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To Group or Not to Group? Good Practice for Housing Male Laboratory Mice

open access: yesAnimals, 2017
It is widely recommended to group-house male laboratory mice because they are ‘social animals’, but male mice do not naturally share territories and aggression can be a serious welfare problem. Even without aggression, not all animals within a group will
Sarah Kappel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Sheltering of Unwanted Cattle, Experiences in India and Implications for Cattle Industries Elsewhere

open access: yesAnimals, 2018
Reverence for the cow has been a centerpiece of Hindu culture, the roots of which can be traced back to the Indus Valley Civilization around 3000 BCE. Historical and anthropological literature demonstrates how over the millennia the animal’s status
Uttara Kennedy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Use of a Qualitative Behavioural Assessment Approach to Assess Emotional State of Calves in Rodeos

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
There are longstanding disagreements between the rodeo industry stakeholders and animal welfare advocates about the wellbeing of the animals used in events. The current study aims to determine whether qualitative behavioural assessment (QBA) is effective
Sally Rizzuto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wildlife health risk analysis for conservation translocation: A scalable approach illustrated for wader population restoration

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2025.
We present a methodological framework for health risk analysis (disease risk analysis) for conservation translocation that enables the process to be scaled and adapted to the project context. We illustrate its application to two wader (shorebird) population restoration projects with differing translocation plans.
Katie M. Beckmann   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism

open access: yesInvestigaciones Feministas, 2013
The object of this article is to explore how current animal rights activism draws on images of women-animal corporeal hybrids to articulate a plight for animals, and how the domestic setting used in such campaigns is strategically conveyed to either ...
Claudia Alonso Recarte
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic factors in bushfire‐affected koalas–Kangaroo Island bushfire response 2020

open access: yesAustralian Veterinary Journal, Volume 103, Issue 8, Page 453-463, August 2025.
This study presents a retrospective analysis of clinical records data from koalas presenting for treatment following the large‐scale bushfire event on Kangaroo Island 2019–2020. The aim of the study was to identify prognostic factors for koalas affected by bushfire. Koalas (n = 199) were grouped based on their burn status in combination with their burn
O Funnell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reply to Crawford et al.: Why Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Is an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat Management

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
The recently published article, ‘A Case of Letting the Cat out of the Bag—Why Trap-Neuter-Return Is Not an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat (Felis catus) Management,’ by Crawford et al. warrants rebuttal.
Peter J. Wolf   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reporting of suspected dog fighting to the police, RSPCA and equivalents by veterinary professionals in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Dog fighting became unlawful in the UK in 1835, yet it continues today (as reported by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and Crown Prosecution Service), although with an unknown prevalence. We used an online questionnaire
Kate Elizabeth Milroy   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Orígenes del movimiento proteccionista: algunos conceptos y fundamentos

open access: yesPangeas, 2019
Desde 1824 con la creación de la Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) en Londres, las protectoras destinaron su tiempo a desarrollar acciones en defensa de un mundo más respetuoso con el medio ambiente, y ello desde varios ...
José Marchena Domínguez
doaj   +1 more source

The Welfare of Cows in Indian Shelters

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Cow shelters (gaushalas) are unique traditional institutions in India, where aged, infertile, diseased, rescued, and abandoned cows are sheltered for the rest of their life, until they die of natural causes.
Arvind Sharma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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