In recent years, zoos and aquaria have intensified efforts to develop approaches and tools
for assessing the welfare of populations and individual animals in their care. Advances�…

Zoological institutions are in urgent need of identifying and implementing welfare
assessment tools that allow for ongoing, quantitative monitoring of individual animal well�…

Nonhuman animal welfare science is the scientific study of the welfare state of animals that
attempts to make inferences about how animals feel from their behavior, endocrine function�…

Attempts to improve animal welfare have commonly centered around three broad
objectives:(1) to ensure good physical health and functioning of animals,(2) to minimize�…

The assessment of animal welfare relates to investigations of how animals try to cope with
their environment, and how easy or how difficult it is for them to do so. The use of rigorous�…

Here, I provide a guide for those new to the burgeoning field of animal welfare science as to
what this comprehensive, relatively young discipline is all about. Drawing on all branches of�…

What is animal welfare? Why has it proved so difficult to find a definition that everyone can
agree on? This concise and accessible guide is for anyone who is interested in animals and�…

Simple Summary Maintaining a high standard of animal welfare is essential in zoos, and
methods of animal welfare assessment should aim to evaluate positive as well as negative�…

There continues to be intense public, professional, and scientific focus on the welfare of
animals in zoos and aquariums, but implementing welfare assessment tools consistently�…

Animal welfare is a growing public concern that has the potential to undermine the social
license of zoos and aquariums. The lack of consensus on how animal welfare is defined�…