About the Authors

Xiaofei Li

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Sarah Zito

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

Affiliation Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Michelle Sinclair

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Clive J. C. Phillips

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

c.phillips@uq.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.