Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
Animal welfare assessments are essential for the identification of welfare hazards and benchmarking of welfare improvements, though welfare assessments for zoo species are lacking. Bears are commonly housed in zoos but currently no composite welfare assessment tool exists for captive bears. This stu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-10-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3090 |