Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants.

There has been much concern in recent years about the welfare of elephants in zoos across North America and Europe. While some previous studies have assessed captive elephant welfare at a particular point in time, there has been little work to develop methods which could be used for regular, routine...

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Main Authors: Lisa Yon, Ellen Williams, Naomi D Harvey, Lucy Asher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210783