Training the Environmental Military Police in the State of São Paulo for science-based assessment of animal mistreatment.

IF 1.4 3区农林科学 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1080/10888705.2021.1998776

Janaina Hammerschmidt, Marcelo Robis Francisco Nassaro, Leandro de Camargo Bauer, Enio Antonio Almeida, Elsa Helena Barreto, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of police officers within the Environmental Military Police of the State of São Paulo about animal abuse occurrences and to implement the Protocol for Expert Report in Animal Welfare (PERAW) as guidance for the first approach to complaint cases related to animal mistreatment. 608 officers filled a pre-implementation questionnaire, followed by a training for PERAW use, and filled a post-implementation questionnaire after two months of Protocol use; these last two were accomplished by only 200 officers. Feeding and water inadequacies were quoted as the condition most easily identified as maltreatment. After training, more officers mentioned two and three animal welfare segments of physical, behavioral, and mental aspects. The concept of sentience was known by a significant higher number of officers after training. Officers reported that the main PERAW advantage was that it enabled greater discrimination and more appropriate assessment of occurrences, besides providing a technical basis to the assessments. Overall, PERAW implementation provided some guidance for a first approach to animal mistreatment cases; however, continued training may provide further improvement.

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培训圣保罗州的环境宪兵，对动物虐待进行科学评估。

本研究的目的是分析圣保罗州环境军事警察警察对动物虐待事件的看法，并实施《动物福利专家报告议定书》(PERAW)，作为处理与动物虐待有关的投诉案件的第一种方法的指导。608名官员填写了一份执行前问卷，随后接受了使用PERAW的培训，并在使用《议定书》两个月后填写了一份执行后问卷;后两项工作仅由200名军官完成。食物和饮水不足是最容易被认定为虐待的条件。经过培训，更多的官员提到了动物身体、行为和精神方面的两三个方面的福利。受过训练的军官中有相当多的人知道感知的概念。官员们报告说，PERAW的主要优点是，除了为评估提供技术基础外，它还能够进行更大的歧视和更适当的评估。总体而言，PERAW的实施为处理动物虐待案件提供了一些指导;然而，持续的训练可能会提供进一步的改善。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 农林科学-兽医学

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3.90

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6.70%

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS) publishes articles on methods of experimentation, husbandry, and care that demonstrably enhance the welfare of nonhuman animals in various settings. For administrative purposes, manuscripts are categorized into the following four content areas: welfare issues arising in laboratory, farm, companion animal, and wildlife/zoo settings. Manuscripts of up to 7,000 words are accepted that present new empirical data or a reevaluation of available data, conceptual or theoretical analysis, or demonstrations relating to some issue of animal welfare science. JAAWS also publishes brief research reports of up to 3,500 words that consist of (1) pilot studies, (2) descriptions of innovative practices, (3) studies of interest to a particular region, or (4) studies done by scholars who are new to the field or new to academic publishing. In addition, JAAWS publishes book reviews and literature reviews by invitation only.