Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
The International Animal Welfare Science Society.
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- 🔍 NEW STUDY investigates how human activities and environmental factors shape donkey welfare outcomes across multiple regions in Kenya, highlighting areas where welfare may be improved. 🔗 Read the full open-access article here: ow.ly/C29p50XZXVN #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY explores kitten socialisation practices within a Swedish breeding association and examines how early-life handling and environments can influence kitten welfare and behaviour outcomes. 🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/ILZ150Y9nhX #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY examines whether pig saliva can be used to identify biomarkers associated with different pre-slaughter mixing and density conditions. 🔗 Read the full open-access article here: ow.ly/33j150XZXrL #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- This is going to be a great meeting, bringing together experts from different industries to apply science to improve animal lives. (And, they offer travel grants!) Abstract submission open. #AnimalWelfare #Zoo #Farm #LabAnimal #CompanionAnimal #Science #Advocacy
- 📢 Registration & abstract submission are now open for UFAW’s Centenary Conference 2026. As UFAW marks its centenary, we invite you to join this 3-day conference to explore the latest developments in #animalwelfarescience. Further details and submissions: scienceforanimalwelfare2026.org
- 🔍 NEW STUDY examines public perceptions and attitudes towards animal welfare in Iran, considering views across different animal sectors and welfare issues. 🔗 Read the full open-access article here: ow.ly/53ih50XZQLb #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- ❔Did you know? The journal #AnimalWelfare is now indexed on PubMed Central (PMC). Explore a wide range of open access articles on our homepage: ow.ly/vWmm50XCH50 Or access articles directly on PubMed Central: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/?term="Anim …
- 🔍 NEW STUDY suggests that removing breed labels, and instead using personality descriptions, significantly boosts perceived adoptability of shelter dogs. Read the full open-access article here: ow.ly/qE4050XyGga #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍NEW STUDY highlights the welfare challenges facing purebred cats in the UK and presents a new framework that encourages an evidence-based perspective. 🔗 Read the full press release: ow.ly/qAIk50XyNlj 🔗 Read the open access paper in Animal Welfare: ow.ly/QO3n50XyWro
- 🔍 NEW STUDY analyses 25 years of data on the admission reasons and post-release survival of rehabilitated UK herring gulls. Read the full open access article here: ow.ly/aK8J50XvPrx #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY proposes the first conceptual welfare-assessment frameworks for reptiles in zoos and private keeping, grounded in the Five Domains and Welfare Quality® approaches. Read the full open-access article here: doi.org/10.1017/awf.... #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY reviews the use of technological enrichment in zoos, highlighting its role in promoting species-appropriate behaviours and cognitive stimulation. Read the full open-access article here: ow.ly/61jx50XwLkz #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY finds that staff training significantly improved welfare outcomes for free-roaming dogs undergoing catch-neuter-vaccinate-release in India, using a standardised welfare-assessment tool. Read the full open-access article here: ow.ly/aoXA50XyFsz #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- Deadline Approaching! Nominations for our Humane Slaughter Award close on 10 December. Help us to recognise an individual or organisation whose work has resulted in significant advances in livestock welfare beyond the farm gate ➡️ hsa.org.uk/humaneslaugh... #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY develops a standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises. 🔗 Read the full open access article here: ow.ly/MnJx50Xibo5 #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍NEW STUDY finds inadequate regulation of the UK #puppy trade is harming #animalwelfare, #publichealth, and the #environment. 🔗 Read the full press release: ow.ly/AnIg50Xmmqv 🔗 Read the open access paper in Animal Welfare: ow.ly/PhGY50Xmmqw
- 🐒 This #InternationalPrimateDay, we’re highlighting Primates, a curated Collection from #AnimalWelfare featuring free-to-access research on #primatewelfare. 🔗 Explore the Primates Collection here: ow.ly/yjMY50WP9w9 🔗 View all Collections here: ow.ly/anKn50WP9w8 #AnimalWelfareScience
- 🔍 NEW STUDY explores welfare outcomes of using rifles vs shotguns during aerial culling of fallow deer in Australia. 🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/s07C50X4Rp6 #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW PAPER looks at how gillnet soak time affects welfare, survival, stress, and muscle quality in Atlantic Cod. 🔗 Read the full open-access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY explores obesity in pet rabbits, guinea pigs, and rats in Estonia, examining both prevalence and owner awareness of related husbandry practices. 🔗 Read the full open access article here: ow.ly/5hWW50X9zCw #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍NEW OPINION PAPER warns that framing #cat confinement as an uncomplicated “win-win” for #wildlife and cats risks misleading the public and undermining trust in #conservation and #animalwelfare messaging. 🔗 Read the full paper here: ow.ly/Km3l50X8pKy #AnimalWelfareScience
- This series of seminars are free for all. If you have an interest in animal welfare, it’s a must. I promise to be equal parts informative, entertaining and provocative.
- 📢 Next up in the UFAW & AWRN seminar series, Influencing for Impact, is Alick Simmons, former UK Deputy Chief Veterinary Surgeon, speaking on “How much does evidence really influence #animalwelfare policy?” 🔗 Register for this and the remaining sessions at: ufaw.org.uk/researchtopolicy
- 🔍 NEW STUDY explores how horse owners conceptualise chronic pain within the context of everyday interactions with their horse, what drives them to seek veterinary involvement, and how these interactions shape perceptions of pain and its management. 🔗 ow.ly/Wt2S50WYaG9 #AnimalWelfareScience
- 🔍 NEW STUDY highlights gaps in awareness, enforcement, and practices affecting livestock welfare during transport and at markets in Nigeria. 🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/kH9K50WY7hC #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
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- The @rspcalabanimal.bsky.social and @ufaw.bsky.social are pleased to present the 32nd Rodent Welfare Group Meeting on 7 October 25 with a focus on home-cage monitoring. 🕙 10:00 - 16:00 📍 Scotland 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Closing: 28/09/25 #AnimalScience #AnimalWelfare #HomecageMonitoring
- 🔍NEW STUDY examines undergraduate attitudes towards animal welfare science and implications for teaching. 🔗 Read the full open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY explores the challenges small mammal owners face in providing optimal housing and welfare for their pets. 🔗 Read the full open access article here: ow.ly/eAEy50WJBTv #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 “I want them to live their best lives”: Owner experiences of walking with their cats. This qualitative study examined the practice of walking domestic cats on a leash as a potential compromise between indoor-only & free-roaming lifestyles. 🔗 Read the open access article here: ow.ly/pJCW50WF7S7
- 🔍 NEW study explores equestrians’ attitudes towards performance horse welfare. The findings highlight how care values often collide with the cultural context of equestrianism. 🔗Read the full article here: ow.ly/Q28e50Ww5W7 #AnimalWelfareScience #Equestrian #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY explores how bacterial zoonoses affect the welfare of wildlife species. Using a severity index, the study quantifies disease impacts across multiple host-pathogen relationships. 🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/MExb50Wvee5 #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare #Zoonoses
- 📣 We are proud to share that the journal has achieved an Impact Factor of 2.3 in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports, a 60% increase from last year! A sincere thank you to everyone in our community, who contributes to the journal's success. 🔗Read more here: ow.ly/XnJC50Wr4Jc #AnimalWelfare
- 📢 Don't miss the 2025 HSA conference! Join us for two days of expert-led presentations and discussions. 📍 Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum & Online 📆 21–22 Oct 2025 🔗In-person registration is limited, register early to secure your place: hsa.org.uk/conf2025 #AnimalWelfare
- 🔍 NEW STUDY assesses the efficacy of post-operative pain management for cattle castration, comparing outcomes with and without multimodal analgesia (local anaesthetic alone, or in combination with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). 🔗 Read the full study here: ow.ly/lfAR50Wip97 #AnimalWelfare
- Thanks to the entire @ufaw.bsky.social team, in particular Stephen Wickens, @huwgolledge.bsky.social and @birtenielsen.bsky.social, for putting on a great conference and for giving us the opportunity to share our work!
- 🚨Final call!🚨 There are just a few days left until abstract submission for the HSA 2025 Conference closes. To find out more, or to submit an abstract, click on the link below ⬇️
- 📢 Call for Abstracts – Deadline Approaching! We are seeking abstract submissions on the latest developments in humane slaughter, transport, and emergency killing of livestock species. ✅ Submit by: 30 June 2025 📝 Submission guidelines & details: hsa.org.uk/conf2025 #AnimalWelfareScience
- 🔍 NEW STUDY examines how farmer–cattle interactions influence #animalwelfare in extensive mountain systems. Based on focus groups with 60 Spanish farmers, the research suggests that even brief, positive human contact can reduce fear responses in cattle. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- The third and final day of the @ufaw.bsky.social International Animal Welfare Conference #UFAW2025 is just about to begin. Fascinating presentations on the programme. Looking forward to another day of learning and networking! www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/...
- Really enjoyed day 2 of the #UFAW2025 conference, especially presenting my (@ufaw.bsky.social funded) work on how environmental enrichment in husbandry tanks can influence fish passage performance at river infrastructure (in the lab) #AnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience
- 🐟 At the #UFAW2025 conference today, Andrew Vowles @unisouthampton.bsky.social shared a fascinating fish study revealing that being housed with enrichment (shelters, substrate) affected their later exploration of novel objects and willingness to swim upstream and cross barriers. #animalwelfare
- Cynthia Shuck-Paim makes a compelling case for why the experience of pain (and how we should treat it) can differ dramatically between caged/barren environments and enriched ones. #UFAW2025 #animalwelfare
- "Emotion leaves a trace in their voice - just like humans." Venkatraman Manikandan shared a clever, practical approach for AI monitoring of chicken vocalizations that could work across entire flocks to get a full picture of #animalwelfare #UFAW2025. Read about it 👇
- Perfect afternoon to chill on the couch and learn some animal welfare science
- 📢 The UFAW International #AnimalWelfare Conference 2025 is about to begin! We’re thrilled to welcome delegates from over 63 countries, a truly global gathering for advancing #animalwelfarescience! Haven’t registered yet? It’s not too late!🔗 ow.ly/ZH0p50WeNfq
- Up early for #UFAW2025!
- 🎥 Can’t join #UFAW2025 live? Don’t worry! All conference sessions will be recorded and available on demand to registered delegates shortly after the close of the conference each day. ⏳There's only a few more days to go, register here: www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/... #AnimalWelfareScience
- 📖 NEW BOOK REVIEW 📖 Check out the latest book review published in Animal Welfare: What Are Zoos For? By Heather Browning and Walter Veit. Reviewed by Lisa Riley. 🔗 Read the full review here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #AnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience
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- Just registered (and completed my time zone math)! A great, affordable, online opportunity to learn about the latest in #animalwelfare science.
- 📢 Only one week to go! The #UFAW25 International #AnimalWelfare Conference is almost here! Join global experts from around the world for an inspiring programme of talks & knowledge-sharing. Don’t miss your chance to be part of it! 🔗Register here: ow.ly/pb6H50VX87m #AnimalWelfareScience
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- I will be talking about 'fun and games' at the @ufaw.bsky.social international research conference on 26 June. 🎲
