Welfare of Wild Vertebrates
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 103287
Special Issue Editor
Interests: welfare of wild vertebrates; wildlife management; human-wildlife conflict; wildlife trade
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The welfare of wild animals has received significantly less attention than has the welfare of their domesticated counterparts, such as farm, companion, and laboratory animals. This may be because people feel more responsible for animals held in captivity, or because wild animals and the impacts upon them are ‘out of sight and out of mind’. Nonetheless, people affect wild animal welfare in countless ways, whether directly or indirectly, deliberately or not—many of these ways are no doubt yet to be identified, but conspicuous examples include ‘pest’ management, development, wildlife tourism, wildlife trade, wildlife conservation, recreational hunting, etc.
Original manuscripts that address any of the issues in wild vertebrate welfare are invited for this Special Issue, particularly those that: (1) Assess welfare impacts associated with anthropogenic activities; (2) assess methods of reducing anthropogenic welfare impacts; or (3) identify and/or quantify welfare impacts that have not previously been recognised.
Dr. Sandra Baker
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- animal welfare
- human-wildlife conflict
- pest
- welfare assessment
- welfare domains
- welfare impact
- wildlife
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