Welcome to our newest LINK member, Dr Abdi Feyisa, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Head of Department of Clinical Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 🔗Interested in joining our LINKs scheme? Visit: ow.ly/oyRP50W01p5 #AnimalWelfare

Applications are now open to join our Mentoring Partnership! If you’re an undergrad or master’s student interested in #animalwelfare during transport, at markets, or slaughter, or an ECR ready to mentor in these areas, why not join? 🔗 Learn more and apply today: hsa.org.uk/mentor

Are you an undergraduate or master’s level student carrying out #animalwelfare research? Would you benefit from guidance and support in the early stages of project planning? If so, apply to join the UFAW Mentoring Scheme! 🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/mentor 📅 Deadline: 15 Sept 2025

📢 The preliminary schedule for this year's HSA Conference is now available to view online. To register to attend, or to view the preliminary schedule, please visit➡️ hsa.org.uk/conference2025 #AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare

🎉 A Milestone Moment for Animal Welfare 🎉 We’re celebrating the 1000th published article edited by our Managing Editor, Steve Weddell! A tribute to his quiet brilliance, unwavering dedication, & deep commitment to #animalwelfarescience. Here’s to Steve & the next 1000! #AnimalWelfare

🔍 Over a trillion wild finfish are slaughtered each year, typically without stunning. This study critically maps global evidence on the issue, revealing major gaps in #fishwelfare research & urgent need for species-specific practices in wild fisheries. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🎖️Congratulations to Professor Ngaio Beausoleil who has been awarded the UFAW Medal for Outstanding Contributions to #AnimalWelfareScience ➡️ ow.ly/auwZ50VqAB1 Register now to hear Ngaio speak about her work at the #UFAW2025 conference➡️ ow.ly/FABJ50VqAw7 #AnimalWelfareScience

🎉Congratulations to Dr Benjamin Lecorps who has been awarded the UFAW Early Career Researcher of the Year Award 2025. Register now to hear Ben speak about his work at the #UFAW2025 conference➡️ ow.ly/FABJ50VqAw7 Read more about our award recipients here: ow.ly/R94V50VqB3S #AnimalWelfareScience

Interested in #AnimalWelfare during #Transport? At @au.dk, AU-VIBORG, Denmark, we have an open 2-year post doc position focusing on farm animal welfare during transport. 🟢 READ MORE AND APPLY HERE: anivet.au.dk/om-institutt... 🛎️ Please share

📢 Deadline approaching – 1 week left! Submit your abstract for the #UFAW2025 International Animal Welfare Conference by 10 February. Don't miss this opportunity to share your research with a global audience of #animalwelfare experts! 🔗Learn more here: ufaw.org.uk/conf25

⌛ Time is running out to apply for our Animal Welfare Student Scholarships! Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable research experience and contribute to our growing knowledge of how best to improve #animalwelfare Deadline: 28 Feb 2025 ufaw.org.uk/awss

And effects on the moms and their maternal behaviour: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🧪

Two new papers from my lab, led by Gabrielle Clark, now out in @animal-welfare.bsky.social: 1. how perinatal environmental enrichment affects mink kits www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The @the-hsa.bsky.social is on Bluesky now, please follow if you're interested in the welfare of animals "beyond the farm gate" - at slaughter, during transport and emergency killing etc.

Very interesting new paper linking predictive processing (Bayesian brains) to affective responses, and discussing some of the implications for animal welfare including the influence of early life experience on later welfare doi.org/10.1017/awf....

This new paper on zoo animal welfare and agency in conservation programs examines the careful tradeoffs needed between allowing animal autonomy and human caregivers using foreknowledge to provide for better long-term wellbeing doi.org/10.3390/jzbg...