Tuesday, 20 January 2015

'Wild at Heart' Applies to All Animals?


The new BBC series on the 'natural behaviour' of our companion animals or pets uses several interesting techniques and is quite graphic (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050d3fx). The remarkable thing, however, is that, if you look carefully, you can see evidence of species-typical behaviour in all domesticated animals including those used in agriculture and laboratories. In deed, such behaviour often gives one a good idea on how to supply the best environments (ones in which they can express as much as possible of their normal behaviour-so long as it is not damaging in other respects-as can be achieved).

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