"What can we do to actually reach all these animals?" Evaluating approaches to improving working equid welfare.

ABSTRACT: NGOs utilise a range of programming to bring about desired changes. This study examines the advantages and limitations of the range of approaches used by one particular NGO sector: working equid welfare organisations, from the perspective of NGO staff. NGO staff hold a wealth of knowledge regarding the design and implementation of welfare improvement initiatives; however this knowledge is rarely systematically documented. Through 32 semi-structured interviews the experiences of staff across multiple organisations were explored. The nine most commonly utilised approaches within equid focussed NGO programming were discussed with participants. Many themes resulting from the interviews centred around the strengths and disadvantages of these individual approaches, implemented both historically

SUBMITTER: Haddy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462723 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature