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Showing 1 to 20 of 190 for “"Animal welfare"”.
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SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY AND ANIMAL WELFARE AT SLAUGHTER
The PhD project Sustainability, Energy and Animal Welfare at Slaughter (Sostenibilità, Energia e BEnessere alla Macellazione – SEBEM) aimed to enhance the sustainability of sheep production systems by establishing high standards of animal welfare at slaughter and developing innovative strategies …
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Evaluating Mending Mamre: An Animal Welfare Intervention
The need to improve animal welfare and control companion animal populations is necessary for South Africa, especially in impoverished communities lacking resources and education to care for their pets responsibly. These programmes are often multi-dimensional in nature and aim to improve animal …
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Australian meat consumers’ understandings of farm animal welfare
… meat consumers’ understandings about farm animal welfare and explores their underlying values associated with meat production. Focus groups and interviews were the primary sources of data used to capture how Australian meat consumers conceptualise the issue of farm animal welfare. A total …
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Farm animal welfare and production in relation to farmer attitudes
… of stockmanship has a major influence on farm animal welfare and productivity. Farmers attitudes are reflected in their management decisions and behaviour towards animals, which, in turn, affects animal behaviour, welfare and productivity. Attitudes can affect the way farmers treat their …
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A content analysis of guilt appeals in animal welfare campaigns
… appeals are common promotion strategies used by animal welfare organizations and animal shelters; however, little research has paid enough attention to the formation of guilt appeals and the association among different elements of guilt appeals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the …
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Animal welfare in South Africa : a multi-component programme design
The ongoing international atrocity of animal abuse is a persistent and widespread social problem within human society. The maltreatment of animals, particularly in rural impoverished contexts in South Africa continues to be a pertinent challenge facing local animal welfare organisations. Upon …
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Into the night : evaluating sleep as a measure of animal welfare
… is a need for a simple non-invasive measure of animal welfare. In humans, sleep quality correlates strongly with a person’s wellbeing; this suggests that sleep may also prove to be a suitable tool to measure mammals’ welfare. Studies in humans have shown that lack of sleep compromises the health …
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COVID-19's Impact on Communication Practices in the Animal Welfare Nonprofit Sector
… and continuing fundraising. Specifically, animal welfare nonprofit organizations have had to shift their communication practices in the wake of the virus. This capstone aims to answer questions about the value of writing and communication practices, and also answer research questions about …
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Cattle Producer Motivations and Willingness to Participate in Industry Animal Welfare Program Verification
… consumers are beginning to question traditional animal husbandry practices and on-farm animal welfare protocol. It is essential that the food system meets new demands and understands consumer views. In order to address these concerns, the industry has rallied around the Beef Quality Assurance …
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Silent tails : giving a voice to the voiceless : animal welfare in narrative literary journalism
… stories that explore the value and objectives of animal welfare using the genre of narrative literary journalism. The project required extensive fieldwork specific for each article, as well as the careful analysis of the style and history of narrative literary journalism. I have also written a …
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Overconsumption, Animal Welfare, and Christian Ethics: Conflicting Values and the Urgent Challenges of Our Time
Η παρούσα εργασία εξετάζει την πολλαπλή επιρροή που έχει στην ευζωία των ζώων ο υπερκαταναλωτισμός που διακατέχει την σύγχρονη ανθρώπινη κοινωνία, και τους τρόπους με τους οποίους αυτό έρχεται σε αντίθεση με τη Χριστιανική Ηθική αναφορικά με τη μεταχείριση των ζώων. Μελετώνται οι ανωτέρω …
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The economics of animal welfare: an appraisal of welfare issues ifn the South African poultry industry
Growing consumer awareness of animal welfare has co-evolved with increases in intensive farming, particularly of battery chickens. This rise in consumer awareness recently saw bans on battery farming in parts of Europe. This thesis addresses the difficulties that would follow any similar attempt to …
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The Challenges for a Closed-to-the-Public Animal Sanctuary: Prioritizing animal welfare while engaging in educational community outreach
… in educational outreach without compromising the welfare of the residents. I employed a combination of semi-structured interviews of sanctuary personnel, ethnographic participant-observation as a volunteer caregiver, and an online survey offered to the local community to help me understand the …
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Ways to Expand the Animal Welfare Component in the Extension System in Senegal: A Case Study of Thies and Bambey
… approaches to teaching farmers and cart owners animal welfare practices for proper care of working animals. The extension agents and teachers involved in the animal husbandry and animal extension system in Thies and Bambey served as participants in this study. This descriptive qualitative study …
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Self-selection of animal by-product by poultry through utilization of choice feeding
"The emergence of animal welfare provisions by humane societies has limited management practices. One of these provisions is the animal's freedom to express normal behavior. Animal by-product feeding to livestock and poultry is a common management practice and it is stigmatized in the public eye …
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Framing Factory Farming in New Zealand
… produced by industry stakeholders and the animal welfare volunteer sector. The study reveals New Zealand industry stakeholders and the animal welfare volunteer sector use three dominant frames known as the commodity/economic, food and traditional welfare frame. Each frame is influenced by …
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Ageing in dogs (canis familiaris) and its relationship to their environment
Animal welfare is assumed to be influenced by the cumulative effects of positive and nega-tive events experienced by an individual. The present study investigated the levels of cor-tisol, relative telomere length and the association of these variables with the perception of canine age (apparent …
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Trap-Neuter-Return programs in Singapore - the health and welfare of two geographically distinct, managed stray cat colonies
Master of Science in Animal Welfare and Behavior (MSc AWB)
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Conservation, welfare, education and recreation in zoos
… balancing roles in conservation, education, animal welfare, and recreation with concerns about how effectively these aims are achieved, particularly in contexts where regulatory oversight and resources are limited. In this thesis, I examine the role of zoos in Thailand, a country with a high …
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