Animal category: Wildlife

Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic

Michelle Campbell-Ward

Published in 2023

Scientific review exploring the concept of quality of life as it applies to animals, assessment indicators and methods appropriate in a zoo setting, and the importance of taking quality of life into account at all stages of life, whatever the species.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Societal issues, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationship

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Manatees in Zoological Parks throughout the World: History, State, and Welfare

Yann Henaut, Fabienne Delfour

Published in 2023

Scientific review of living conditions, behavior and cognition, and the different approaches to welfare improvement for manatees in zoos.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to environment, Adaptation of the environment to animal, Consciousness, Societal issues, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationship, Resilience

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The Role of Preventative Medicine Programs in Animal Welfare and Wellbeing in Zoological Institutions

Paolo Martelli, Karthiyani Krishnasamy

Published in 2023

Scientific review highlighting the fact that the usual animal welfare paradigms do not apply to animals in zoos, particularly when the animals are undergoing veterinary treatment. In such circumstances, the animals' physiology and behavior are deregulated, and freedom of choice and comfort are limited. The authors propose that a distinction should be made between the state of well-being experienced by the animal (well-being) and the societal management of animal welfare (welfare), and to base the wefare management of zoo and aquarium animals on preventive medicine.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife, Fish

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: written answer to question E-001634/23: Banning influencers from interacting or creating content with exotic animals

Question: Aurélia Beigneux (ID). Answer: Mr Sinkevičius on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on whether the EU intends to regulate the use of captive wild animals in influencer videos, a practice that goes against animal welfare and fuels trafficking in the species concerned.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Wildlife, other small companion animals

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal trade, Societal issues, Population management, Human-animal relationships

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European Parliament: written answer to question E-001432: EU-wide positive list (exotic pet trade)

Manuela Ripa (Greens/EFA). Answer: Mr Sinkevičius on behalf of the European Commission.

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on the European Commission's position on a feasibility study to determine the interest and necessity of a positive list of wild and exotic animals authorized to be marketed and kept as pets in the EU.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Animal trade, Societal issues, Population management

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Zoo Animal Welfare Assessment: Where Do We Stand?

Oriol Tallo-Parra, Marina Salas, Xavier Manteca

Published in 2023

Scientific review providing a critical analysis of the main approaches to zoo animal welfare assessment and describing the most relevant animal-based welfare indicators for zoo animals, with a particular focus on behavioral and physiological indicators.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Animal adaptation to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress

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Integrating Individual Animal and Population Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums

Louis DiVincenti, Jr., Allen McDowell, Elizabeth S. Herrelko

Published in 2023

Article on the links between animal welfare at individual and population levels in zoos and aquariums, and how these two levels can be mutually reinforcing or in conflict.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Enrichment, Societal issues, Welfare indicatosr, Living environment

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Models of Conditioned Reinforcement and Abnormal Behaviour in Captive Animals

Vera Vinken, Lena Lidfors, Jenny Loberg, Anna Lundberg, Johan Lind, Markus Jonsson, Stefano Ghirlanda, Magnus Enquist

Published in 2023

Scientific article proposing three models, including conditioned reinforcement, to study the complex relationships between environments, innate predispositions and learning in captive animals, which can lead to the development of stereotypies.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Animal adaptation to the environment, Enrichment, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Behavioral disorders, Societal issues

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-000612/23: Monitoring wild animals in travelling circuses in Europe

Question: Aurélia Beigneux (ID). Answer: Mr Sinkevičius on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on how the European Commission is monitoring the movement of protected wild animals and combating possible trafficking, and whether it is discussing with Member States how to restrict and eventually ban the presence of wild animals in EU circuses.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords:Animal trade, Population management, Human-animal relationship, Transportation

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-000716/23: Questions concerning a European ban on the use of wild animals in circuses in the light of serious new findings

Question: Anja Hazekamp (The Left). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question about the responsibility of the European Commission regarding the mistreatment of wild animals in circuses and whether it intends to intervene to push for a ban on their use in the last 4 European countries that still allow it, namely Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Wildlife

Keywords: Behavioral disorders, Human-animal relationships, Ill treatment,Societal issues

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