Socialisation et intégration, à la recherche des clés de la réussite - Anna Flamand

🔎 Promoting and encouraging social interaction for horses housed in stalls is possible. Anna Flamand from INRAE ​​discusses existing and upcoming innovative solutions. The 3 key takeaways: 👉 A fundamental need for social interaction. Horses are social animals: in their natural environment, they live in structured and cohesive groups where they establish strong and lasting relationships with their peers. 👉 Towards integrating equine sociality into housing. Individual stalls remain the most common form of housing, despite the detrimental consequences they have on horses' health and behavior. Ensuring social interaction in the housing systems of the future would represent real progress. 👉 Research into innovative solutions. From a welfare perspective, it is necessary to develop tools and methods that guarantee the maintenance of social bonds, safely and securely, in all types of existing housing. Discover our research and innovations: 🔗 https://www.horse-stop.com/articles/i... 📌 Contact us: +33 4 75 55 39 23 www.horse-stop.com #horses #animalwelfare #stable