Psychological and behavioural principles and problems

Warwick, Clifford

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1222-2_10

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“…Assessments of physical and behavioural condition of animals targeting signs of injury, disease, stress, and good health as presented in, for example, Glazebrook and Campbell (1990), Norton (2005a, b), Arena and Warwick (2004), Warwick (2004), and Warwick et al (2013a), were conducted using non-invasive observation. Lesions and diseases were provisionally identified and subsequently confirmed by a senior specialist in reptile veterinary pathology and husbandry.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Occasional acute stressors, while disturbing for animals, are not necessarily harmful experiences and physiological conditions can rapidly re-stabilise following an event (Guillette et al 2004;Warwick 2004). However, this does not imply that arbitrarily subjecting the turtles to acute stressors is consistent with good animal care, and there exists the potential that repeated acute stress episodes may lead to compromised wound healing and pathology (French et al 2005;Warwick 2004).…”

Section: Behavioural Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, this does not imply that arbitrarily subjecting the turtles to acute stressors is consistent with good animal care, and there exists the potential that repeated acute stress episodes may lead to compromised wound healing and pathology (French et al 2005;Warwick 2004). …”

Section: Behavioural Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The farming of sea turtles, as for the farming of other reptiles such as crocodiles, presents a suite of complex challenges for the provision of physical, physiological and behavioural needs. Where these needs are not satisfied, captivity-stress, morbidity and mortality may result (Arena and Warwick 2004;Warwick 2004;Warwick et al 2013a). For example, the mortality of captive crocodiles has been explicitly linked to poor husbandry and rearing conditions (Huchzermeyer 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Welfare and Environmental Implications of Farmed Sea Turtles

Arena

Warwick²,

Steedman³

2013

J Agric Environ Ethics

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Various captivity-related health problems have been described as arising in the farming of sea turtles at the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF). Our study included a desktop review of turtle farming, direct onsite inspection at the CTF, assessment of visual materials and reports provided by investigators from the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), and a limited analysis of water quality for potential pathogens. In particular, we assessed physical and behavioural condition of animals for signs of stress, injury and disease. During the onsite inspection we identified three distinct signs of physical injury and disease, six distinct signs of abnormal and problematic arousal-and discomfort-related behaviour; and three distinct signs of normal quiescence-and comfort-related behaviour. On evaluation of evidence provided by the WSPA we identified ten distinct signs of physical injury and disease, and managementor genetic-related conditions; six distinct signs of abnormal and problematic arousaland discomfort-related behaviour; and three distinct signs of normal quiescence-and comfort-related behaviour. We conclude that sea turtles at the CTF manifested important physical and behavioural signs that are indicative of problematic management and captivity-related stress, and the limitations of sea turtle adaptive plasticity in captivity. The problematic physical and behavioural signs, in our view, related to the inherent nature of intensive turtle propagation which in particular involves overt-and cryptoovercrowding and understimulating environments, and an associated failure to meet all the physical, biological and innate behavioural needs of sea turtles.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Section: Behavioural Considerationsmentioning

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Section: Behavioural Considerationsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Welfare and Environmental Implications of Farmed Sea Turtles

Arena

Warwick²,

Steedman³

2013

J Agric Environ Ethics

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“…Differing biological needs among animals of individual species, and their adaptability to captivity, are fundamental factors determining their success or failure to thrive (Brown and Nye 2006;Mason 2010;Serpell et al 2006;Warwick 1995;Warwick et al 2013). Domesticated species are, by definition, adapted to living in close proximity to humans, but many exotic species face particular challenges of adjustment to artificial conditions (Morgan and Tromberg 2007;Warwick 2004).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%