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flight zone: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

● anchor · an animal's personal-space bubble Nearest construct by meaning·not indexed
flight zone1 CONSTRUCTFlight zoneGRANDIN · 1980

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Applied ethology

The space around an animal that, once entered, makes it move off

In applied ethology and stockmanship the flight zone is an animal's zone of personal space: as a handler crosses its edge the animal moves away, and working the edge of the zone from the right angle lets a handler steer cattle or sheep calmly without force. Grandin's 1980 Observations of cattle behavior applied to the design of cattle-handling facilities put the concept at the centre of low-stress handling and facility design. The referent is the distance and geometry of an animal's avoidance response to an approaching person, measured by the point at which it begins to move and the direction it takes.[1]

Unit
The distance at which an animal begins to move away from an approaching handler
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Judged by the approach distance that triggers movement and by the animal's turning and flight direction

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References

  1. Grandin, T. (1980). Observations of cattle behavior applied to the design of cattle-handling facilities. Applied Animal Ethology, 6(1), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3762(80)90091-7

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