Using the Welfare Quality® framework to develop a welfare assessment protocol for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
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| Názov: | Using the Welfare Quality® framework to develop a welfare assessment protocol for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). |
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| Autori: | Mc Gill, Niamh1, Bueno, Miguel1, Anderson, Neil E.2 neil.anderson@ed.ac.uk |
| Zdroj: | Animal Welfare. 2025, Vol. 34, p1-18. 18p. |
| Druh dokumentu: | Article |
| Predmet: | Animal welfare, Chimpanzees, Conservation biology, Zoos, Captive wild animals |
| Author-Supplied Keywords: | animal welfare Animal-based measures chimpanzee Pan troglodytes welfare assessment Welfare Quality® zoo |
| Abstrakt: | Good welfare is of inherent value to all captive animals and promotes species conservation objectives. Concern for animal welfare is growing globally, and research shows that animal welfare is a top priority for zoo visitors. There is, therefore, an urgent need for zoos to develop and validate species-specific welfare assessment tools with a shift in focus away from avoiding negative affective states, and towards promoting positive ones. This shift in emphasis requires the development of comprehensive and robust welfare assessment protocols incorporating species-specific indicators. This study aimed to identify and propose welfare indicators for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) that could be used to adapt the EU Welfare Quality® protocol for this species. A literature review was carried out according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and the authors followed the principles of a systematic review to identify a comprehensive set of welfare indicators for this species. Overall, 14 animal-based and 16 resource-based indicators are proposed to assess the 12 criteria and four principles of Welfare Quality®. This study represents the first effort to adapt the EU Welfare Quality® protocol to assess captive chimpanzee welfare and illustrates how this protocol can be adapted to develop a taxon-specific welfare assessment tool once species-specific natural history and biology are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Author Affiliations: | 1Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Saint James, Dublin D08 WF88, The Republic of Ireland. 2The Royal School of Veterinary Studies and the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, UK. |
| ISSN: | 0962-7286 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/awf.2025.10021 |
| Prístupové číslo: | 190421137 |
| Databáza: | Veterinary Source |
| Abstrakt: | Good welfare is of inherent value to all captive animals and promotes species conservation objectives. Concern for animal welfare is growing globally, and research shows that animal welfare is a top priority for zoo visitors. There is, therefore, an urgent need for zoos to develop and validate species-specific welfare assessment tools with a shift in focus away from avoiding negative affective states, and towards promoting positive ones. This shift in emphasis requires the development of comprehensive and robust welfare assessment protocols incorporating species-specific indicators. This study aimed to identify and propose welfare indicators for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) that could be used to adapt the EU Welfare Quality® protocol for this species. A literature review was carried out according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and the authors followed the principles of a systematic review to identify a comprehensive set of welfare indicators for this species. Overall, 14 animal-based and 16 resource-based indicators are proposed to assess the 12 criteria and four principles of Welfare Quality®. This study represents the first effort to adapt the EU Welfare Quality® protocol to assess captive chimpanzee welfare and illustrates how this protocol can be adapted to develop a taxon-specific welfare assessment tool once species-specific natural history and biology are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09627286 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/awf.2025.10021 |