Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) under Human Care

Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) under Human Care

Ensuring high standards of animal welfare is not only an ethical duty for zoos and aquariums, but it is also essential to achieve their conservation, education, and research goals. While for some species, animal welfare assessment frameworks are already in place, little has been done for marine anim...

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Main Authors: Katrin Baumgartner, Tim Hüttner, Isabella L. K. Clegg, Manuel Garcia Hartmann, Daniel Garcia-Párraga, Xavier Manteca, Birgitta Mercera, Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Cristina Pilenga, Kerstin Ternes, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Lorenzo von Fersen, Lisa Yon, Fabienne Delfour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
cetacean welfare
welfare evaluation
welfare indicator
marine mammals
zoo animals
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/5/701

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