Defra is seeking views and evidence on possible interventions that may improve consumer understanding of the origin of certain foods, including how and where origin information is displayed, and on which products origin information should be mandatory. consult.defra.gov.uk/transforming-f…

Actual career highlight 🤩😂 presenting about animals (incl fat horses!) in the Archers to #thearchers fans and cast and writer!! Pure happiness AcademicArchers - with tamsin durston

Huge thanks to AnimalWelfareNetwork for funding our intro to qual workshop - absolutely brilliant meeting so many lovely participants (with Becky Smith and thanks to Carri Westgarth Anthrozoology Group, Sara Dogs Trust's Canine Behaviour & Research Teams 💛 Jo and Shona for speaking 🤩🤩🤩

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Really interesting roles advertised in UCD looking at psychological interventions for those working on farm as part of the Farming Minds project.

' Overall, the campaign appeared to be effective in reaching its target audience but not at raising awareness of SRB or increasing the number of owners intending to seek help. The inclusion of a video in the campaign made no difference to its effectiveness'mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/3…

Interested in learning more about using qualitative research methods for animal welfare research? Join us 4th April in Liverpool for this free event funded by AWRN awrn.co.uk/event/awrn-fun…

🐹 If you own a hamster in the UK (over 18s or parents/guardians only), we would like to hear from you. We are researching the association between the housing conditions, care of pet hamsters and their body condition and behaviour.

➡️ Survey: rvc.uk.com/hamster-owner-…

PhD OPPORTUNITY at UCD! Come work with us on a really exciting #OneHealth project looking at behaviour change intervention development on pig farms to support good biosecurity practices and reduce the risk of salmonella. ucd.ie/agfood/newsand…

Why treating horses like horses, not ‘like kings’, is vital for equestrian sport’s future trib.al/xr9tIGa

Want to study parasite adaptation as it happens? We're looking for a postdoc to monitor and model parasites infecting ewes on our University farm Inst of Infection Veterinary & Ecological Sciences.

Part of the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Ewes project.

Deadline 8th January tinyurl.com/2vr5vyry

***PhD opportunity*** Pioneering Progress: Insights into Effective Animal Welfare Interventions 🐷🐮 🌏tinyurl.com/QUBAnimalWelfa…
Deadline: 22nd Jan 2024. #animalwelfare #humanbehaviourchange #international
QUB - School of Psychology Animal Behaviour Centre

Looking forward to the final TalkEquine Research webinar of 2023! Finishing off the year in style with Louise Evans 🐴💭

Looking to do a PhD? Join our lovely research team Inst of Infection Veterinary & Ecological Sciences!

BBSRC Newcastle Liverpool Durham DTP PhD studentship on the sustainable control of parasites in ewes - with Dr John Graham-Brown, Dr Jennifer Duncan and FECPAK

findaphd.com/phds/project/b…

📣Do you love dogs and have experience in monitoring & evaluation? 🐶 Would you like help us measure the impact of our work on dogs and their owners across the country? We're hiring for a Monitoring & Evaluation manager!
Find out more 👉tinyurl.com/ybnwy57e #AnimalWelfareJobs

So glad this common misconception has been addressed, I have heard this comment from SO many people who should know better. If you are going to defend something, at least use facts.
(Paper: 'Used like Pawns or treated like kings'....Pearson, Douglas, Wolframm & Tamzin Furtado)

Initiatives such as new welfare policies and commissions need a shared understanding of horse welfare to to be effective.
Our new paper explores what horse welfare means to equestrians and other industry groups.
doi.org/10.1017/awf.20…

UK Vets and nurses! We desperately need your help recruiting overweight pooches to this study to test a new intervention for canine weight loss. Please pass the info to your clients and ask them to sign up, then send history and your consent for us to take case. Also pls share!