Essays about: "human-animal relationship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words human-animal relationship.

1. 1. Domestication effects on the human-chicken relationship

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Ruth Demree; [2023]
   Keywords : attentiveness; chicken; domestication; human-animal relationship; social cognition; social learning;

   Abstract : Domesticated species possess certain cognitive abilities that allow them to thrive in an environment with regular human interaction, and these interactions contribute to the overall human-animal relationship. Studying the human-animal relationship allows us to better understand how domesticated animals perceive and navigate their environment, which can then be used to improve their welfare. READ MORE

3. 2. Barefooting: A Tool for Environmental Consciousness

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Camille-Fleur Moraux-Pizano; [2023]
   Keywords : Barefooting; Critical Animal Studies; Environmental Consciousness; Nature Connectedness; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Modern human animals’ relationship with Nature is damaged and damaging. An emotional and physical separation is at play in this broken bond, with footwear literally and metaphorically embodying the disunion between spirit and body. READ MORE

4. 3. Neo-republicanism as a framework for a political theory of animal protection - An evaluation of Philip Pettit’s neo-republican theory of freedom and its potential for extending justice to non-human animals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Martin Hansen; [2022]
   Keywords : animal rights; Neo-republicanism; analytical political theory; reflective equilibrium; political turn; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Non-human animals are often excluded from contemporary political theories, much to their detriment in terms of welfare and protection. The ‘political turn’ is a subset of animal ethicists concerned with moving beyond motivating moral status and instead discussing the politics of a shared human-animal society. READ MORE

5. 4. Social behaviour and sociability traits of dairy calves raised in a cow-calf contact system : cow-calf together project

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Maria Mwebaza Nabukalu; [2021]
   Keywords : cow-calf contact system; socialization; animal welfare; sociality; sociability; dairy calves; affiliative and antagonistic behaviours;

   Abstract : Calves are usually separated from their dams a few hours after birth, placed in individual house pens, cages or hutches and fed on milk replacer. This system has many welfare and ethical implications on the dam and calf, especially as regards to their bonding and natural behaviours. READ MORE

6. 5. Emotional resilience in humans as an effect of hippocampal pattern separation

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Thomas Wahlund; [2021]
   Keywords : Pattern separation; adult neurogenesis; mnemonic similarity task; anxiety; fear generalization;

   Abstract : Pattern separation is the means by which the brain discriminates similar experiences. It enables retrieval of individuated memories without confusing them with other memories. It is the reason one remembers where one parked the car today and does not mix it up with where one parked it previously. READ MORE