Chinese College Students' Attitudes towards Animal Welfare
Platto, Sara1; Serres, Agathe2; Jingyi, Ai3
刊名ANIMALS
2022
卷号12期号:2页码:21
关键词Chinese college students animal welfare animal sentient five freedoms college majors
ISSN号2076-2615
DOI10.3390/ani12020156
通讯作者Platto, Sara
英文摘要

Simple Summary College students, specifically from veterinary, animal, agricultural, and life sciences majors represent the future professionals who will closely work with animal industry stakeholders. Therefore, it is important to understand their attitudes towards animals and their knowledge about animal welfare. A survey on Chinese college students was conducted across different majors and Chinese geographical regions to understand their attitude towards the animal Sentient and the Five Freedoms models for pets, laboratory, farm, and wild animals. Most of the respondents exhibited a good attitude towards both the animal Sentient and the Five Freedoms models, with best scoring for pet animals followed by wild animals. Respondents showed less concerns towards farm and laboratory animals. A previous animal welfare education, the ownership of animals, and the participation in laboratory work involving animals positively influenced the attitude of the respondents towards animal welfare. These experiences might have helped students to develop concerns towards the animals' treatment. When compared to previous studies, our results suggest that Chinese college students improved their attitudes towards animals in recent years. Understanding the attitude of stakeholders towards animals is critical for the development and improvement of animal welfare in a country. College students from veterinary, animal, and life sciences majors represent future key stakeholders that will interact with professionals from animal industries. Therefore, it is critical to understand these college students' attitudes towards animals and their knowledge about animal welfare. The present survey aimed to investigate Chinese college students' concerns towards different animal classes (i.e., pets, farm, laboratory, and wild animals) through the animal Sentient and Five Freedoms models. Chinese college students from different majors (i.e., related to animal sciences or not) scored very well in their attitude towards both the animal Sentient and Five Freedoms models, with differences depending on the animal class considered. Pets (dogs and cats) had better consideration for both animal Sentient and Five Freedoms models, followed by wild animals, while farm and laboratory animals were less considered. Veterinary science major students showed the strongest differences in attitudes depending on the animal classes considered compared to other majors. Furthermore, respondents showed better attitude scoring if they currently owned or had owned animals, had participated in animal welfare courses, or in laboratory work that involved animals. When compared to previous studies, our results suggest a general improvement of Chinese college students' attitudes towards animals.

WOS关键词VETERINARY-STUDENTS ; PUBLIC-ATTITUDES ; NATIONAL-SURVEY ; CHILDREN ; FACULTY ; EMPATHY ; RIGHTS ; WILDLIFE ; BEHAVIOR ; BELIEF
WOS研究方向Agriculture ; Veterinary Sciences ; Zoology
语种英语
出版者MDPI
WOS记录号WOS:000746419500001
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.idsse.ac.cn/handle/183446/9347]  
专题深海科学研究部_深海生物学研究室_海洋哺乳动物与海洋生物声学研究组
通讯作者Platto, Sara
作者单位1.Jianghan Univ, Coll Life Sci, Dept Biotechnol, Wuhan Econom & Technol Dev, 8,Sanjiaohu Rd, Wuhan 430056, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Deep Sea Sci & Engn, 28 Luhuitou Rd, Sanya 572000, Peoples R China
3.Jianghan Univ, Coll Foreign Language, Dept Translat, Wuhan Econ & Technol Dev Zone, 8,Sanjiaohu Rd, Wuhan 430056, Peoples R China
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Platto, Sara,Serres, Agathe,Jingyi, Ai. Chinese College Students' Attitudes towards Animal Welfare[J]. ANIMALS,2022,12(2):21.
APA Platto, Sara,Serres, Agathe,&Jingyi, Ai.(2022).Chinese College Students' Attitudes towards Animal Welfare.ANIMALS,12(2),21.
MLA Platto, Sara,et al."Chinese College Students' Attitudes towards Animal Welfare".ANIMALS 12.2(2022):21.
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