The Department of Pathobiology of the Veterinary Faculty at the University of Utrecht is investigating the causes of the death of stranded porpoises. The causes of death of porpoises are assessed by internal and external investigation at the Utrecht University. At dissections, the organs of the dead …

Toxicity outcomes derived in vitro do not always reflect in vivo toxicity values, which was previously observed for a series of phenols tested in the embryonic stem cell test (EST). Translation of in vitro data to the in vivo situation is therefore an important, but still limiting step for the use of …

Tropical dry forests (TDF) are subject to intense human intervention leading to an increase of secondary forests and changes in habitat suitability for birds. Despite the increasing research on secondary forests, we have little understanding of how such changes intropical dry forests have affected animal …

Het doel van dit onderzoek is om te onderzoeken wat de begeleiders van instelling X nodig hebben om op een effectieve manier dierhulpverlening in te zetten bij mensen met autisme die wonen bij instelling X. In de probleem analyse komt naar voren dat dierenhulpverlening veel kan betekenen voor mensen met …

Inaugural lecture as Lector Precision Livestock Farming at HAS University of Applied Sciences on October 14, 2016. PLF, Precision Livestock Farming, uses technologies to continuously monitor animal behaviour, animal health, production and environmental impact.

The broad field of environmental ethics, animal welfare, animal liberation, and animal rights literature indicate that all encounters between humans and animals are ethically charged. In this article, I shall examine how environmental ethics or animal welfare/rights/liberation literature translate into …

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Recently, Lévy walks have been put forward as a new paradigm for animalsearch and many cases have been made for its presence in nature. However,it remains debated whether Lévy walks are an inherent behavioural strategyor emerge from the animal reacting to its habitat. Here, we demonstratesignatures …

Onderzoek naar coaching met honden vorm van animal assisted therapy (AAT) voor verschillende soorten clienten. Met behulp van kwantitatief (vragenlijsten) en kwatitatief (intervieuws) onderzoek werd geconcludeerd dat coaching met honden ook geschikt kan zijn voor clienten die zich niet aangetrokken voelen …

This article focuses on the role of ethical perspectives such as deep ecology and animal rights in relation to environmental education, arguing that such perspectives are well-placed to reposition students as responsible planetary citizens. We focus on the linkage between non-consequentialism, animal …