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Jennie Crawley defended her dissertation in Biology 10 Dec 2021: ”The impact of human relationships on semi-captive Asian elephant health and welfare”
December 10, 2021Read the digital copy of the thesis at UTUPub Opponent: Associate Professor Lisa Yon, University of Nottingham, UKCustos: Professor Hanna Tuomisto, University of Turku The impact of human relationships on semi-captive Asian elephant health and welfare There are billions of animals living in close proximity to humans around the world from pets and livestock to … Read More
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Lyhentyneet hoitajasuhteet vaikuttavat työnorsujen hyvinvointiin, mutta kesyttämismenetelmien parantuminen on vähentänyt poikaskuolemia (Väitös: MSc Jennie Crawley, 10.12.2021, biologia)
December 10, 202103.12.2021 MSc Jennie Crawley tutki biologian alan väitöskirjassaan Myanmarissa metsätöissä käytettäviä aasiannorsuja. Tulokset osoittavat, että norsunkäsittelymenetelmillä sekä norsunajajien vuorovaikutuksen pituudella on merkittävä vaikutus norsun käyttäytymiseen, terveyteen ja kuolleisuuteen. Ihmisen kanssa elää lukemattomia eläinlajeja lemmikeistä ja eläintarhaeläimistä ihmisen kanssa työskenteleviin eläimiin. Kontaktit ihmisen kanssa vaikuttavat näiden eläinten hyvinvointiin ja terveyteen. Aasiannorsu on uhanalainen laji, jonka historia … Read More
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Elephants benefit from having older siblings, especially sisters: New article out in J Anim Ecol by Vérane Berger et al.
September 21, 2021A study of semi-captive Asian elephants in Myanmar has found that calves benefit from having older sisters more than older brothers. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Animal Ecology. Researchers at universities in Finland, the UK and Myanmar have found that Asian elephant siblings influence younger offspring from early through to … Read More
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Liehrmann et al’s new paper in Scientific Reports: Handler familiarity helps to improve working performance during novel situations in semi-captive Asian elephants
August 3, 2021ABSTRACT Working animals spend hours each day in close contact with humans and require training to understand commands and fulfil specific tasks. However, factors driving cooperation between humans and animals are still unclear, and novel situations may present challenges that have been little‐studied to‐date. We investigated factors driving cooperation between humans and animals in a … Read More
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New paper from Jennie Crawley et al. on how the changing relationships between the elephants and their handlers influence the elephants’ health, welfare and behaviour
January 8, 2021Abstract Declining wild populations combined with accumulating captive populations of e.g. livestock, pets, draught and zoo animals have resulted in some threatened species with substantial proportions of their populations in captivity. The interactions animals have with humans in captivity depend on handler familiarity and relationship quality and can affect animal health, growth and reproduction with … Read More