Webanimal behaviour and welfare science helps by identifying risks and benefits for animals, as well as benefits and risks for people and ecosystems, to help ensure that efforts to improve the health of one stakeholder subset do not harm others. Webthis theme issue explores both human and animal innovation to examine whether useful links can be made between these domains of research. Webas our understanding has evolved, there is more awareness that the ethical use of animals involves more than considering the n. Scientist are more open and aware that they should consider the. Webanimal welfare is a multifaceted concept that has evolved over time to address concerns about the treatment of animals, including, for example, the genuine concerns with animal suffering, registered in the book animal machines: The new factory farming industry by ruth harrison (1964). Webthe recognition of sentience in animals from the 1990s onwards has thus effected a radical shift in the way we view the moral status of animals and how we provide for and ensure their welfare. The following paper analyses this shift and its significance for animal research and welfare. Webthe first academic organization devoted to the scientific study of animal welfare was established in 1966 as the society for veterinary ethology (sve), demonstrating its veterinary roots by being then affiliated. Animal cognition and ethology, the scientific study of animal behaviour, have long captivated the human imagination. Webbehavioral innovations may help animals cope with new environments, but how such behaviors start is hard to capture. A new study reports the innovation and transmission of a new foraging culture in an urban parrot. Webthe term animal welfare means different things to different people. For some, it is the application of scientific measures to provide objective data of how the animal is coping with its environment.
