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Discover the perfect Online Assessment Tool to measure wellbeing in animals, and join the MHERA-volution today.

MHERA™ is a practical framework that allows Professionals to evaluate the emotional wellbeing of an individual animal of any species, considering their mental lives and the role it plays in their behaviour. The framework can be used on mammals, birds, reptiles and (as more information becomes available from scientific research) in an adapted form for amphibians and fish. MHERA™ is applied in companion and captive wildlife care to manage and assess wellbeing.

With MHERA™ you can…

Measure the efficacy of enrichment or behaviour modification programs. Is it meeting the animal’s specific need or is it counterproductive because of their bias? MHERA™ shows you how the animal experiences enrichment etc, which means you can be more specific in what you implement.

Identify why certain behaviours are occurring, why they continue to happen despite attempts to change them and hone in on what each individual animal needs, based on their physical and mental requirements.

Develop programs that help to address ‘problem’ behaviours (a better description would be emotional conflict – as that is often the driving force behind how animals behave.)

MHERA™ was created as a science based, multi-functional assessment tool that is designed to calculate, track and manage the wellbeing of animals living in human care and is based in Affective Neuroscience and Animal Emotionality science. It is comprised of four elements:

Mood State Assessment

Our Mood State tool allows you to plot animal moods effectively. With user-friendly interfaces, you can map an animal’s cognitive biases, mood states before and after treatment and progress or regression.

Hedonic Budget Assessment

The Hedonic Budget Calculator measures the activation of systems that are critical for well-being and welfare.

Emotionality Assessment

The MHERA™ Emotionality Assessment tool helps you to track and assess an animal’s emotional response to treatment or enrichment.

Reinforcement Assessment

This shows the benefit to the animal in performing any behaviour.

Add MHERA™ to your professional toolkit, and always put emotionality at the heart of what you do.

Hear From Our Users

Real Experiences from Satisfied Customers

★★★★★

It’s easy to overlook important aspects when focusing on animals during consultations, but the MHERA App has changed that for me. It consolidates everything into one easy-to-use system, which is incredibly helpful. It really allows me to monitor the individual animal’s journey toward a better quality of life efficiently.

George NeuroPaws

★★★★★

Using MHERA as a framework to assess captive wildlife has given me a new perspective on the individual animal’s emotional wellbeing, increasing my ability to provide them with the highest level of care.

Candice Enrichment Officer – Johannesburg Zoo

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