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Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers

open access: yesAnimal Welfare
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 ...
Grace A Carroll   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing Inefficiency in Carbon Auctions with Imperfect Competition [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2019
We study auctions for carbon licenses, a policy tool used to control the social cost of pollution. Each identical license grants the right to produce a unit of pollution. Each buyer (i.e., firm that pollutes during the manufacturing process) enjoys a decreasing marginal value for licenses, but society suffers an increasing marginal cost for each ...
arxiv  

The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services

open access: yesAnimal Welfare
Post-racing thoroughbreds (TBs) are increasingly being considered for Equine Assisted Services (EAS), but their use has not yet been widely characterised.
Claire Neveux   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Brown v. Giuliani Injunction: Combating Bureaucratic Disentitlement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
This Comment supports the preliminary injunction decision in Brown v. Giuliani, and demonstrates why judicial intervention is appropriate in welfare litigation to protect the constitutional rights of welfare recipients.
Fazzolari, Maria
core   +1 more source

Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns

open access: yesAnimal Welfare
Pain, a multifaceted condition associated with actual or potential tissue damage, transcends nociception and is characterised as a subjective, sensory, and emotional experience.
Deborah Lazard   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Welfare and Beyond in Multi-Agent Contracts [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
A principal delegates a project to a team $S$ from a pool of $n$ agents. The project's value if all agents in $S$ exert costly effort is $f(S)$. To incentivize the agents to participate, the principal assigns each agent $i\in S$ a share $\rho_i\in [0,1]$ of the project's final value (i.e., designs $n$ linear contracts).
arxiv  

The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation

open access: yesAnimal Welfare
Behavioural complexity is likely to reflect how animals cope with their environment. A large behavioural repertoire and the ability to flexibly apply these behaviours provide an individual with a greater likelihood of adapting to its (captive ...
Christina Raudies, Lorenz Gygax
doaj   +1 more source

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