Detail that zoochosis can come from a variety of factors, including social isolation, small enclosures, noisy visitors, and lack of enrichment. Explore how zoos are working to reduce zoochosis through ...

Recent advances in technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) present vast potential to improve animal health and welfare by enabling novel methods for monitoring, detection, treatment and ...

Dr. Sheila Segurson is the director of community solutions for Maddie's Fund, a national family foundation for animal welfare based in California for animal welfare. Segurson is the first in the ...

Animal behaviour and, as a result, animal welfare are increasingly complex areas of study, with the diversity of the animal kingdom and new research findings ensuring there is no one, easy answer.

It is necessary to assess, for each farm animal species and each housing system, whether animal welfare is at risk in any way if the behaviour observed differs from the behaviour that would occur in a ...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, a landmark statute that codified the main legal protections for animals in England and Wales. Yet, while the Act has been ...

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...