Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care

A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions.

Animals under human care are exposed to a potentially large range of both familiar and unfamiliar humans. Human-animal interactions vary across settings, and individuals, with the nature of the interaction being affected by a suite of different intrinsic and extrinsic factors. These interactions can be described as positive, negative or neutral.

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