by Andrew Knight | Sep 8, 2024 | News 2024
By 2024, 10 scientific studies had demonstrated good health outcomes in dogs fed vegan or vegetarian diets, and the British Veterinary Association had endorsed nutritionally-sound vegan dog diets. Yet no studies had calculated the size of the health benefits that...
by Andrew Knight | Aug 2, 2024 | News 2024
A response to a recent study by Daina et al. (2023) asserting nutritional inadequacies in vegan pet diets based on the analysis of only three specific diets — a sample insufficient to draw the sweeping (and incorrect) conclusions made. Also summarises the current...
by Andrew Knight | Jun 3, 2024 | News 2024
Control methods are applied worldwide to reduce predation on livestock by European red foxes. Lethal methods are intended to kill foxes and can inflict suffering. Non-lethal methods can also inflict suffering and can unintentionally lead to death. Moral debate about...
by Andrew Knight | Apr 12, 2024 | News 2024
A major scientific study by Emily Davies and I has just vindicated the position of celebrity naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham, who claimed in the High Court in 2023 that circus environments can be harmful to the welfare of tigers. Packham had previously...
by Andrew Knight | Jan 19, 2024 | News 2024
In January I was honoured to receive a PhD on vegan pet food (health, behavioural and sustainability implications). This was based on my studies in this field, and was my second PhD. My first critiqued invasive animal use within research and teaching, and explored...
by Andrew Knight | Jan 18, 2024 | News 2024
Chickens may be the third most common pet in many countries; however, little is known about their welfare or the human–chicken relationship. Hence, using 2,000+ questionnaire responses, this study collected the most comprehensive and holistic dataset to date on...
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