Animals’ Good Life—Positive Animal Welfare

Dear Colleagues,

At a time of increasing concern regarding many factors potentially having a negative impact on animals and people, we feel it is important to look at changes that are actually helping to create a better life for many animals. This volume will focus on advances in our understanding and treatment of animals that have led to significant, or at least incremental improvements in the quality of life for animals. We are most interested in submissions that provide objective, quantitative documentation to define and evaluate policies, procedures, and/or activities that have demonstrably improved animal welfare. This issue is open to submissions concerning any species of non-human animal.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Measures of the state of animal welfare;
• Social, economic, and political drivers of positive change in animal welfare;
• Improvements in the legislative landscape for animal welfare;
• How barriers to responsible pet-keeping are being overcome;
• How negative attitudes to certain species or types of animals are overcome;
• How needs of animals at risk are being addressed;
• Improvements in animal sheltering and animal care and control.

Dr. Randall Lockwood
Dr. Maya Gupta
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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