Management of Donkeys in Assisted Interventions: A Snapshot

Animals, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 670 - 670

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

People working in the field of Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAIs) often state that they perceive animal welfare as a matter paramount importance; nevertheless, most scientific literature focuses on effectiveness interventions from user’s perspective. Before focusing animals’ management and during their interactions with users, it is important to ensure “ordinary lives”. This article reports information considerations about donkeys involved AAIs Northern Italy. Six facilities several years experience Donkey-Assisted were visited for purpose an initial data collection regarding AAIs. Some knowledge gaps nutritional needs donkey its preventive medicine have been identified; this study also highlighted need efforts create more stimulating enriched environment animals possible areas improvement highlighted. Further studies are necessary provide comprehensive picture context.

Language: Английский

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Reptile expos: an analysis and recommendations for control

Frontiers in Animal Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: April 30, 2024

Reptile expos are typically itinerant events at which live wild-caught and/or captive-bred turtles, tortoises, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes displayed, sold, or exchanged for pet keeping purposes. We conducted a literature review analysis of reports regarding animal welfare public health issues concern associated with the display sale reptiles in Europe North America. also limited survey several relevant government authorities to briefly appraise existing situations governance law internationally, performed further examination online advertisements order estimate number events. In addition, we an comparing husbandry standards reptile versus other using UK formal legal guidance, adopts Five Welfare Needs as basis. Finally, SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) key features expos. identified least 10 5 safety problems occurring endemic typical operation Comparisons between ways regarded managed relation to, example, traditional zoos, mobile sales stark concerning, constituting protective potentially most harmful out all captive reptile-keeping scenarios. The lack monitoring control expos, combined their frequent occurrence, strongly indicates requirement urgently prohibit these recommend that where already essentially prohibited such bans should be immutable not subject any weakening provisions. Where permitted limiting conditions, then our recommended 40 stipulations overarching principles applied interim mitigating measures pending introduction prohibitions ‘bans’. Governments aim ensure enforcement is robust.

Language: Английский

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Humans' mask wearing has limited effect on family dogs' behaviour in standard test situations

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 277, P. 106354 - 106354

Published: July 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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Comparing One Health and Ecohealth with Other Integrated Approaches to Health

CABI eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 30 - 51

Published: Dec. 31, 2024

Language: Английский

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Kinds of pet chosen and manner of pet acquisition during COVID 19 in Serbia

Journal of Veterinary Behavior, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 48, P. 49 - 55

Published: July 18, 2021

Language: Английский

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