Recently, zookeepers’ role in monitoring and assessing zoo animal welfare is gaining importance. One hundred-sixteen zoo canid keepers responded to an online questionnaire aimed at assessing, on a 1 to 5 scoring scale, their perception of the importance and fulfilment of the Brambell’s Freedoms for zoo canids, the bond with canids under their care, and their level of job satisfaction. Results showed that zookeepers perceive the Brambell’s Freedoms as highly important (median = 5, min–max = 3–5), but not equally guaranteed (median = 3, min–max = 1–5, p < 0.01). Although there was no difference in their perception of the importance of each freedom, those related to psychological issues (median = 3, min–max = 1–5) were perceived as significantly less guaranteed than those addressing physical needs (median = 4.5, min–max = 1–5, Mann–Whitney U test, p < 0.01). Female zookeepers tended to perceive all freedoms as more important (Ordinal Logistic Regression model, p = 0.009), as well as more guaranteed (Ordinal Logistic Regression model, p = 0.007), than male zookeepers. Regardless of gender, a more positive perception of the Brambell’s Freedoms for zoo canids was associated with higher job satisfaction (Mann–Whitney U test, p < 0.01, ρ = 0.241). The latter was also positively correlated with zookeepers’ perception of the strength of the bond with the canids under their care (Spearman Rho’s correlation, p = 0.01, ρ = 0.230). Our results highlight the need for zoos to focus on guaranteeing psychological welfare of their canids. Enhancing animal welfare may increase zookeepers’ job satisfaction.

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全世界动物园管理员对动物园犬类福利的认识及其对工作满意度的影响。

最近，动物园管理员在监视和评估动物园动物福利中的作用越来越重要。161个动物园犬科动物饲养者回答了一项在线问卷，旨在以1-5分的评分标准评估他们对Brambell自由对于动物园犬科动物的重要性和履行情况，与犬科动物之间的联系以及他们的水平的看法工作满意度。结果表明，动物园管理员认为Brambell的自由非常重要（中位数= 5，最小–最大= 3–5），但不能同样保证（中位数= 3，最小–最大= 1–5，p）<0.01）。尽管他们对每种自由的重要性的理解没有差异，但是与心理问题相关的那些（中位数= 3，最小–最大= 1–5）被认为比那些满足身体需求的人（中位数= 4.5，最小） –max = 1–5，Mann–Whitney U检验，p <0.01）。女性饲养者倾向于将所有自由视为比男性饲养者更重要（序数逻辑回归模型，p = 0.009），以及更有保障（序数逻辑回归模型，p = 0.007）。无论性别如何，对Brambell对动物园犬科动物的自由的更积极的认识与更高的工作满意度相关（Mann-Whitney U检验，p<0.01，ρ= 0.241）。后者也与动物园管理员对他们所照顾的犬科动物的结合强度的认识呈正相关（Spearman Rho的相关性，p = 0.01，ρ= 0.230）。我们的结果表明，动物园需要集中精力确保犬科动物的心理健康。增强动物福利可以提高动物园管理员的工作满意度。