Ethology and why it is studied
"Ethology is the scientific and objective study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions and viewing behaviour as an evolutionary adaptive trait." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology
Ethology is studied to monitor and discover the behaviour of animals in their natural habitat. If an animal is socially-isolated from its usual surroundings, the behaviours will differ within the animal, as the animal will no longer do the behaviours it would naturally do every day. For example, if a moose was taken out of its natural habitat, bulls bellowing for mates and their feeding routines would not be able to be studied or be accurate.
A report on intensive farming practises was authorised by the Brambell Committee in 1965 and they summarised that animals had behavioural needs, not all of which could be content with due to restricted environments. Not providing satisfactory environments for the animals results in suffering and served a big impact on the animal welfare.
Behaviours can be affected by: external factors to the animal, thermoregulatory behaviours in animals such as wallowing in pigs and anti predator behaviours for prey species. behaviours such as searching for food when hungry are internally motivated.
Studying motivation for animal behaviours is an important study in applied ethology, due to the link between ethnology and Brambell Comittee’s thoughts about behavioural needs.
Behavioural needs are those "behaviours that the animal must perform regardless of environmental circumstances” -http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/1/20.full
Behaviour is the way an animal reacts in response to their environment to control it. Careful and precise observations can provide an important amount of information relating to an "animals requirements, preferences and dislikes, and internal states.”
Ethology is studied to monitor and discover the behaviour of animals in their natural habitat. If an animal is socially-isolated from its usual surroundings, the behaviours will differ within the animal, as the animal will no longer do the behaviours it would naturally do every day. For example, if a moose was taken out of its natural habitat, bulls bellowing for mates and their feeding routines would not be able to be studied or be accurate.
A report on intensive farming practises was authorised by the Brambell Committee in 1965 and they summarised that animals had behavioural needs, not all of which could be content with due to restricted environments. Not providing satisfactory environments for the animals results in suffering and served a big impact on the animal welfare.
Behaviours can be affected by: external factors to the animal, thermoregulatory behaviours in animals such as wallowing in pigs and anti predator behaviours for prey species. behaviours such as searching for food when hungry are internally motivated.
Studying motivation for animal behaviours is an important study in applied ethology, due to the link between ethnology and Brambell Comittee’s thoughts about behavioural needs.
Behavioural needs are those "behaviours that the animal must perform regardless of environmental circumstances” -http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/1/20.full
Behaviour is the way an animal reacts in response to their environment to control it. Careful and precise observations can provide an important amount of information relating to an "animals requirements, preferences and dislikes, and internal states.”