Findings and refinements from a decade of applying the Cetacean Welfare Assessment (“C-Well”) to multiple species on public display | Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Findings and refinements from a decade of applying the #CetaceanWelfare Assessment (“C-Well”) to multiple species on public display.

#Cetaceans #MarineAnimalWelfare #Zoos #Aquariums #CaptiveAnimals #AnimalWelfare #FiveDomains #AnimalWelfareAssessment

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Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi is speaking at #Intergroupforanimals

The commission will take action and "End the cage age" 👍

But Mr Commisioner; healthy animals and high quality meat are not the main indicaters for animal welfare.
A life worth living is #fivedomains.

🔍 NEW STUDY: Researchers surveyed 677 experienced #horse sector participants, with 99.9% agreeing that horses are sentient beings.

Authors propose leveraging this knowledge of sentience to support implementation of the #FiveDomains model in policy.

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