Simple Summary Scientific interest in animal welfare was initially driven by popular
emotional, ethics and political concerns. It has now become an important societal question …

Despite a long history of human–horse relationship, horse-related incidents and accidents
do occur amongst professional and non professional horse handlers. Recent studies show …

There are strong suggestions that equine stereotypies are connected to poor welfare and a
suboptimal management and/or stabling environment. Different forms of equine stereotypic …

Simple Summary Horses are mainly housed in individual boxes. This housing system is
reported to be highly detrimental with regard to welfare and could trigger the expression of …

Obesity has a negative effect on health and welfare of many species, and has been
speculated to be a problem for zoo elephants. To address this concern, we assessed the …

Reasons for performing the study Few data are available on the prevalence of obesity in the
general equine population of G reat B ritain (GB), and its associated risk factors. Objectives …

Simple Summary Horses' behavior is a good indicator of their welfare status. However, its
complexity requires objective, quantifiable, and unambiguous evidence-based assessment …

Behavioural needs are highly motivated actions critical to a species survival and
reproduction. Prolonged restriction of these behaviours can lead to stereotypic behaviours …

Horses, and in particular sport horses, remain housed predominantly in single stalls. One of
the main reported reasons is the fear that they will become agitated and injure themselves …

In recent years the welfare of recreational horses has become an increasingly important
issue, as evident by their high representation in welfare investigations around the world …