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That Tracks: The Science of Animal Happiness

That Tracks: The Science of Animal Happiness

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How do you know if an animal you see at the zoo is thriving? Welfare scientist Jason explains.

0:00 Introduction

0:27 What is animal welfare?

0:49 How Lincoln Park Zoo monitors animal behavior

2:55 Why feeding behaviors are central to welfare science

3:32 Introducing the Zoo Monitor app

4:25 Zoo Monitor's global growth

5:20 The large-scale giraffe study

7:38 Balancing population data with individual welfare

9:30 Measuring welfare in understudied species

11:57 Monitoring nocturnal animals overnight

13:30 Welfare, wellbeing, and care: what's the difference?

15:44 How keepers and scientists work together

18:45 The future of welfare science

20:46 The naked mole rat dig pit experiment

23:17 Jason outside the zoo

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