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Animal Welfare
  • Animal Welfare
    • Laws and Regulations
    • Assessment
      • Measurement of Physiology, Behavior, and Emotions
    • Livestock/Production Animals
      • Intensive Agriculture, Use of Prophylactic Antimicrobials
      • Painful Procedures
      • Cloning, Embryo Transfer, Genetic Modification, and Other Reproductive Techniques
      • Transportation and Slaughter
    • Dogs and Cats
      • Gonadectomy
      • Training
      • Surgical Manipulation (Tail Docking, Ear Cropping, Devocalization, Declawing)
    • Horses
      • Slaughter and Transportation
      • Soring and Gait Manipulation
      • Tail Modifications
    • Exotic and Nontraditional Pets
      • Husbandry and Suitability
    • Captive Wildlife
      • Use for Education and/or Entertainment
      • Environmental Enrichment
    • Laboratory Animals
      • Use of Animals in Biomedical Research
      • Environmental Enrichment
    • Selected Topics
      • Euthanasia, Slaughter, and Depopulation
      • Free-ranging and Feral Animals
      • Use of Animals in Entertainment and Education
      • Animal Abuse and Neglect, Animal Fighting
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