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Dec 10 2019 | Lukas Jasiunas

Looking Into Their Eyes: Using Facial Expressions To Guide Welfare

Researchers review species-specific facial expression scales as an effective and non-invasive method for identifying welfare concerns in mammals. READ MORE

Dec 6 2019 | Lukas Jasiunas

Fishes, Sentience, And The Law

Researchers provide an overview of how commercially exploited fishes are treated, highlight the suffering they experience, and propose regulatory changes to ensure higher fish welfare. READ MORE

Dec 5 2019 | Amy Taylor

Animal ‘Outgroups’ And Ideology

This research looks at ideology and prejudice to understand why some people look at animals as dangerous, or beneath humans on an ideological level. READ MORE

Dec 2 2019 | Mona Zahir

Ag-Gag Laws And Public Trust

Animal agriculture lobbyists have pushed for "ag-gag" laws that limit what footage advocates can show from factory farms. Research finds just the presence of such laws may erode public trust. READ MORE

Nov 26 2019 | Lukas Jasiunas

Do People Want Their Companions To Be More Veg*n?

An increasing number of people around the world are consuming a plant-based diet. This study looks at how many of those people would feed a similar diet to their companion animals, and why. READ MORE

Nov 19 2019 | Owen Rogers

Animal Research In China

As advocates celebrate victories against animal experimentation in the U.S. and in Europe, the outsourcing of animal testing is an ever-more important issue that needs to be reckoned with. READ MORE

Nov 18 2019 | Jeanette Shutay

Managing Wildlife Through ‘Evolutionary Traps’

Evolutionary traps, which modify species’ behaviors due to fast-paced environmental changes, can be intentionally created for the management of invasive or overpopulated species. But are they ethical? READ MORE

Nov 12 2019 | Sara Streeter

Ask The Horse: Animal Welfare Meets Interspecies Sustainability

The concept of interspecies sustainability ups the ante on the traditional view of animal welfare. It’s not our perspective of a good life, but the animal’s perspective, that counts. READ MORE

Nov 7 2019 | Gabriel Borden

Doubling Down On Conservation Efforts

Extinction projections often do not consider various species’ ecological survival strategies. This oversight could lead to further unintended consequences, and cause current projections of extinctions to double. READ MORE

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