M-AWAG Welfare Scores for 11 Species in 16 Korean Zoos with Environmental Correlations

South Korean zoo animal welfare assessments from 2023 using the Modified Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (M-AWAG). The dataset includes welfare scores across physical, psychological, environmental, and procedural categories for 11 species in 16 zoos, correlated with measured environmental variables like temperature, humidity, sound, and illuminance. The data was collected by a team of trained inspectors including a wildlife veterinarian, a zookeeper, and an animal welfare researcher.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between welfare scores and environmental factors like sound levels and illuminance.
• Comparing welfare status across different species based on physical, psychological, environmental, and procedural scores.
• Evaluating the impact of zoo accreditation status and size on animal welfare outcomes.
• Developing standardized welfare assessment protocols tailored to species-specific ecological needs.

Strengths

• Includes welfare scores for 11 species across 16 zoos, maximizing species diversity.
• Inter-rater reliability among three trained inspectors was reported as 0.942, indicating high objectivity.
• Environmental variables were measured, including temperature, humidity, sound levels, illuminance, and odor concentration.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is 43.1 KB, suggesting a limited scope and likely summary-level data rather than raw observations.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Hyejin Kang.

Collection Method

Pilot inspector system integrating M-AWAG welfare assessments with environmental evaluations.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 04:19:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Korea