Library
Browse resources published by our research team.
In addition to full texts of our peer-reviewed articles, our library includes research digests that break down our peer-reviewed articles; in-depth reports that thoroughly examine a topic; commentaries that explain the significance of particular issues in wild animal welfare science; and short communications that briefly survey a field or topic.
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Wildlife contraception and welfare
Simon Eckerström Liedholm discusses why contraception is a promising tool for improving wild animal welfare, and what further research is most urgently needed.
Early-life experiences are a priority in wild animal welfare research
Hecht, L. (2021). The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals’ welfare. Biological Reviews, 96(6), 2602–2616. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12769
Luke Hecht explains why Wild Animal Initiative’s first call for grant proposals is focused on the welfare of juvenile animals.
Reducing the burden of disease: the One Health approach
Jane Capozzelli
Jane Capozzelli reviews the One Health approach to public health and veterinary medicine, identifying research themes that could be prioritized to most improve wild animal welfare.
Why cause of death matters for wild animal welfare
In part one of this series, Luke Hecht introduces approaches to studying wild animals’ causes of death, with the goal of making work in this field maximally useful for understanding wild animal welfare.
Assessing biomarkers of aging as measures of cumulative animal welfare
Will Bradshaw
Will Bradshaw reviews the existing empirical support for the use of biomarkers of aging as a measure of cumulative welfare, discusses the prerequisites of applying the method, and explores a number of important caveats that may limit its applicability.