In the news: The Urban Coyote Project (Vancouver)
A Global News report on the Urban Coyote Project in Vancouver, which Dr. Kristen Walker of the UBC Animal Welfare Program is involved with. Link to the article: If you see coyotes in your yard, Vancouver scientists want to help keep them away
UBC Undergraduate Animal Welfare Judging Teams Place 3rd and 4th in 2017 Assessment Contest at Iowa State University
Exciting news! The UBC undergraduate animal welfare judging teams, coached by MSc student Katie Mills and PhD student Laura Whalin, placed 3rd and 4th overall in the undergraduate division of the 17th annual Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Contest at Iowa State University (Nov. 18-19, 2017). Students representing UBC included Regina Chan, Maria Chen, Vanessa Cheung, […]
Videos from UBC Animal Welfare Conference, 2017
The 2017 UBC Animal Welfare Conference (AWC) aims to provide students and members of the public with a comprehensive introduction to current animal welfare issues surrounding animals within our food industry. Conference topics are presented by experts representing academic, policy, industry, and consumer perspective. To view recordings of each of the four speakers, click here.
Animal welfare alumni wins international 3Rs prize with her study on natural behaviours of lab rats
To go to the full press release: click here. “A paper investigating the welfare of laboratory rats is the winner of the 2016 3Rs prize, which is awarded by the UK’s National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) and sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Rats were the first mammals to be domesticated for research purposes and yet […]
In the news: BCSPCA: Humane wildlife control work published in Conservation Biology
Sara Dubois, UBC Animal Welfare Program alumna, and others have published their humane wildlife control work in Conservation Biology. The Conservation Biology paper is now online here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12896/full You can view the BC SPCA press release here: http://www.spca.bc.ca/news-and-events/news/news-article-co-authored-by-bcspca-published-in-journal.html
Upcoming event: 2017 UBC Animal Welfare Conference
The UBC Pre-Veterinary and Animal Welfare Club is presenting the Animal Welfare Conference on Friday March 17th. Click here for more information. Speakers include David Mellor, Jennifer Walker, and Leanne McConnachie. You can register at: https://nvite.com/AWC2017.
In the news: “What people really think about farms”
An article in Hoard’s Dairyman, “What people really think about farms”, talking about the ‘ideal dairy farm’ work that was featured in our most recent UBC Dairy Research Report. Click here to view the article.
Animal Welfare Program alumni meet at World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) conference Guadalajara, MEXICO, December 2016
Left to right: Angela Greter, General Manager, Alberta Farm Animal Care, Calgary; Christy Goldhawk, Adviser – Animal Welfare, Elanco Animal Health, Calgary; Andreia De Paula Vieira, Scientist, Universidade Positivo, Curitiba, Brazil; David Fraser, Professor, UBC Animal Welfare Program; Gosia Zobel, Scientist, Animal Welfare Team, AgResearch, Hamilton, New Zealand .