使用制度民族学分析动物收容所和保护II:动物收容所的工作
Katherine E Koralesky1, Janet M Rankin2, David Fraser1
1Animal Welfare Program, University of British Columbia, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada.
Animal welfare (South Mimms, England)
|March 15, 2024
概括
由于机构程序优先考虑有效的收养,庇护所工作人员面临着管理有行为问题的狗的挑战. 这限制了关键的行为修改时间,给员工造成压力,影响动物福利.
科学领域:
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 兽医科学 兽医科学 兽医科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 有效的动物收养是庇护所的一个关键目标.
- 并非所有的动物,尤其是那些有行为问题的动物,都可以轻松地被收养.
- 庇护所的运作受到机构程序和资源管理的影响.
研究的目的:
- 探索前线避难所工作人员的日常工作.
- 检查机构程序如何塑造员工在动物行为方面的工作.
- 识别在庇护所系统内管理有行为问题的动物所面临的挑战.
主要方法:
- 采用了机构民族学.
- 这项研究的重点是大型动物庇护组织的前线工作人员.
- 数据收集涉及观察日常工作和审查机构程序.
主要成果:
- 工作人员进行行为评估,并审查护理计划,采用者信息和安全的摄入文件.
- 工作人员面临着优先考虑有效收养的压力,而不是与有行为问题的动物进行密集的工作.
- 机构管理方法虽然旨在控制人口和资源效率,但限制了工作人员解决长期逗留动物复杂行为需求的能力.
结论:
- 目前的庇护组织,专注于效率,阻碍了专门针对有特殊需求的动物进行行为修改.
- 这给那些对这些动物有情感投入的员工带来了压力.
- 建议包括加强对行为修改的支持,并扩大对有特殊需要的动物的培养计划.
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