Content tagged "animal welfare"

Posted by Julia Duke SM, Science Writing, 2014
Topics: animal welfare, animals, Brookfield Zoo, emotion, technology, zoos

The Beast Within: Measuring the Minds of Zoo Animals

Researchers at Brookfield Zoo have developed a unique tool for studying welfare based on the idea that animals have emotions that can and should be ascertained–and that keepers, those who spend long periods of time with the animals, have the ability to tell how their animals are feeling.