Fundamental Concepts, Knowledge Gaps and Key Concerns Relating to Welfare and Survival of Stranded Cetaceans

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dc.citation.issue5
dc.citation.volume14
dc.contributor.authorBoys RM
dc.contributor.authorBeausoleil NJ
dc.contributor.authorPawley MDM
dc.contributor.authorLittlewood KE
dc.contributor.authorBetty EL
dc.contributor.authorStockin KA
dc.contributor.editorWink M
dc.contributor.editorZemanova MA
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-07T19:04:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:40:44Z
dc.date.available2022-04-26
dc.date.available2024-01-07T19:04:19Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:40:44Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractWildlife management can influence animal welfare and survival, although both are often not explicitly integrated into decision making. This study explores fundamental concepts and key concerns relating to the welfare and survival of stranded cetaceans. Using the Delphi method, the opinions of an international, interdisciplinary expert panel were gathered, regarding the character-isation of stranded cetacean welfare and survival likelihood, knowledge gaps and key concerns. Experts suggest that stranded cetacean welfare should be characterised based on interrelated aspects of animals’ biological function, behaviour, and mental state and the impacts of human interventions. The characterisation of survival likelihood should reflect aspects of stranded animals’ biological functioning and behaviour as well as a 6-month post-re-floating survival marker. Post-release monitoring was the major knowledge gap for survival. Welfare knowledge gaps related to diagnosing internal injuries, interpreting behavioural and physiological parameters, and euthanasia decision making. Twelve concerns were highlighted for both welfare and survival likelihood, including difficulty breathing and organ compression, skin damage and physical traumas, separation from conspecifics, and suffering and stress due to stranding and human intervention. These findings indicate inextricable links between perceptions of welfare state and the likely survival of stranded cetaceans and demonstrate a need to integrate welfare science alongside conservation biology to achieve effective, ethical management at strandings.
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dc.edition.editionMay 2022
dc.identifier.citationBoys RM, Beausoleil NJ, Pawley MDM, Littlewood KE, Betty EL, Stockin KA. (2022). Fundamental Concepts, Knowledge Gaps and Key Concerns Relating to Welfare and Survival of Stranded Cetaceans. Diversity. 14. 5.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/d14050338
dc.identifier.eissn1424-2818
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.number338
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70661
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/5/338
dc.relation.isPartOfDiversity
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectanimal welfare
dc.subjectconservation decision making
dc.subjectDelphi
dc.subjectexpert opinion
dc.subjectmanagement
dc.subjectmarine mammals
dc.subjectwildlife
dc.titleFundamental Concepts, Knowledge Gaps and Key Concerns Relating to Welfare and Survival of Stranded Cetaceans
dc.typeJournal article
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