Professor Laura Green

  Professor Laura Green from the University of Warwick describes her epidemiological approach to study endemic... >>

Professor Christine Nicol

  Professor Christine Nicol discusses her childhood love of animals, her initial reluctance to conduct animal... >>

Dr Alan McElligott

      Dr Alan McElligott is a Reader in Animal Behaviour at the University of Roehampton. In... >>

Farmer perspectives on welfare outcome assessment

    Recently, several farm assurance schemes in the United Kingdom have been adopting innovative approaches, such... >>

Here’s looking at ewe: New study shows how sheep can determine each other’s facial expressions

People’s inability to tell the difference between a happy sheep and an unhappy sheep is... >>

Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage

    The study of individual differences has been a powerful approach to understanding animal behaviour. Previous work had... >>

Report on “NC3Rs Year of Laboratory Rodent Welfare”

  Throughout 2017 the NC3Rs launched a number of initiatives and funded work addressing the welfare... >>

Bestial boredom: a biological perspective on animal boredom and suggestions for its scientific investigation

  Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous... >>

Pacing Stereotypies in Laboratory Rhesus Macaques

This interesting review by AWRN members Colline Poirier and Melissa Bateson examines what is known about... >>

Welfare of Zebrafish undergoing procedures

A recent paper published by authors including Lynne Sneddon from the University of Liverpool, examined... >>