Published in 2025
Guide published by the Spanish aquaculture industry, describing the good practices to ensure rainbow trout welfare. It proposes specific indicators appropriate to each farming phase, while emphasizing the importance of training, sustainability and a stronger legal framework.
Document Types: Good practice guide
Animal categories: Fish
Published in 2024
Opinion piece advocating greater consideration of the socio-cultural complexity of fish to improve their welfare in zoos and aquariums.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Fish
Published in 2024
Review examining the factors influencing the welfare of yellow mealworms in farming, such as abiotic conditions, nutrition, intra/interspecific interactions and slaughter methods. Practical recommendations and research directions are suggested that would improve and anticipate welfare issues in this rapidly expanding sector.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Insects
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Euthanasia, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Stress
Published in 2024
Synthetic overview exploring the application of welfare theory to zoo animals using key familiar indicators that promote adaptation, autonomy and positive cognitive challenges. A trained human husbandry approach based on compassion is essential to making welfare a core goal in zoos.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Wildlife
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Learning, training, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2024
Study of nociceptors in Shore Crabs using electrophysiological recordings. The results provide evidence of distinct responses to mechanical and chemical stimuli, confirming the presence of nociceptors in the areas tested.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Crustaceans
Keywords:Pain, Brain integration
Published in 2024
Article highlighting the importance of achieving a better understanding of the biology and behavior of domestic fish in order to provide them with appropriate care when raised in aquariums.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Fish
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Socialization
Published in 2024
Article on a study evaluating various factors affecting the welfare of the three main species of cricket bred for animal and human consumption. The article makes recommendations for improving the conditions under which they are farmed
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Insects
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Euthanasia, Euthanasia, Abuse, Living environment, Pain, Education, Stress, Transportation
Published in 2024
Systematic study identifying three types of factors that influence negative public perceptions of zoos whose objectives are conservation and education: human (interactions and ethics), animal (behavior and health), and environmental (facility conditions). These negative perceptions reduce the public's commitment to zoos and conservation, necessitating more structured research to improve the validity of the studies.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: All animals
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Education, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2024
Article reporting on the impact of forced confinement due to avian influenza on the behavior of Chilean flamingos in a UK zoo. Confinement decreased flamingo activity and abnormal, reoriented foraging actions were recorded. Weather also influenced plumage condition.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal Categories:Birds (excluding poultry)
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Animal-based measurements, Livestock buildings, Population management, Welfare indicators, Housing, Behavioural disorders
Published in 2024
Analysis of a survey of those involved in the trading or exhibition of reptiles in Europe and the United States. At least 10 animal welfare issues and 5 public health and safety issues identified in the survey lead its authors to conclude that the lack of monitoring and control at reptile shows, combined with their frequency, necessitate a ban on these events.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Exotic pets, Reptiles
Keywords:Abandonment, Adoption, Animal trade, Education, Abuse, Pathogen transfer
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