Research on the Attachment Bonds of Horses to Humans.

Conversations in Equine Science

English - February 12, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB
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Research Reference:

Lundberg Paulina, Hartmann Elke, Roth Lina S.V. (2020). Does training style affect the human-horse relationship? Asking the horse in a separation–reunion experiment with the owner and a stranger. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 233, December.

Link to Research Paper:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016815912030232X?via%3Dihub

Link to Daily Mail Article:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8909547/Horses-DONT-form-attachment-bonds-owners-study-finds.html

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