Video workshop series: Methods in wild animal welfare science

March 22, 2024

Last fall, Wild Animal Initiative hosted a five-part virtual workshop series on methods in wild animal welfare science. Recordings from the workshop series are now available for the public: Click here to watch the recordings on YouTube.

The workshop sessions are led by a variety of experts in the field — not only members of Wild Animal Initiative’s Science Team, but also external researchers who have partnered with us.

Session topics include:

• Introduction to Wild Animal Initiative

• Animal Welfare: Theories and Frameworks

• What is Wild Animal Welfare?

• A Historical Overview of Animal Welfare

• DAWCon - The Dynamic Animal Welfare Concept

• Considering Animal Welfare in Study Designs

• Applying Animal Welfare to Wild Animals

• How to Measure Wild Animal Welfare

• How to Create and Validate New Measures

Recordings of these sessions and others are available in our YouTube playlist.

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