Evaluating Potential Cetacean Welfare Indicators from Video of Live Stranded Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas edwardii)

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dc.citation.issue14
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorBoys RM
dc.contributor.authorBeausoleil NJ
dc.contributor.authorPawley MDM
dc.contributor.authorBetty EL
dc.contributor.authorStockin KA
dc.contributor.editorFiliciotto F
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-07T19:28:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:35:34Z
dc.date.available2022-07-21
dc.date.available2024-01-07T19:28:16Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:35:34Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-21
dc.description.abstractDespite the known benefit of considering welfare within wildlife conservation and management, there remains a lack of data to inform such evaluations. To assess animal welfare, relevant information must be captured scientifically and systematically. A key first step is identifying potential indicators of welfare and the practicality of their measurement. We assessed the feasibility of evaluating potential welfare indicators from opportunistically gathered video footage of four stranded odontocete species (n = 53) at 14 stranding events around New Zealand. The first stranded cetacean ethogram was compiled, including 30 different behaviours, 20 of which were observed in all four species. Additionally, thirteen types of human intervention were classified. A subset of 49 live stranded long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) were assessed to determine indicator prevalence and to quantify behaviours. Four ‘welfare status’ and six ‘welfare alerting’ non-behavioural indicators could be consistently evaluated from the footage. Additionally, two composite behavioural indicators were feasible. Three human intervention types (present, watering, and touching) and five animal behaviours (tail flutter, dorsal fin flutter, head lift, tail lift, and head side-to-side) were prevalent (>40% of individuals). Our study highlights the potential for non-invasive, remote assessments via video footage and represents an initial step towards developing a systematic, holistic welfare assessment framework for stranded cetaceans.
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dc.edition.editionJuly 2022
dc.format.pagination1861-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35883407
dc.identifier.citationBoys RM, Beausoleil NJ, Pawley MDM, Betty EL, Stockin KA. (2022). Evaluating Potential Cetacean Welfare Indicators from Video of Live Stranded Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas edwardii).. Animals (Basel). 12. 14. (pp. 1861-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani12141861
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2615
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.number1861
dc.identifier.piiani12141861
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70502
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/14/1861
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimals (Basel)
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectanimal welfare assessment
dc.subjectbehaviour
dc.subjectcetacean
dc.subjecthuman intervention
dc.subjectmanagement
dc.subjectmarine mammal
dc.subjectstranding
dc.subjectwildlife
dc.titleEvaluating Potential Cetacean Welfare Indicators from Video of Live Stranded Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas edwardii)
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id454939
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