Wild Animal Welfare and Wellbeing

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-40303-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 349 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Animal Welfare

This book covers many aspects of wild animal welfare and wellbeing, a topic that has been historically neglected and undervalued in scientific research and in comprehensive publications, particularly for free living wild animals. The volume offers key contributions from international scientific experts that address wild animal wellbeing from dimensions of behavior, cognition, sociology, physiology, psychology, ethics, and ecology. Topics covered in the book that are relevant to wild animal wellbeing include:

o    One Health, pandemics, and natural disasters
o    urban wildlands
o    ecotourism
o    conservation and hybridization
o    wildlife farming and trafficking
o    zoos and sanctuaries, as well as rewilding
o    field methods in wildlife research - this Open Access chapter is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which means that you have free and unlimited access.

To meet the needs and challenges of our 21st century landscape, this work serves as a next step in the evolution of our relationship with animals and in the science of wild animal wellbeing. The contributions collectively explore the argument advanced that understanding animal lives requires centering their agency, their knowledge, and their capacity for autonomous expression.

As a distinctive collection of essays, the present volume should be of value within and beyond academia. The individual chapters and the book as a whole will be of interest to lay readers, to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and to researchers and practitioners in related fields.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baker, Liv

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding the Science of Animal Welfare and Wellbeing, and What It Means to Be Wild.- Chapter 2: Wild Animal Ethics in Context and Practice.- Chapter 3: Animal Minds and Animal Wellbeing.- Chapter 4: Communication, Behavior, and Wellbeing in Wild Animals.- Chapter 5: Field Methods in Wildlife Research.- Chapter 6: Rethinking Conservation in the Anthropocene: Embrace Hybridization and Autonomy to Preserve Resilience.- Chapter 7: Rewilding and Animal Wellbeing.- Chapter 8: Wildlife, One Health, and Disaster Management.- Chapter 9: The Farming of Wild Animals.- Chapter 10: Ecotourism and Animal Wellbeing.- Chapter 11: Urban Wildlife, Urban Wildlands, Animal Wellbeing.- Chapter 12: Wild Animal Welfare and Wellbeing: The Stanley Park Coyote Incidents as a Case Study in Wildlife Management and Coexistence.- Chapter 13: Captive Wildlife Sanctuaries: A Distinctive Culture of Care.- Chapter 14: How Zoo Animals Feel and What They Want.

Über Autor(innen)

Liv Baker is an expert in wild animal wellbeing and animal behavior. She has worked with nonhuman animals - from arachnids to elephants - in various conservation-related interventions, such as translocations, rewilding, sanctuaries, and non-lethal management. In addition to North America Liv Baker has conducted conservation research in Australia and South Africa. She currently collaborates with indigenous communities in Thailand, to transform the lives of Asian elephants.