Feeder Insects: The Ethics of Live Feeding in Zoos and Aquariums
Zoo Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2025
ABSTRACT
While
there
is
no
consensus
about
whether
insects
are
sentient,
the
possibility
alone
raises
an
important
question
for
zoos
and
aquariums.
What
ethical
responsibilities,
if
any,
do
aquariums
have
concerning
their
feeder
insects?
There
has
been
very
little
scholarly
discussion
of
these
questions.
This
not
surprising,
as
scholars
largely
ignored
animals.
So,
this
paper
takes
up
two
tasks.
First,
it
surveys
main
welfare‐focused
questions
associated
with
animals
generally
in
particular.
The
aim
here
to
identify
considerations
that
bear
on
a
full
assessment
ethics
using
resource,
thereby
facilitating
future
research.
Second,
interest
making
practical
recommendations
face
significant
moral
complexity
uncertainty,
adopts
standard
institutional
framework—the
3Rs—and
considers
its
implications
use
insects.
Язык: Английский
Should Researchers Use Fruit Flies Instead of Mice in Pain Research?
Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 25, 2025
Abstract
The
Guide
for
the
Care
and
Use
of
Laboratory
Animals
,
standard
reference
work
on
animal
research
ethics
in
USA,
interprets
3Rs
as
recommending
“relative
replacement,”
where
animals
should
be
replaced
by
others
that
are
“lower
phylogenetic
scale.”
This
means,
instance,
researchers
use
a
Drosophila
model
instead
mouse
when
they
can.
However,
this
may
conflict
with
precautionary
principle,
which
implies
ought
to
give
benefit
doubt
might
sentient
–
which,
face
it,
means
treat
like
any
other.
So,
principle
seems
imply
not
model.
case
study
explores
seeming
tension,
identifying
powerful
considerations
support
both
replacing
mice
insects
giving
doubt.
Then,
it
considers
some
ways
forward
based
observation
tension
between
is
competing
values.
Both
motivated
same
value:
namely,
minimizing
unnecessary
harm.
deciding
how
proceed,
engage
broader
harm/benefit
analysis.
In
addition,
do
their
best
employ
humane
practices
whichever
species
opt
use.
Information
©
Author
2025
Язык: Английский
Identifying trends in reporting on the ethical treatment of insects in research
Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2024
Transparent
reporting
on
the
ethical
treatment
of
research
animals
(e.g.,
implementation
3Rs,
replace,
reduce,
and
refine)
is
recommended
when
publishing
in
peer-reviewed
literature.
This
meant
to
foster
public
trust,
safeguard
animal
welfare,
generate
reproducible
science.
However,
entomologists
are
not
expected
engage
such
reporting,
as
their
subject
legislated
review.
Recently,
however,
have
reported
increased
concern
about
insects
research,
associated
reproducibility
trust
issues.
To
what
degree
these
increasing
concerns
reflected
changes
practices?
We
surveyed
15
high-impact
journals
that
publish
over
20
years
collect
data
related
including
reduction
methods,
analgesics/anesthesia
statements,
information
regarding
sacrifice.
Out
1359
sampled
papers,
no
studies
any
methods
reduce
use.
Over
years,
we
found
an
increase
proportion
papers
insect
death
a
decrease
significant
invasive
handling.
84%
with
handling
or
did
report
use
anesthetics.
also
animal-treatment-specific
ethics
statements
(from
0%
8%),
largely
driven
by
journal
Animal
Behaviour.
end
1)
making
recommendations
for
looking
improve
practices
2)
providing
tools
transparent
research.
Язык: Английский
New frontiers in animal welfare science: an introduction to (farmed) insects
Veterinary Record,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
194(9), С. 344 - 346
Опубликована: Май 3, 2024
Язык: Английский
A long-read draft assembly of the Chinese mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae:Tenodera sinensis) genome reveals patterns of ion channel gain and loss across Arthropoda
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Ноя. 17, 2023
Abstract
Praying
mantids
(Mantodea:
Mantidae)
are
iconic
insects
that
have
captivated
biologists
for
decades,
especially
the
species
with
cannibalistic
copulatory
behavior.
This
behavior
has
been
cited
as
evidence
lack
nociceptive
capacities
and
cannot
feel
pain;
however,
this
behaviorally-driven
hypothesis
never
rigorously
tested
at
genetic
or
functional
level.
To
enable
future
studies
of
capabilities
in
mantids,
we
sequenced
assembled
a
draft
genome
Chinese
praying
mantis
(
Tenodera
sinensis
)
identified
multiple
classes
ion
channels
by
comparison
to
orthologous
gene
families
Arthropoda.
Our
assembly
-
produced
using
PacBio
HiFi
reads
is
not
chromosome-scale
(Total
size
=
3.03Gb;
N50
1.8Mb;
4966
contigs),
but
highly
complete
respect
content
(BUSCO
98.7%
[odb10_insecta]).
The
our
substantially
larger
than
most
other
insects,
consistent
mantid
genomes.
We
found
present
T.
genome;
they
closely
related
those
damp-wood
termite
Zootermopsis
nevadensis
);
some
expanded
while
others
contracted
relative
nearby
lineages.
findings
suggest
likely
possess
provide
foundation
experimentation
regarding
channel
functions
their
consequences
insect
Язык: Английский