Perception and perceptual judgements

http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/cece/research#section-1

"ecological approaches suggest that perception may depend on contextual factors not previously considered. For example, research shows that hills seem steeper to a person wearing a heavy backpack. Contextual factors influence perception because they are relevant to actions: A hill is harder to climb for an encumbered person, and thus, appears as steeper. We showed that a psychosocial resource, social support, can also affect the visual perception of slants (Schnall, Harber, Stefanucci & Proffitt, 2008). Further, after having consumed glucose people find a hill less steep than after having consumed noncaloric sweetener, presumably because glucose provides energy (Schnall, Zadra & Proffitt, 2010). Thus, whether or not one has resources available changes how one sees the physical world."

Resource Guarding

Links

http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/resource-guarding/

http://www.4pawsu.com/Donaldson.pdf

http://www.patriciamcconnell.com/theotherendoftheleash/resource-guarding-treatment-and-prevention

Ideas for games and enrichment for dogs

http://pawsitivedawgs.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/enrichments/

Dog reactivity and thresholds

Reactivity

http://www.dogsoutloud.org/2013/03/leash-gremlins-need-love-too/

https://www.patriciamcconnell.com/theotherendoftheleash/dog-dog-reactivity-ii-the-basics




Thresholds

http://suzanneclothier.com/the-articles/understanding-threshholds-its-more-under-or-overhttp://boogiebt.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/boogs-look1.jpg

Some international animal welfare projects

International Fund for Animal Welfare

http://youtu.be/e2SPebwMXcI - CLAW - Community Led Animal Welfare in South Afria.  Stephen Jenkinson mentions how moved he was by this project in Your Dog (Nov 2012) - Cora Bailey gave a presentation at ISAZ (Int. Society for Anthrozoology) conference in July 2012.

Slaughter without stunning

FAWC (The Farm Animal Welfare Council) concluded that throat cutting without pre-stunning would result in ' very significant pain and distress'.  Other reports reviewing hundreds of references found that it is certainly the case that animals feel pain if they have their throats cut without being stunned first.  The evidence is irrefutable.  Yet while the Muslim community only represent 3-4 % of the UK population, 25% of meat in the UK market is Halal.  So clearly not all Halal meat is being eaten by people for whom this would pose any meaning.

Bill Reilly in his article in the Veterinary Record (Reilly 2012) poses the view that this is enirely unacceptable.  Halal and Kosher meat use should be restricted to communities for whom it has some religious meaning, and within those communities the acceptance of stunning can be encouraged.  Elsewhere we should ensure that meat is labelled clearly as many consumers would choose not to eat such meat if they knew.


Reilly, B. (2012) Slaughter without Stunning.  Viewpoint, In: Veterinary Record, V. 170, pp. 468-469.