“…Methods for assessing welfare have been well developed for a range of captive animals [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], including for wild species [24][25][26][27][28]. Although a need to develop methodologies for assessing the welfare of free-roaming wildlife has been highlighted [1], to date, such assessments have been largely restricted to impacts of non-lethal or lethal control of unwanted species, such as rodents, possums, rabbits, kangaroos, camels, badgers, and horses [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. Whilst a recent study explored some aspects of welfare in the daily lives of free-roaming wild dogs [8], protocols for purposefully, systematically and scientifically assessing the welfare of free-roaming wild animals undertaking their normal daily activities, remain elusive.…”