DiVincenti Louis, McDowell Allen, Herrelko Elizabeth S
Independent Researcher, Hamlin, NY 14464, USA.
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, P.O. Box 967, Manteo, NC 27954, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2023 May 9;13(10):1577. doi: 10.3390/ani13101577.
Over the last 50 years, animal welfare science has advanced dramatically, especially in zoos and aquariums. A shifting focus from population-level welfare parameters such as reproductive success and longevity (macroscopic, big-picture concepts) to the subjective experience of individual animals (microscopic, focused concepts) has led to more effective animal welfare assessments and improvements in animal welfare. The interplay between individual animal and population welfare for captive animals is critical to the way zoos and aquariums operate to realize their welfare and conservation missions, especially when these missions conflict with one another. In this report, we explore the intersection of individual animal and population welfare in zoos and aquariums and how these two concepts may support one another or be in conflict.
在过去的50年里，动物福利科学取得了巨大进展，尤其是在动物园和水族馆方面。关注重点从诸如繁殖成功率和寿命等种群层面的福利参数（宏观、整体概念）转向个体动物的主观体验（微观、聚焦概念），这带来了更有效的动物福利评估以及动物福利的改善。圈养动物的个体福利与种群福利之间的相互作用对于动物园和水族馆实现其福利与保护使命的运营方式至关重要，尤其是当这些使命相互冲突时。在本报告中，我们探讨了动物园和水族馆中个体动物福利与种群福利的交叉点，以及这两个概念如何相互支持或产生冲突。
