1. Wild animals are used in scientific research in a wide variety of contexts both in situ and ex situ. Guidelines for best practice, where they exist, are not always clearly linked to animal welfare and may instead have their origins in practicality. This is complicated by a lack of clarity about indicators of welfare for wild animals, and to what extent a researcher should intervene in cases of compromised welfare.
2. This Primer highlights and discusses the broad topic of wild animal welfare and the ethics of using wild animals in scientific research, both in the wild and in controlled conditions. Throughout, we discuss issues associated with the capture, handling, housing and experimental approaches for species occupying varied habitats, in both vertebrates and invertebrates (principally insects, crustaceans and molluscs).
3. We highlight where data on the impacts of wild animal research are lacking and provide suggestive guidance to help direct, prepare and mitigate potential welfare issues, including the consideration of end‐points and the ethical framework around euthanasia.
4. We conclude with a series of recommendations for researchers to implement from the design stage of any study that uses animals, right through to publication, and discuss the role of journals in promoting better reporting of wild animal studies, ultimately to the benefit of wild animal welfare.

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涉及野生动物的研究的福利和道德：入门

1. 在各种情况下，野生动物都在科学研究中用于原地和非原地。最佳实践准则（如果存在）并不总是与动物福利有明确联系，而可能源于实用性。由于缺乏关于野生动物福利指标的明确性，以及研究人员在福利受损的情况下应进行干预的程度，使得情况变得复杂。
2. 本入门手册重点介绍并讨论了野生动物福利的广泛主题以及在野生环境和受控条件下在科学研究中使用野生动物的伦理。在整个过程中，我们讨论与在脊椎动物和无脊椎动物（主要是昆虫，甲壳类和软体动物）中占据各种栖息地的物种的捕获，处理，居住和实验方法有关的问题。
3. 我们着重指出缺少野生动物研究影响的数据，并提供指导性指导以帮助指导，准备和减轻潜在的福利问题，包括对安乐死的终点和道德框架的考虑。
4. 最后，我们提出了一系列建议，供研究人员从使用动物的任何研究的设计阶段开始，一直实施到出版，并讨论期刊在促进更好地报告野生动物研究，最终有益于野生动物福利方面的作用。 。