Caretaker attitudes and animal training are associated with alpaca behaviour towards humans—An online survey
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105224
Abstract: Abstract Although alpacas are becoming increasingly popular animals, their behaviour towards humans has received little research interest until now. The purpose of our study was to investigate, for the first time, associations between caretaker attitudes… read more here.
Keywords: caretaker; caretaker attitudes; behaviour towards; towards humans ... See more keywords
Urban birds' tolerance towards humans was largely unaffected by COVID-19 shutdown-induced variation in human presence
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DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06387-z
Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and respective shutdowns dramatically altered human activities, potentially changing human pressures on urban-dwelling animals. Here, we use such COVID-19-induced variation in human presence to evaluate, across multiple temporal scales,… read more here.
Keywords: covid; urban birds; tolerance towards; towards humans ... See more keywords
Human and farm influences on dairy cows´ responsiveness towards humans – a cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209817
Abstract: The human-animal relationship can have a major impact on cow welfare and stockpersons´ work safety and quality. This cross-sectional study investigated possible effects of stockperson and farm related factors on cows´ behaviour towards humans in… read more here.
Keywords: cross sectional; towards humans; farm; sectional study ... See more keywords