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Is wild animal welfare really a neglected research area? We reviewed the literature and did the math. wildanimalinitiative.org/library/quanti…

🚨 Wild Animal Welfare Seminar Series Launch tomorrow! Register to attend in-person (RVC, London) or online here airtable.com/appTkO7ag6FEkB… Royal Veterinary College (RVC) ZSL Wild Animal Initiative | @wildanimalinitv.bsky.soc

‘The Vet Profession Must Condemn Intensive Pig Farming’ - Vet Record Pig welfare 🐷 - Caged breeding sows - Piglet mutilations - Squalid environments growing pigs - CO2 suffocation at slaughter Public health 💊😷 - Antimicrobial resistance - Pandemic risk doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4…

This paper introduces a concept I like: Efficiency of Welfare Production (how well one converts resources into welfare). Thus a committed totalist should focus on animals with highest EWP which, depending on your view of welfare, may or may not be humans. doi.org/10.1017/S09538…

The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy is thrilled to be hosting the US launch for Jonathan Birch's The Edge of Sentience, featuring Jonathan Birch, L Syd M Johnson, John Olusegun Adenitire, and Claudia Passos Ferreira. Register to attend in person or online: sites.google.com/nyu.edu/mindet…

The Victorian Government's decision to declare dingoes as "unprotected wildlife" across much of the state not only condemns these native animals to extreme suffering, but could send them on an "extinction trajectory". 💔 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Looks like the Game has been played for longer than we ever imagined

Very excited that our book launch is now only 2 weeks away! Come join us if you can bristol.stanfords.co.uk/2024/09/13/cat…

Good luck to the The Humane League UK today in its case against "Frankenchickens" at the Court of Appeal. As you can see from the Court's website, the legal issues are incredibly intricate and complex.

Next week, WAI Outreach Manager Janire Castellano, PhD will be co-chairing a workshop on animal welfare at Animal Behaviour Live. If you'd like to hear from Fay Clark, Dennis Bahati, and Dr Heather Browning (Veit), register for the (free!) conference here: animalbehaviour.live/conference #ABL2024

Great experience feeding penguins

We just received the copies of our first joint book 🥳

I’m excited to announce my new book Consider the Turkey, which reveals some surprising details about the lives of the birds who end up on Thanksgiving tables across America. Check out this short book to inform yourself on what you are eating, including some plant-based recipe

So excited to receive the advance copies of our forthcoming book 'What Are Zoos For?'. Available for preorder now: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-are…

The Barrett Lab is extremely excited to have been funded to work on farmed insect welfare as part of Christine Picard's Global Centers proposal to NSF on insects as drivers of a sustainable bioeconomy! meghan-barrett.com/latest-news/ns…

Only two weeks until our book is released! Tertulia is offering discount preorders: 25% off with code ZOOS entered at checkout tertulia.com/book/what-are-…

Are #Zoos an anachronism in the 21st century when we can watch animals in their natural habitat, close-up from our couches without worrying about cruelty? Dr Heather Browning (Veit) and Dr. Walter Veit disagree, but they acknowledge there is a case to be answered. George Miller ow.ly/CUWl50TSw7x

Our book came out today 🥳 In 'What Are Zoos For?' we examine the common justifications for zoos and argue that zoos are (or should be) for animals, placing animal welfare at the centre of their operations. Order here, or through most online booksellers: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-are…

Congratulations to Heather Browning, whose book 'What Are Zoos For' is out this week! Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities School of Humanities at University of Southampton