Animal Welfare Program
The UBC Animal Welfare Program is one of the largest and most respected programs in the world in the field of animal welfare science. Since its inception in 1997, the program’s research has led to improvements in the lives of animals in British Columbia and around the world. The mission of the program is to improve the welfare and humane care of animals in agriculture, research, companionship and other areas through active efforts in research, education and public outreach.
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- David Fraser’s poems on Pig Welfare have been illustrated and published at LIFT!
Recently, David Fraser’s poems about pig welfare have been illustrated and put on the Lifting Farm Animal Lives (LIFT) website. The LIFT project is the EU project to lay “the foundations for positive animal welfare.” Lena Pozdnyakova,… Read more: David Fraser’s poems on Pig Welfare have been illustrated and published at LIFT! - David Fraser met with Barry Hughes, his colleague from the 1970s!
David Fraser (left) and Barry Hughes (right) met in Edinburgh. Recently, David Fraser met with Barry Hughes in Edinburgh, where they had been colleagues in the early 1970s. At that time, Barry was starting a distinguished career… Read more: David Fraser met with Barry Hughes, his colleague from the 1970s! - Welcoming Jacob Bae, MS student from The Ohio State University, to UBC AWP!
On May 5th, Jacob (Beomseok) Bae presented his research, ‘Development of a facemask system for measuring enteric methane production in cows’, to Animal Welfare Program members. Jacob is a graduate fellow at The Ohio State University whose research focuses on dairy nutrition… Read more: Welcoming Jacob Bae, MS student from The Ohio State University, to UBC AWP! - UBC AWP hosts the 2026 Canine Science Conference!
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova (Associate Professor) and the Animal Welfare Program were pleased to welcome over 100 attendees to UBC’s Robson Square for the 2026 Canine Science Conference! Canine scientists and practitioners from eight countries were invited to share… Read more: UBC AWP hosts the 2026 Canine Science Conference! - UBC AWP Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sarah Kappel Starts New Role at Dalhousie University
Congratulations to Sarah Kappel on her role as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Dalhousie University! She graduated with a degree in Biology from the University of Greifswald (Germany) and then took a year off from academia to work and… Read more: UBC AWP Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sarah Kappel Starts New Role at Dalhousie University