Knaebe Brenna, Weiss Claudia C, Zimmermann Jan, Hayden Benjamin Y
Department of Neuroscience and Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Jun 27;12(13):1648. doi: 10.3390/ani12131648.
Recent years have witnessed major advances in the ability of computerized systems to track the positions of animals as they move through large and unconstrained environments. These systems have so far been a great boon in the fields of primatology, psychology, neuroscience, and biomedicine. Here, we discuss the promise of these technologies for animal welfare. Their potential benefits include identifying and reducing pain, suffering, and distress in captive populations, improving laboratory animal welfare within the context of the three Rs of animal research (reduction, refinement, and replacement), and applying our understanding of animal behavior to increase the "natural" behaviors in captive and wild populations facing human impact challenges. We note that these benefits are often incidental to the designed purpose of these tracking systems, a reflection of the fact that animal welfare is not inimical to research progress, but instead, that the aligned interests between basic research and welfare hold great promise for improvements to animal well-being.
近年来，计算机系统追踪动物在广阔且无限制环境中移动位置的能力取得了重大进展。迄今为止，这些系统在灵长类动物学、心理学、神经科学和生物医学领域带来了极大的便利。在此，我们探讨这些技术对动物福利的前景。它们的潜在益处包括识别并减轻圈养动物的疼痛、痛苦和苦恼，在动物研究的“3R”原则（减少、优化和替代）背景下改善实验动物福利，以及运用我们对动物行为的理解，增加面临人类影响挑战的圈养和野生种群中的“自然”行为。我们注意到，这些益处往往是这些追踪系统设计目的的附带结果，这反映出动物福利并非与研究进展相悖，相反，基础研究与福利之间的共同利益对改善动物福祉有着巨大的前景。
