Much of the Animal Welfare Program’s work on dairy cattle has focused on how housing and management can be improved – now new work will begin addressing these issues for dairy goats! Although the dairy goat industry is thriving, almost no research has been done on goat welfare. Our new project, in collaboration with the Ontario Centre of Excellence in Goat Research and Innovation, the University of Guelph and Ontario Goat, examines how the management of dairy goats affects production, health and welfare. UBC student Gosia Zobel is currently visiting farms in Ontario.