Five Domains structured welfare check.

West Lafayette is home to Purdue University's Center for Animal Welfare Science (CAWS) — funded in 2012, formally established in 2014 under founding director Dr. Candace Croney, jointly supported by Purdue's Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, and built on Dr. Jack Albright's pioneering 1980s dairy-welfare research at the same university. This is the standard's own foundational, cross-species standard (never tiled since the kingdom opened) landing in a city with a real, dedicated animal welfare SCIENCE research center, not just an animal-care service provider. Most keepers judge an animal's welfare by gut feel, which misses slow declines and normalized deficits. The Five Domains Model turns one caring look into a structured, repeatable observation across nutrition, environment, health, and behaviour — and makes the mental-state inference honest instead of anthropomorphic.

Where

On-site with the animal / West Lafayette, IN (any kept species: companion, livestock, poultry) · Open the map

Pay

$135 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash — recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

A dated Five Domains observation record: one evidence-based note per domain 1-4, a stated mental-state inference drawn ONLY from those notes, and every flagged item routed

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-12-30

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• The animal in its normal housing, observed without disruption
• A notebook or form with one section per domain
• Access to the animal's feed, water, and resting areas
• Prior records (feed, weights, vet visits) where they exist

Steps

1. 1. Identify the animal (species, age class, housing) and observe it undisturbed for several minutes before approaching.
2. 2. Domain 1 — nutrition: check water access and cleanliness, feed appropriateness and amount, body condition at a glance; note anything restricted or imbalanced.
3. 3. Domain 2 — physical environment: assess thermal comfort, air quality, space, footing, and a dry resting place; note weather exposure for outdoor animals.
4. 4. Domain 3 — health: observe posture, gait, coat/feather/skin, eyes and nose, breathing, and droppings/manure; record signs, never interpretations.
5. 5. Domain 4 — behavioural interactions: watch how the animal engages its environment, other animals, and people; note fear, aggression, apathy, or normal species behavior expressed.
6. 6. Domain 5 — mental state: write ONE inference supported by the four domains recorded above (e.g. 'likely chronic discomfort: reluctant to rise + poor coat + withdrawn'), never a clinical label.
7. 7. Route every flagged item: a husbandry fix the keeper owns with a date, or a veterinary referral named; emergencies route before the record is finished.

What counts as done

• One dated observation note per domain (nutrition, physical environment, health, behavioural interactions), each citing what was actually seen
• Mental-state inference written as an inference from the four domains, never a clinical claim
• Every flagged deficit routed: husbandry fix the keeper owns, or veterinary referral named
• Species, age class, and housing context recorded

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.