The Mellorater app

A Good Life for all Animals

Mellorater app

Based on the 2020 Five Domains Model, we are developing the Mellorater animal welfare monitoring app for its eventual use in all species of animals living in captive or managed environments, so that guardians can (in future) monitor and enhance their animal's welfare and lived experience.

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The Mission

The Mellorater's mission is to provide you with a free app featuring an easy-to-use checklist to monitor and improve your animal’s life and welfare, help you make better management decisions, and achieve a good life for all animals.

Research

Currently under development, the app will collect anonymous data on animals’ life-worlds under the approval of the University of New England Human Research Ethics Committee to advance animal welfare knowledge and, ultimately, to help guardians achieve a good life for their animals.

The Vision

Completing the Mellorater will prompt you to reflect on aspects of the animal’s life-world that are known to impact welfare across all the domains. Used regularly, it will reveal important trends in your animal's quality of life.

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Testimonials

"Having a Five Domains Model checklist available literally in my hand means that the welfare of our horses is always central"

Dr Meta Osborne, MVB CertESM MScIAWEL MRCVS,

Tinnakill House Stud

Our Partners

Horses and People, a media platform that aims to improve human animal interactions