Animal welfare
Abstract
This third edition of "Animal Welfare" has 407 pages and is divided into five parts. Part I, Issues, introduces the background and philosophy of the subject. Part II covers problems for animal welfare, starting in chapter 3 with the animal's interactions with its environment. The following four chapters use categories similar to the UK Farm Animal Welfare Committee's (undated) Five Freedoms, although without a specific chapter on discomfort. Part III considers assessment of welfare.Part IV, Solutions, emphasizes the ways in which such problems can be ameliorated and welfare enhanced. Finally, Part V is concerned with the implementation of solutions, by which they are put into practice. It concludes with Chapter 19, explaining how awareness and communication about animal welfare, particularly in relation to major issues such as transport and slaughter, are affecting animals on a global basis, with a new section on sustainability.
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Animals can experience pleasant emotions associated with humans arising from rewarding events or positive interactions such as gentle handling and petting.
“However, there has been increasing appreciation that animals can also experience pleasant emotions associated with humans that may arise from rewarding events or positive interactions, such as gentle handling and petting [18].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [18]
Human-Animal Relationship research in livestock has demonstrated that the relationship is based on the history of interactions between the human and animal, and each partner's experience allows it to learn and anticipate future interactions.
“Most of this research has been conducted in the livestock industry and has demonstrated that HAR is based on the history of interactions between the human and animal, and each individual partner’s experience of the relationship allows it to learn and to anticipate future interactions and as a result, behave accordingly [18].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [18]
Avoidance of humans as a measure of fear of humans has been validated on the basis of findings of behavioural and physiological correlates of fear in animals.
“Avoidance of humans as a measure of fear of humans has been validated on the basis of findings of behavioural and physiological correlates of fear in animals [18] and avoidance behaviours have been widely used as an indicator of fear of humans in zoo animals [52,53].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [18]
Behaviours such as avoidance, inhibition of movement, aggression, vigilance and certain vocalisations in the presence of humans have been assessed in many domestic animal studies as indicators of fear of humans.
“Behaviours such as avoidance (fleeing or retreating), inhibition of movement (freezing), aggression, vigilance and certain vocalisations in the presence of humans have been assessed in many domestic animal studies as indicators of fear of humans [18].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [18]
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The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare
Sherwen, S. L., & Hemsworth, P. H. (2019) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani9060366 · Cited by 267 · see citing works
An animal welfare risk assessment process for zoos
Sherwen, S. L., Hemsworth, L. M., Beausoleil, N. J., Embury, A., & Mellor, D. J. (2018) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani8080130 · Cited by 105 · see citing works
- Venue
- CABI Publishing eBooks
- Publisher
- CAB International
- Published
- 2018-01
- OpenAlex
- W4235184189
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 5.43
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CABI Publishing eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Animal Law and Welfare
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal testing and alternatives
- Keywords
- animal welfare, Five Freedoms, animal welfare assessment, animal-environment interactions, animal transport, slaughter, sustainability
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