Getting It Straight: Accommodating Rectilinear Behavior in Captive Snakes—A Review of Recommendations and Their Evidence Base

Getting It Straight: Accommodating Rectilinear Behavior in Captive Snakes—A Review of Recommendations and Their Evidence Base

Snakes are sentient animals and should be subject to the accepted general welfare principles of other species. However, they are also the only vertebrates commonly housed in conditions that prevent them from adopting rectilinear behavior (ability to fully stretch out). To assess the evidence bases f...

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Main Authors: Clifford Warwick, Rachel Grant, Catrina Steedman, Tiffani J. Howell, Phillip C. Arena, Angelo J. L. Lambiris, Ann-Elizabeth Nash, Mike Jessop, Anthony Pilny, Melissa Amarello, Steve Gorzula, Marisa Spain, Adrian Walton, Emma Nicholas, Karen Mancera, Martin Whitehead, Albert Martínez-Silvestre, Vanessa Cadenas, Alexandra Whittaker, Alix Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
literature review
reptile husbandry
enclosure size
space
body posture
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1459

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