Socialized vs. Unsocialized Wolves (Canis lupus) in Experimental Research

• Main Authors: Frank, Harry, Hasselbach, Linda M., Littleton, Dawn M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: WBI Studies Repository 1986
• Subjects: research animals; wolves; Canis lupus; socialization; animal experimentation; Animal Experimentation and Research; Animal Studies; Other Psychiatry and Psychology
• Online Access: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/acwp_arte/16; https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/context/acwp_arte/article/1016/viewcontent/Socialized_vs_unsocialized_wolves.pdf

In the experimental setting human contact is both more frequent and more intimate than in observational research, and the issue therefore assumes even greater importance. The present paper discusses two experimental studies of wolf information processing, one of which was conducted with unsocialized animals and one of which was conducted with socialized animals, and examines the both the management and methodological consequences of these approaches.