Articles for tag: animal behavior, Animal Care, animal welfare, Science For Animals, Shelter Design

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How Animal Behavior Research Shapes Shelter Design

Suhail Ahmed

On a busy summer afternoon, a shelter director in Phoenix walks past a row of kennels and watches the decibel reader spike like a siren. This is the old problem: animals arrive scared and stressed, and the building itself can make things worse. The new solution, emerging from behavior science, is surprisingly architectural. Designers and ...