Book: animal welfare – open access

Book: animal welfare – open access

Ground breaking new animal welfare textbook is published Open Access “A new book about numerous aspects of animal welfare merits worldwide attention”. – Prof. Marc Bekoff, Psychology Today, 2022. Combining the expertise of 50 authors – many of whom are world leaders...
Article: meat chicken welfare – colony cages

Article: meat chicken welfare – colony cages

Over 70 billion chickens are slaughtered globally each year. Almost all are meat breeds, typically housed in very large barns with a litter floor. Recently however, modern cage systems have been developed which provide very limited space and stack several tiers high....
Media: New Scientist feature on vegan pet food

Media: New Scientist feature on vegan pet food

New Scientist has just published a feature article on vegan pet food:     The 5 pp feature article extensively covers vegan pet food research by colleagues and myself. The article also explores ingredients such as yeast and in vitro meat.   Lawton G...
Report: CAW Activity Report 2021 – 2022

Report: CAW Activity Report 2021 – 2022

Our University of Winchester Centre for Animal Welfare Activity Report 2021 – 2022 is now published.     The 2020 – 2021 academic year was a time of much growth and change for the Centre for Animal Welfare (CAW). We grew to host 19 permanent and...
Book: animal welfare

Book: animal welfare

Our new Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare launched on 25th Aug. 2022 in London. See pics and info.   Informed by recent advances in animal behavioural and cognitive science, new understanding of the remarkable abilities of a wide range of animal is leading to...
Chapter: educational animal use

Chapter: educational animal use

Our chapter on educational animal use, with a focus on veterinary education, has just been published in the new veterinary ethics textbook below:     Knight and, A. and Zemanova, M.A. (2022). Animal use in veterinary education. In B. Kipperman and B.E....