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摘要
Despite 5000 years of domestication, the species-specific behaviours and needs of the various horse breeds broadly remained the same. Species-appropriate housing systems allow horses to engage in its natural innate behaviour and thus contributes to its overall well-being. Due to not animal-friendly housing systems, a public debate about animal welfare in horse keeping has developed in recent years. This debate was intensified due to doping scandals, dubious training methods and health problems from horses in high-performance sport. However, so far no scientific studies are available, which investigate the evaluation and implementability of animal welfare measures through horse business managers. To close this research gap, this paper examines animal welfare measures in horse keeping, based on a quantitative online survey among 261 horse business managers. Animal welfare measures, that are particularly important to increase the well-beeing of horses, are realizable in practice. Implementation of animal welfare measures is decisive influenced by the personality of the manager und the business itself. The potential is considerable to improve animal welfare in horse keeping, because many managers are set positive against more animal welfare through implementation of animal welfare measures.
- 出版日期2017-6
