A New Framework for Assessing Equid Welfare: A Case Study of Working Equids in Nepalese Brick Kilns [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Equids fulfil many different roles within communities. In low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), in addition to providing a source of income, equids also provide essential transport of food, water, and goods to resource-limited and/or isolated ...
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Evaluation of long-term welfare initiatives on working equid welfare and social transmission of knowledge in Mexico [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Working equids play an essential role in supporting livelihoods, providing resilience and income security to people around the world, yet their welfare is often poor.
Faith Burden +2 more
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Equid Assessment, Research and Scoping (EARS): The Development and Implementation of a New Equid Welfare Assessment and Monitoring Tool [PDF]
Animals, 2020 The assessment of animal welfare poses numerous challenges, yet an emerging approach is the consolidation of existing knowledge into new frameworks which can offer standardised approaches to welfare assessment across a variety of contexts. Multiple tools
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“What can we do to actually reach all these animals?” Evaluating approaches to improving working equid welfare [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 NGOs utilise a range of programming to bring about desired changes. This study examines the advantages and limitations of the range of approaches used by one particular NGO sector: working equid welfare organisations, from the perspective of NGO staff ...
Faith Burden, Zoe Raw, Leanne Proops
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Documenting the Welfare and Role of Working Equids in Rural Communities of Portugal and Spain [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Recently, the need for a more holistic approach to welfare assessment has been highlighted. This is particularly pertinent in the case of working equids who provide vital support for human livelihoods, often in low- to middle-income countries, yet suffer
Faith Burden, Zoe Raw, Leanne Proops
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One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India – ERRATUM [PDF]
Animal Welfare, 2023 LM Kubasiewicz +8 more
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The Welfare Aggregation and Guidance (WAG) Tool: A New Method to Summarize Global Welfare Assessment Data for Equids [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Animal welfare can be represented by an array of indicators. There is, however, increasing demand for concise welfare assessments that can be easily communicated and compared.
Faith Burden +2 more
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Sustainability in NGO Programming: A Case Study of Working Equid Welfare Organizations
SAGE Open, 2023 The sustainability of NGO initiatives has become a criterion by which to judge the success of programming. This study explores the conditions needed in order to achieve sustainable change by focusing on a sector that has recently experienced this shift ...
Faith Burden, Zoe Raw, Leanne Proops
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Priorities and Recommendations for Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Equid Health and Welfare [PDF]
AnimalsArtificial Intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used for equid health and welfare. This study aimed to establish consensus on where and how AI should be developed to achieve maximum benefit in this field. A workshop involving 41 stakeholders generated
Philippa L. Young +3 more
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Scoping Review of the Socioeconomic Value of Working Equids, and the Impact of Educational Interventions Aimed at Improving Their Welfare [PDF]
AnimalsWorking equids support millions of people globally, especially in low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries. However, they commonly suffer from poor welfare and are typically overlooked in policy and funding decisions.
Amelia Cameron +4 more
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