Simple Summary All animals have requirements that are essential for their welfare, and
when these basic needs are not met, the animal suffers. In horses, it is claimed that these …

Simple Summary The key starting points for assessing horse welfare are a detailed
understanding of what is usual for horses under optimal conditions, and knowledge about …

Multispecies ethnographic projects are venturing “beyond the human”(Kohn 2013), but how
far can they go and remain anthropological? The answer depends on whether such projects …

Domestic horses are currently often subject to management practices that can entail social
stressors, which in turn can negatively influence immunocompetence and disease …

A vivid first-person study of a notorious equine ritual—from the perspective of the wild horses
who are its targets Wild horses still roam the mountains of Galicia, Spain. But each year, in a …

Simple Summary The stallion is a horse like any other horse, and social interactions are an
important part of daily life. Although many free-roaming stallions fulfil their life's purpose …

Simple Summary This study examined whether the company of goats in a paddock helps to
limit the effects of the social isolation of horses. Four short tests were performed, which …

Comparative studies can help identify selective pressures that contributed to species
differences in the number and composition of personality domains. Despite being adapted to …

Kites in Armenia were recently discovered, and investigations into their construction,
typology and dating are ongoing. With these discoveries, it has become necessary to …

This article explores forms of haptic sociality in interspecies interaction. Data examined are
taken from a corpus of equine assisted therapy sessions, in Finland and France. During …