ONE 13(3), e0193864.

Alopecie par grattage (trichomania ou trichotillomania)

Suggests the term trichotillomania .

Year Published: 1889Topics: Abnormal/Problematic BehaviorAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Hallopeau, H. 1889. Alopecie par grattage (trichomania ou trichotillomania). Annales de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie 10, 440-441.

Literary fiction influences attitudes toward animal welfare

Literary fiction has been credited with considerable power to improve attitudes toward outgroups. It was even argued that it has been an important factor behind the global decline of violence against various minorities in the last centuries. Could it also...

Year Published: 2016Topics: Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Małecki, W., Pawłowski, B., Sorokowski, P. 2016. Literary fiction influences attitudes toward animal welfare. PLOS ONE 11(12), e0168695.

The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique

The wages of inhumanity are paid in ambiguous or otherwise unsatisfactory experimental results. The authors introduce the concept of the 3 Rs, i.e. Replacement, Reduction, Refinement. Desirable as replacement is, it would be a mistake to put all our humanitarian...

Year Published: 1959Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Russell, W. M. S. , Burch, R. L. 1959. The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique. Methuen & Co., London, UK.

The effects of social stimuli on response to stress

Taken together, these studies at the human and animal levels suggest that the presence of another animal of the same species has a protective effect under stress (p. 269).

Year Published: 1959Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Bovard, E. W. 1959. The effects of social stimuli on response to stress . Psychological Review 66, 267-277.

The contribution of environment to uniformity: Variance control, refinement in pharmacology

Chance discovered that some environments are more favourable to uniformity than others. The most uniform populations of all were those kept in an environment optimal for their well-being. In this respect, the goal of reduction is precisely the same as...

Year Published: 1957Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Chance, M. R. A. 1957. The contribution of environment to uniformity: variance control, refinement in pharmacology. Laboratory Animals Bureau, Collected Papers 6, 59-73.

Wild Animals in Captivity

Recommendations for the species-appropriate housing of captive animals. The quality of the space at the disposal of the animal is of the greatest importance for its welfare. ... We must put ourselves into the animal's position as far as possible...

Year Published: 1964Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Hediger, H. 1964. Wild Animals in Captivity. Dover Publications, New York, NY.