Tail handling reduces the value of reward in laboratory mice
09.05.2018
Researchers at Newcastle University have found that picking up laboratory mice by the tail makes... >>
A standardised equine-based welfare assessment
11.04.2018
Most equine welfare research focuses on horses used for leisure and sporting purposes in developed... >>
Report on the Early Career Researcher Workshop
27.03.2018
BY ELLEN WILLIAMS AND EMMA MONAGHAN The AWRN ‘Career Progression for Early Career Researchers’ workshop, organised... >>
How does man’s best friend respond to pain?
27.03.2018
Previous research suggested that personality in horses might relate the expression of pain, in a... >>
Poker Face: Do we really know how well horses are coping with daily life?
27.03.2018
Horses are known to show different strategies to avoid tasks and procedures they don’t want... >>
Positive reinforcement training of group-housed rhesus macaques
20.03.2018
This paper details a protocol for the positive reinforcement training (PRT) of rhesus macaques (Macaca... >>
Rabbit relinquishment through online classified advertisements in the United Kingdom
13.03.2018
The rehoming of companion animals is a welfare concern. We were interested in finding out... >>
Farmers’ attitudes to sanctions and rewards as motivators to reduce lameness in sheep
27.02.2018
Lameness in sheep is endemic across the UK; it is painful, and a significant welfare... >>
Professor Marian Dawkins
31.01.2018
Professor Marian Dawkins from the University of Oxford talks about marrying her fascination of animal... >>
Professor Melissa Bateson
31.01.2018
Professor Melissa Bateson from Newcastle University discusses her career studying starlings and how recent developments... >>
