Animal rights and captivity in a non-ideal world
This chapter explores what animal ethics has to say about the issue of captivity. The best-known version of animal rights morally prohibits all use of animals, including confinement. One obvious response is to reject animal rights in favor of a traditional animal welfare ethic. It is argued in this chapter, however, that there are two […]
Stereotypic Behavior of a Female Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus) in a Zoo
This study recorded daytime behavior of a female Asiatic elephant at the Municipal Zoo, Wroclaw, Poland, in both an indoor pen and an outdoor paddock as continuous scan sampling for 140 hr, over 35 days in 1 year. Stereotypic sequences involved bouts of highly repetitive stereotypic movements and much more variable interbout behavior. The study […]
Environmental enrichment Practical strategies for improving feline welfare
Practical relevance The clinical application of evidence-based enrichment strategies for the domestic cat housed in a variety of confined environments, ranging from the veterinary cage to the domestic home, is of particular importance – both in relation to providing opportunity for appropriate feline behaviour, and in the prevention and treatment of behavioural and associated health […]
Effects of Winter Housing, Exercise, and Dietary Treatments of the Behaviour and Welfare of Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus) Hinds.
To assess the welfare of red deer (Cervus elaphus) confined at pasture or in indoor housing over winter, behaviour, productivity, skin damage and adrenal response to ACTH challenge were measured in six groups of eight weaner hinds over 91 days from June to September 1990 in Otago, New Zealand. The hinds were confined either indoors […]
The burden of domestication: a representative study of welfare in privately owned cats in Denmark
The way in which domestic cats are kept and bred has changed dramatically over the last two centuries. Notably, a significant number of cats are kept indoors, most of them are neutered and many are selectively bred. This likely has consequences for their welfare. A few studies link housing, neuter status and breeding in cats […]