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dc.contributor.authorGandía, Kristine M.en_UK
dc.contributor.authorElliott, Joen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGirling, Simonen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKessler, Sharon E.en_UK
dc.contributor.authorBuchanan-Smith, Hannah M.en_UK
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-10T00:04:23Z-
dc.date.available2024-10-10T00:04:23Z-
dc.date.issued2024-07-31en_UK
dc.identifier.other2223en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/36312-
dc.description.abstractGood zoos have four aims—to conserve species, educate the public, engage in research, and provide recreation—all of which can only be achieved when underpinned by high animal welfare standards. In this paper, we share the approach that The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park take to animal welfare. We highlight the role that animal welfare research, in collaboration with universities, has had in enabling the zoo to take an evidence-based approach to welfare and to put findings into practice. We share the collaborative process through which we developed and piloted the current animal welfare assessment tools, how they were validated, and how they were tested for reliability as part of a long-term collaboration between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and the University of Stirling: (1) the RZSS Welfare Assessment Tool, a 50-question animal welfare assessment adapted from the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) Toolkit; and (2) the Stirling Toolkit, a package of evidence-based resources for behavioural-data collection. Our aim is to facilitate standardised, evidence-based approaches to assessing animal welfare which, when finalised, can be used collaboratively across zoos.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPI AGen_UK
dc.relationGandía KM, Elliott J, Girling S, Kessler SE & Buchanan-Smith HM (2024) The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Approach to Assessing and Promoting Animal Welfare in Collaboration with Universities. <i>Animals</i>, 14 (15), Art. No.: 2223. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14152223en_UK
dc.rights© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectanimal welfareen_UK
dc.subjectanimal welfare assessmenten_UK
dc.subjectzooen_UK
dc.subjectfive domainsen_UK
dc.subjectpositive welfareen_UK
dc.titleThe Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Approach to Assessing and Promoting Animal Welfare in Collaboration with Universitiesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani14152223en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid39123748en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleAnimalsen_UK
dc.citation.issn2076-2615en_UK
dc.citation.volume14en_UK
dc.citation.issue15en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderThe Royal Zoological Society of Scotlanden_UK
dc.contributor.funderUniversity of St Andrewsen_UK
dc.author.emailh.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date31/07/2024en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationRoyal Zoological Society of Scotlanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationRoyal Zoological Society of Scotlanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001287206700001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85200756361en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid2041594en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0009-0005-7792-138Xen_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-9927-9491en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-4969-1810en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-2516-7734en_UK
dc.date.accepted2024-07-26en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-07-26en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2024-10-09en_UK
rioxxterms.apcnot chargeden_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorGandía, Kristine M.|0009-0005-7792-138Xen_UK
local.rioxx.authorElliott, Jo|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGirling, Simon|0000-0001-9927-9491en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKessler, Sharon E.|0000-0003-4969-1810en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBuchanan-Smith, Hannah M.|0000-0002-2516-7734en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|University of St Andrews|http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000740en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2024-10-09en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2024-10-09|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameanimals-14-02223-v2.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source2076-2615en_UK
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