#Fireworks are again so terrible for the poor #animals! We need to #banFireworks now! More than 50% people are against fireworks so let’s act! #vuurwerk #HappyNewYear2023 #HappyNewYear

Let’s RT for a BAN on #fireworks! #banFireworks #HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2023 #vuurwerk #AnimalWelfare

It’s a good thing that #Bolsonaro isn’t anymore the president of #Brazil. Now the #Amazon rainforest has a chance! #LulaPresidente #Lula

Humans have such a big impact on the biomass of mammals … unfortunately nog in a positive way. #RacingExtinction #biodiversity

Why everyday #stress could be the key to a healthy old age theguardian.com/science/2023/j… A #Harvard study showed as well that the effects of stress depend on the way you perceive it. The placebo effect works on stress as well. #science

Let’s start 2023 with some #goodnews: no #rhinos were poached in Assam in 2022 for the first time in 45 years. #stoppoaching #wildlifeconservation …hindustantimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.hindus…

How can we feed 60 billion farm animals but not 7.6 billion humans?! #Worldhunger

Dutch research showed that on average birds fly 10km because of their anxiety of #fireworks. Some even 500km. Negative effects can be seen days after the fireworks have been used. 😢😢 #BanFireworks #AnimalWelfare #AnimalAbuse #Research #Science

Ducks are bred for hunters, so that they can easily shoot them 😡It’s a welfare issue and it is a risk for the spread of the influenza virus. This is happening in #Belgium. #StopHunting #Hunting #Birds

Good news! The last fur farms in Norway will close by the end of the month! #BanFur #Norway

We, Faunawatch Nederland just received a permit to shelter #tortoises in addition to #turtles! Looking forward to new species and expanding our education to improve turtle and tortoise welfare.

#Lioness with an unknown history on the loose in #Berlin. She was hunting on a wild boar. Did she maybe survive for some time on her own? It raises many interesting questions concerning #animalwelfare, instinct, European wildlife, etc.

Can you guess the species of this #turtle? #TurtlesofTwitter #AnimalFacts

Today my official registration as a #veterinarian was finalised! 🥳🩺🐘🐢👨‍🎓

Our economical system needs to start to take costs of #climatechange and #biodiversity loss into account. It will require urgent changes, to make our society future proof. #EconomicGrowth #ClimateAction

Good news! After 5 years of campaigning to ban animal markets in Flanders, Minister of #AnimalWelfare Ben Weyts announced that the markets will be banned!

Yesterday I had my graduation ceremony at the University of Ghent. I am deeply honored to have been bestowed with an award for the best master’s thesis by the faculty research commission.

Yesterday I spoke at the caring congres for veterinarians, doctors, and farmers about the importance of Dutch #wildlife for society. Caring Vets @caringfarmers Caring Doctors

Nature's ComBio published my article on quantification of maternal investment, i.e. energy a mother invests in her offspring. It introduces a metric to compare investment across species to increase our understanding of evolutionary reproduction strategies: rdcu.be/dE6h4

How to quantify maternal investment? Tim Huijsmans reports the maternal investment metric for mammalian species - derived from the allometric scaling of litter mass at weaning age by adult mass and investment duration nature.com/articles/s4200…