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Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments. 对不同观察者群体和动物园饲养环境下倭黑猩猩情绪表达能力的定性行为评估。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-05-30 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.29

Daan W Laméris, Marina Salas, Marcel Eens, Lisa Gillespie, Nicky Staes, Jonas Rr Torfs, Jonas Verspeek, Hilde Vervaecke, Samantha J Ward, Jeroen Mg Stevens

{"title":"Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments.","authors":"Daan W Laméris, Marina Salas, Marcel Eens, Lisa Gillespie, Nicky Staes, Jonas Rr Torfs, Jonas Verspeek, Hilde Vervaecke, Samantha J Ward, Jeroen Mg Stevens","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.29","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.29","url":null,"abstract":"Human evaluation of animal emotional expressivity can inform animal welfare. Qualitative Behavioural Assessment (QBA) has been applied to domesticated and some non-domesticated animals, but its use in primates is limited despite their emotional expressivity. We aimed to develop and apply a QBA for bonobos (Pan paniscus) through two consecutive studies. We applied Free Choice Profiling (FCP) and the Fixed List methodology, respectively, in Study 1 and 2, and invited students and bonobo experts to rate video clips of zoo-living bonobos of different sexes and age classes, and before and after moving to a new enclosure. In Study 1, students described dimension 1 as ranging from 'quiet/calm' to 'angry/active' and dimension 2 from 'sad/anxious' to 'happy/loving'. Experts described dimension 1 ranging from 'quiet/relaxed' to 'nervous/alert' and dimension 2 from 'nervous/bored' to 'playful/happy'. Using a fixed list of descriptors, informed by findings from Study 1, students in Study 2 described dimension 1 as ranging from 'quiet/calm' to 'agitated/frustrated', and dimension 2 from 'sad/stressed' to 'happy/positively engaged'. Experts described dimension 1 as ranging from 'quiet/calm' to 'active/excited', and dimension 2 from 'sad/bored' to 'happy/positively engaged'. Students scored adults as more 'calm/quiet' and experts scored subadults as more 'happy/positively engaged'. Additionally, experts in Study 2 rated bonobos as more 'active/excited' in their new enclosure. Reliability was moderate to good for the dimensions. Additionally, animal-directed empathy of observers influenced QBA scores. This is the first time, FCP has been successfully used as a method to study primate emotional expressivity. Our findings show the promise of employing QBA in primate studies and in industry, with validation of additional metrics to enable its use for welfare-monitoring purposes.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11140493/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141199287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study. 断尾是否能预防绵羊鞘膜积液症？一项为期六年的回顾性队列研究。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-05-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.21

Giuliano Pereira de Barros, Maria José Hötzel, Marceli Carvalho da Silva, Laura Lívia Arias Avilés, Patrizia Ana Bricarello

{"title":"Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Giuliano Pereira de Barros, Maria José Hötzel, Marceli Carvalho da Silva, Laura Lívia Arias Avilés, Patrizia Ana Bricarello","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.21","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.21","url":null,"abstract":"Tail docking is a husbandry practice widely incorporated in sheep farms around the world. It is an irreversible mutilation that impairs animal welfare, both immediately and in the longer term. The defence of tail docking as a practice is centred around the perception that doing so contributes to the promotion of local hygiene, allowing the use of the wool, facilitating reproductive management and reducing the chances of myiasis, a disease caused by the invasion of blowfly larvae in the tissues of warm-blooded animals. However, current understanding of farm animal welfare questions the need to maintain practices such as tail docking. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of tail docking on the incidence of Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep in an experimental flock in Brazil during a six-year retrospective cohort study. Relative risk, odds ratio and incidence rate ratio were the association measures adopted. A total of 4,318 data-points were collected and supplied the analytical model. Tail docking did not decrease the risk and, on the contrary, was found to increase the chances of sheep being affected by myiasis. The results support the hypothesis that tail docking is not a protective factor against the occurrence of myiasis and further fuel calls for a rethink of tail docking being deployed as a blanket measure in the prevention of myiasis in sheep.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094548/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140946805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Support for the 'Pets as Ambassadors' hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers. 支持男性的 "宠物大使 "假设：澳大利亚宠物饲养者与非饲养者和农民对动物的移情能力较高。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-05-03 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.25

Georgia Anne Frampton, Jessica Lee Oliva

{"title":"Support for the 'Pets as Ambassadors' hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers.","authors":"Georgia Anne Frampton, Jessica Lee Oliva","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.25","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.25","url":null,"abstract":"Human empathy towards non-human animals (Animal Empathy; AE) has shown a strong gender bias, with women demonstrating higher levels than men. This study aimed to investigate the influence of animal experiences on AE in a male-only sample. It was hypothesised that there would be different levels of AE between men with experiences caring for pets, men with experience in animal agriculture, and men with limited animal experiences. Ninety-one Australian men (18yrs+) completed an online survey evaluating their level of AE using the Animal Empathy Scale (AES). Additionally, they were asked what in their experience they think has influenced their beliefs about how animals think and feel. As expected, AE levels differed significantly between groups, with those in the pet ownership experience group demonstrating higher AE levels than the other two groups. All three groups displayed high endorsement for direct interactions with animals in adulthood as being most influential in shaping their beliefs about how animals think and feel. However, our quantitative results support the idea that not all experiences are worth the same, with the responsibility and sacrifice involved in pet caring appearing to be most influential to the development of AE. These findings have implications for the importance of human-animal interactions in understanding animal sentience and the development of AE in males.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11076914/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140893178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues. 使用条件性位置偏好范式评估奶牛的饥饿感：初步结果和方法问题。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-04-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.24

Camille Lafon, Michael T Mendl, Benjamin Lecorps

{"title":"Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues.","authors":"Camille Lafon, Michael T Mendl, Benjamin Lecorps","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2024.24","url":null,"abstract":"Dairy calves are typically fed restricted amounts of milk. Although feed restrictions are predicted to result in negative affective states, the relative aversiveness of 'hunger' remains largely unexplored in this species. Here, we investigated whether the conditioned place preference paradigm can be used to explore how calves feel when experiencing different levels of satiation. This paradigm provides insight into what animals remember from past experiences, the assumption being that individuals will prefer places associated with more pleasant or less unpleasant experiences. Sixteen Holstein calves were either fed a restricted (3 L per meal totalling 6 L per day) or 'enhanced' milk allowance (ad libitum up to 6 L per meal totalling up to 12 L per day) in their home-pen. Calves were then placed in a conditioning pen for 4 h immediately after being fed their morning meal to allow them to develop an association between the pen and their state of post-prandial satiation. Calves were conditioned across four days with their satiation state alternating between days to allow them to develop an association between pen and satiation levels. On the 5th day, calves were individually allowed to roam freely between the two pens for 30 min. We expected that calves would prefer the pen where they previously experienced higher levels of satiation, but our results show no to limited effects of treatment. However, some methodological issues (colour and side bias) prevent us from drawing strong conclusions. We discuss reasons for these issues and potential solutions to avoid these in future studies.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11062768/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140851217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Use of an expert elicitation methodology to compare welfare impacts of two approaches for blood sampling European badgers (Meles meles) in the field. 使用专家征询法比较野外对欧洲獾（Meles meles）进行血液采样的两种方法对福利的影响。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-03-15 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.16

Adrian Colloff, Sandra E Baker, Ngaio J Beausoleil, Trudy Sharp, Huw Golledge, Julie Lane, Ruth Cox, Michal Siwonia, Richard Delahay

{"title":"Use of an expert elicitation methodology to compare welfare impacts of two approaches for blood sampling European badgers (Meles meles) in the field.","authors":"Adrian Colloff, Sandra E Baker, Ngaio J Beausoleil, Trudy Sharp, Huw Golledge, Julie Lane, Ruth Cox, Michal Siwonia, Richard Delahay","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.16","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.16","url":null,"abstract":"In the UK and Republic of Ireland, the European badger (Meles meles) is considered the most significant wildlife reservoir of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis, the cause of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). To expand options for bTB surveillance and disease control, the Animal and Plant Health Agency developed a bespoke physical restraint cage to facilitate collection of a small blood sample from a restrained, conscious badger in the field. A key step, prior to pursuing operational deployment of the novel restraint cage, was an assessment of the relative welfare impacts of the approach. We used an established welfare assessment model to elicit expert opinion during two workshops to compare the impacts of the restraint cage approach with the only current alternative for obtaining blood samples from badgers in the field, which involves administration of a general anaesthetic. Eleven panellists participated in the workshops, comprising experts in the fields of wildlife biology, animal welfare science, badger capture and sampling, and veterinary science. Both approaches were assessed to have negative welfare impacts, although in neither case were overall welfare scores higher than intermediate, never exceeding 5-6 out of a possible 8. Based on our assessments, the restraint cage approach is no worse for welfare compared to using general anaesthesia and possibly has a lower overall negative impact on badger welfare. Our results can be used to integrate consideration of badger welfare alongside other factors, including financial cost and efficiency, when selecting a field method for blood sampling free-living badgers.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10951670/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Grinding as a slaughter method for farmed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Empirical recommendations to achieve instantaneous killing. 磨碎作为屠宰养殖黑翅大实蝇（Hermetia illucens）幼虫的方法：实现瞬间灭杀的经验性建议。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-03-12 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.10

Meghan Barrett, Chelsea Miranda, I Theresse Veloso, Casey Flint, Craig D Perl, Austin Martinez, Bob Fischer, Jeffery K Tomberlin

{"title":"Grinding as a slaughter method for farmed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Empirical recommendations to achieve instantaneous killing.","authors":"Meghan Barrett, Chelsea Miranda, I Theresse Veloso, Casey Flint, Craig D Perl, Austin Martinez, Bob Fischer, Jeffery K Tomberlin","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.10","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.10","url":null,"abstract":"At least 200 billion black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae (BSFL) are reared each year as food and feed, and the insect farming industry is projected to grow rapidly. Despite interest by consumers, producers, and legislators, no empirical evidence exists to guide producers in practicing humane - or instantaneous - slaughter for these novel mini-livestock. BSFL may be slaughtered via freezing, boiling, grinding, or other methods; however standard operating procedures (SOPs) and equipment design may affect the likelihood of instantaneous death using these methods. We tested how larval body size and particle size plate hole diameter affect the likelihood of instantaneous death for black soldier fly larvae that are slaughtered using a standard meat grinder. Larval body size did not affect the likelihood of instantaneous death for larvae that are 106-175 mg in mass. However, particle size plate hole diameter had a significant effect on the likelihood of instantaneous death, with only 54% of larvae experiencing an instant death when using the largest particle size plate (12-mm hole diameter) compared to 84% using the smallest particle size plate (2.55 mm). However, a higher percentage of instantaneous death (up to 99%) could be achieved by reducing the proportion of larvae that become stuck in the machine. We conclude by outlining specific recommendations to support producers in achieving a 99% instantaneous death rate through specific SOPs to be used with similarly designed machines. We also develop a protocol for producers that wish to test their own grinding SOPs.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10951668/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sheep fatigue during transport: Lost in translation? 绵羊在运输过程中的疲劳：翻译中的失误？

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-03-11 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.13

Katia Colitti, Malcolm Mitchell, Fritha Langford

{"title":"Sheep fatigue during transport: Lost in translation?","authors":"Katia Colitti, Malcolm Mitchell, Fritha Langford","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.13","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.13","url":null,"abstract":"Although sheep are commonly transported long distances, and sheep welfare during transport is a topic of research and policy discussion, the subject of their fatigue during transport has been under-researched. The current qualitative study, focused on the EU and UK, aimed to critically analyse stakeholder views on issues relating to sheep fatigue, including behavioural indications of fatigue, the interplay between fatigue and other factors, and the practicalities of identifying fatigue in commercial transport conditions. Insight into stakeholder perceptions of these issues could contribute to the body of knowledge regarding sheep fatigue during transport, potentially playing a part in future efforts to improve fatigue understanding and detection. Eighteen experts from different stakeholder groups were interviewed. Reflexive thematic analysis of interview data yielded four themes and three sub-themes. The first theme, \"Let's anthropomorphise it a little bit\", underscores the pervasiveness of anthropomorphism and suggests using it in a conscious and deliberate way to drive stakeholder engagement and policy change. The second theme, \"We think that they're like we are and they're not\", cautions against wholesale transfer of human experiences to animals. The third theme, 'See the whole animal', advocates using Qualitative Behaviour Analysis (QBA), proven reliable in other contexts, to deepen and enrich our current understanding of fatigue. The fourth theme, 'Fatigue \"never comes up\"', highlights the fact that fatigue is rarely if ever discussed in the context of sheep transport. These themes suggest several avenues for future research, including developing QBA-based assessments for fatigue to improve welfare during transport.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10951664/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers. 在 COVID-19 大流行期间伴侣动物的领养和放弃：动物救援人员和志愿者的经验。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-03-04 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.15

Grace A Carroll, Catherine Reeve, Alice Torjussen

{"title":"Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers.","authors":"Grace A Carroll, Catherine Reeve, Alice Torjussen","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.15","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.15","url":null,"abstract":"There has been a paucity of research into the experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers during COVID-19. The aim of this qualitative research was to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on companion animal rescue organisations and their staff and volunteers, and to develop a set of recommendations on how to reduce the risk to companion animal welfare during a crisis. Descriptive thematic analysis was used to explore the experiences of staff and volunteers from 28 animal rescue organisations, most of which were based in the UK. Other surveyed countries included Germany, the Republic of Ireland, France, Spain, the USA and Australia. We identify three key themes that reflect the challenges faced by pet rescue organisations during the pandemic: (1) impact on animals; (2) impact on identity; and (3) impact on organisational processes. Key recommendations include the promotion of co-operation and modifications within the sector, the need to understand, and change, detrimental pet-owner behaviours, and the need to clarify the identity of animal rescue organisations within the Government. Both positive and negative outcomes were experienced by animal rescue organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings should be considered for future crises and indeed the everyday operating procedures of companion animal rescue organisations.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10951665/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people. 无家可归者养的狗的身体和行为健康状况。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-02-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.12

Camille King, Thomas J Smith, Kyle Kabrick, Amy Dzur, Temple Grandin

{"title":"Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people.","authors":"Camille King, Thomas J Smith, Kyle Kabrick, Amy Dzur, Temple Grandin","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.12","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.12","url":null,"abstract":"Homeless persons with dogs are often the subject of stigma, with the public criticising them for not having a proper lifestyle to care for a pet. There is solid documentation of how dogs enhance a homeless person's life, but there are few publications that address the welfare of the dog. This descriptive study assesses the physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless persons through a One Welfare lens by observing animal/human well-being, environment, and \"a life worth living\". A survey was carried out along with a visual assessment of the condition of the dog for 100 human-dog dyads in the Western United States. Results showed that dogs of homeless persons were well cared for and physically healthy (which was consistent with other studies), and had few behavioural problems, but did display evidence of separation distress while the owner was away. Results from this study can provide information that may lead to policy and practice changes, including, for example, changes to policies and practices prohibiting dogs from being kept with their owner while staying at a homeless shelter. Typically, shelters report that they do not have the resources to care for a person with a dog.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10951669/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140178681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"We forgot about the donkeys!" An institutional analysis of the shift in animal welfare from direct implementation towards advocacy-based programming. "我们忘了驴子！"对动物福利从直接实施向倡导型计划转变的制度分析。

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Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2024-02-14 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.11

Emily Haddy, Leanne Proops, Faith Burden, Zoe Raw, Juliane Kaminski, Julia Brown

{"title":"\"We forgot about the donkeys!\" An institutional analysis of the shift in animal welfare from direct implementation towards advocacy-based programming.","authors":"Emily Haddy, Leanne Proops, Faith Burden, Zoe Raw, Juliane Kaminski, Julia Brown","doi":"10.1017/awf.2024.11","DOIUrl":"10.1017/awf.2024.11","url":null,"abstract":"Shifts from direct implementation to advocacy-based programming have been documented across many non-governmental organisation (NGO) sectors, including animal welfare. Semi-structured interviews with 32 staff from different positions within animal welfare NGOs explored recent programming changes. Maintaining a balance between direct implementation and advocacy-based activities emerged as a strong theme. The findings suggest that risks are associated with both the direct implementation status quo and transitioning to an advocacy-based focus. Risks of the former include treating symptoms rather than root causes of welfare problems. Organisational change can be disruptive and necessitates realignment of core competences, in turn influencing NGO mission. Identified risks of transition include loss of individuals whose values fail to align with new programming directions, increased upwards accountability requirements for accessing institutional donors and difficulties when phasing out direct implementation approaches. Whilst having to be dynamic, NGOs need to evaluate the risks associated with programming decisions, considering their vision, mission and staff identity in order to ensure that welfare programming is as effective as possible.","PeriodicalId":7894,"journal":{"name":"Animal Welfare","volume":"33 ","pages":"e9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10951660/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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