Animal Welfare, Agency, and Animal–Computer Interaction
Recent discussions in animal welfare have emphasised the importance of animal agency—the ability of animals to make choices and exert control over their environment in a way that aligns with their needs and preferences. In this paper, we discuss the importance of animal agency for welfare and examin...
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| description | Recent discussions in animal welfare have emphasised the importance of animal agency—the ability of animals to make choices and exert control over their environment in a way that aligns with their needs and preferences. In this paper, we discuss the importance of animal agency for welfare and examine how use of some types of animal–computer interaction can enable animals to exercise more agency in captive environments through increased choice and control, cognitive challenge, and social interactions; as well as considering some of the potential limitations of such efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-449e1e63f0d64264a638375a850841cc2025-01-24T13:18:08ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152025-01-0115221910.3390/ani15020219Animal Welfare, Agency, and Animal–Computer InteractionHeather Browning0Walter Veit1Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BF, UKDepartment of Philosophy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AA, UKRecent discussions in animal welfare have emphasised the importance of animal agency—the ability of animals to make choices and exert control over their environment in a way that aligns with their needs and preferences. In this paper, we discuss the importance of animal agency for welfare and examine how use of some types of animal–computer interaction can enable animals to exercise more agency in captive environments through increased choice and control, cognitive challenge, and social interactions; as well as considering some of the potential limitations of such efforts.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/2/219animal welfareagencyanimal–computer interactionchoicecontrolchallenge |
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