Just shared a new post — reflections from Japan on animal welfare, culture, and connection. There’s a quick personal update too. Love to hear your reactions. Hope you enjoy and pass it along! katherinecronin.net/blog/japan

Minnesota Zoo is hiring an Animal Behavior & Wellbeing Specialist to work on their animal welfare team! A new position, bachelors-level with at least 3 years experience. Apply by Oct 28. #job #animalwelfare #zoo #captivewildlife #aza www.aza.org/jobs?job=48841

Oklahoma State Department of Biology is hiring an assistant professor in comparative biology (very broadly defined)! We have a great department, come join us. And please spread the word. jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/assista...

What an honorable title! @okstate.edu is hiring a Temple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied Animal Behavior & Well-Being. 75% research 25% teaching. #job #phd #animalwelfare #agriculture #farmanimalwelfare jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/temple-...

Update! It's the hour where the organization receiving the most unique contributions earns extra. If you were considering donating, now is a good time!

On this #GivingDayforApes, could you help bring #chimps Emma, Chicco & Charlie to Chimfunshi to live a social life in the forest? If donating is not for you, please R/T. Thank you! 🥰🐵 www.givingdayforapes.org/story/Help-C...

Unexpected inspiration hit after listening to Jane Goodall yesterday - I tried to capture it in my latest blog post: katherinecronin.net/blog/jane

🔍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

At World Animal Protection presents The Walrus Talks The Power of Animals, seven expert speakers will discuss how a sustainable future is shaped by how we treat animals. Join us on September 23, in Toronto or online. #Canada #AnimalProtection #AnimalWelfare www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...

Hunter College (CUNY) is hiring a tenure-track Asst. Prof. in Animal Cognition/Behavior (Fall 2026 start). Teaching + mentoring in the Animal Behavior & Conservation MA program + psych undergrad. #AcademicJobs #AnimalBehavior #Cognition 🐒🐦🐘 Apps due Oct 1: tinyurl.com/hunter-animal

Great opportunity* for a primatologist to lead #LincolnParkZoo Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes in Chicago! #animalwelfare #primates #animalwelfare #job #PhD *first-hand knowledge ;) apply here: shorturl.at/0502P learn about the Fisher Center here: shorturl.at/Ejahn

Mentioning PETA can spark some strong feelings, but this #job could be a great fit for a researcher looking to contribute to a powerful organization working for #animals. Senior Researcher, remote, applications due Aug 14. recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

Zoos often house solitary species together due to space or visitor goals. But what does that mean to the animals? We studied “solitary” red-footed tortoises and found changes in behavior as group size grew—suggesting their reptile roommates mattered. #LincolnParkZoo #animalwelfare shorturl.at/IBBBZ

#Chicago resident who wants to learn more about protecting #primates? Join me and #LincolnParkZoo colleague Maureen Leahy to discuss at this this Chicago Public Library event on Aug 20! chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/68375...

Great summary of how primate pet ownership harms the animals, regardless of owner intentions. #primates #notapet www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

#WorldChimpanzeeDay seems a great time to share 2 #PhD opportunities on creativity in wild #chimps and #bonobos at University of Zurich @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social

Farm Sanctuary is hiring a six-month, remote, paid Ethology Research Intern. GFAS accredited. #jobs #internships #animalwelfare #animalbehavior shorturl.at/J3KuF

Two #jobs @humaneworldorg.bsky.social (formerly HSUS) to "...promote and advance the use of humane, integrated, innovative non-lethal approaches to conflicts with wildlife." - Senior Principal, Urban Wildlife - Urban Wildlife Policy Program Manager shorturl.at/ewdcA #careers #animals #animalwelfare

New study: More socially integrated female #chimps have better offspring survival. Mothers' relationships with females mattered more than relationships with males. By @josephfeldblum.bsky.social & others, from long-term Gombe data. #animalbehavior #parenting #primates 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112863

The position I held for the past several years is now open for someone new! As Director, Animal Welfare Science Program at Lincoln Park Zoo, you'd have the opportunity to influence the wellbeing of animals around the world through science and advocacy. #jobs #animalwelfare #zoo shorturl.at/yLLxG

🐟 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

"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 👇

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

Up early for #UFAW2025!

Just registered (and completed my time zone math)! A great, affordable, online opportunity to learn about the latest in #animalwelfare science.

#LincolnParkZoo is hiring a PhD-level Research Scientist for the Alexendar Center for Applied Population Biology in Chicago! Work with great scientists (and my friends) to conserve species. #PhDJobs shorturl.at/UK3TN

Research assistant opportunity with Dr Simone Pika ‪@ combiocognition.bsky.social‬ studying feeding ecology and cognition in wil#chimpanzeeses in Gabon! Apps due June 19#animalbehavioro#primatese#jobsbs https://www.comparative-biocognition.de/communicate/events

📢 The full list of poster presentations for the UFAW International Animal Welfare Conference 2025 is now available. 🔗 Learn more and register to attend here: ow.ly/9oMF50VX87l #UFAW2025 #AnimalWelfareScience

Looking for new reads on #animalwelfare? Great resource 👇

Great scientific advocacy article about the Captive Primate Safety Act authored by #LincolnParkZoo Jillian Roeder! #AZA #AnimalWelfare #primates www.aza.org/connect-stor...

EAZA Academy is providing an Animal Training Seminar hosted by ZSL London Zoo, welcoming both online and in-person participants. Follow the link for more info! #animalwelfare #EAZA #zoo #animalbehavior www.aanmelder.nl/161843

World Animal Protection is hiring a Research Manager. Some geographic flexibility, apps due May 6. Work w/ campaigners, policy teams & partners to manage research projects that drive policy & influence behavior. shorturl.at/LUweR @worldanimalprotection.us @wap-uk.bsky.social #animalwelfare #job

Beautiful Japanese macaque Miyagi at Lincoln Park Zoo. I watched this alpha male reach for his kids, pull them close, and fall asleep with his head resting on their fur. Sweet start to the day.

The former New Mexico lab chimps at the center of extended legal battles are finally in retirement at #ChimpHaven. I played a small part with welfare assessments, while others advocated, planned, fundraised, and basically moved mountains. #LincolnParkZoo #APNM www.lpzoo.org/zoo-partner-...

PhD Funded Position in Exploring Chicken Vocalisations to Advance Precision Livestock Farming and Animal Welfare at Newcastle University, UK PhD Funded Position in Exploring Chicken Vocalisations to Advance Precision Livestock Farming and Animal Welfare at Newcastle University, UK About the…

#PhD Opportunity focused on farmed insect welfare at Indiana University Indianapolis in the Barrett Lab. Fully funded. NSF. For more info email Megan Barrett. #animalwelfare www.meghan-barrett.com

If you are near Paris and researching #animalwelfare, there is a meeting of the Animal Welfare Economics Working Group at the Paris School of Economics. Topics include farm animal welfare, cost-benefit analyses, human behavior. Free registration. June 10-11. #meeting www.aw-econ.org/conferences

If you are near Paris and researching #animalwelfare, there is a meeting of the Animal Welfare Economics Working Group at the Paris School of Economics. Topics include farm animal welfare, cost-benefit analyses, human behavior. Free registration. June 10-11. #meeting www.aw-econ.org/conferences

#PhD Opportunity in the Dept of Comparative Cultural Psychology at the MPI-Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany! Work with some of the greatest minds on the minds of the greatest apes 😉. #animalcognition #animalcareers #animalbehavior #apes rb.gy/26xw4h

Still time to register for the North American regional meeting of the International Society for Applied Ethology! May 14-15 @uofguelph.bsky.social 🇨🇦 #animalbehavior #animalwelfare

Research Assistant opening in the lab of @chriskrupenye.bsky.social at Johns Hopkins! #AnimalCareers #animalbehavior #animalcognition #apes

#Postdoc in #animalwelfare in the Collaborative for Animal Behavior (CoLAB) University of Tennessee, Knoxville! Wide open for species and topic. $60K + benefits + research stipend. #AnimalCareers #animalbehavior rb.gy/aq5ude

New opportunity in animal welfare science! Rethink Priorities (a "think-and-do tank") is hiring a senior researcher to focus on animal welfare. #Remote, fair hiring, can live anywhere in the world. 🌏 💻🐾 🐜 #AnimalJobs #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCareers bit.ly/4hDrNkP

My team at #LincolnParkZoo supports the #ZooMonitor app -a great tool for recording #animalbehavior & space use and making decisions to improve #animalwelfare. And, now it's FREE free. If you want more info, DM me and I'll share additional resources. www.lpzoo.org/supporting-s...

Here's a fun one. Covering your one-eyed mom's only eye will certainly get a response... and in this case becomes a signal that means "let's go!" #chimps #animalbehavior

@hussonu.bsky.social is hiring online course developers & instructors in applied animal behavior and animal welfare. MS or PhD level. #remote #jobs #animalbehavior #animalwelfare @animalopps.bsky.social www.schooljobs.com/careers/huss...

Greetings bluesky 👋 We're the Animal Behavior & Conservation Masters program at Hunter College CUNY where animal behavior, cognition, conservation, welfare & evolution meet!! Our MA now has two tracks: Thesis track or Internship track 👀 Apply by Feb 1st for Fall 2025 🐘 psychologyabc.hunter.cuny.edu

📣We are searching for an ~Academic Director~ for the Duke Lemur Center - center w/ largest population of lemurs outside Madagascar-See description at link below. Msg me or @neurocircuits.bsky.social if any Qs. Pls repost! #lemurs #primatology interdisciplinary.duke.edu/opportunitie...

Opportunity to pursue a PhD looking at facial expressivity in humans & other primates with @bridgetwaller.bsky.social at Nottinham Trent in UK. Funded. #primatebehavior #animalbehavior #PhD

Disney is hiring a Science Programs Specialist. Lead & coordinate research on applied animal welfare and care. MS or PhD level. Apps due Jan 15. #jobs #animalwelfare #zoo @animalopps.bsky.social www.disneycareers.com/en/job/lake-...