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David Fraser Speaks at the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
Dr. David Fraser, faculty in UBC’s Animal Welfare Program, shares his thoughts about the impact of everyday human behaviour on animal welfare with his talk ” Cars, Cats, Climate Change and Other Neglected Problems of Animal Welfare” (recorded October 5, 2015). [youtube]https://youtu.be/ZhCb4LoE4j0[/youtube]
UBC Dairy Research Centre Featured in Ubyssey Video
Editors from UBC’s student newspaper, The Ubyssey, visited the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre last month. They took some great video footage of our student researchers in action, and interviewed PhD candidate Tracy Burnett (Applied Animal Biology) on how the work we do impacts the lives of dairy animals, and benefits Canadian dairy farmers. […]
PhD Candidate is in the June issue of Vancouver magazine!
“[Makowska] gained an interest in lab-animal welfare while an undergrad studying biology and psychology; in her current work, she’s researching the benefits of enriched environments not just for rats, but for the lab technicians who handle them.” Read the full article here.* Way to go, Jo! ***The link, via PressReader, requires an account to access […]
Canadian Dairy Producers Benefit from UBC Dairy Welfare Research
Milk Producer recently featured an article highlighting how the Canadian dairy industry has benefitted from UBC welfare research. More information found in the Applied Science section on page 40: http://www.travelpress.com/subscription/IDEA/151215_050115_MP/
UBC to Host Compassionate Conservation Conference 2015
Registration now open for Compassionate Conservation 2015 conference, hosted by UBC. For more details please visit: http://compassionateconservation.net/save-date-compassionate-conservation-2015-ubc-vancouver-canada-28-31-july-2015/
Animal Welfare Alum Helps Set Standards for Whole Foods Market
After completing her PhD in 2006, Frances Flower joined the Whole Foods Market team managing the day-to-day operations of their animal welfare program.
Global Food Ethics Project
Professor David Fraser is serving as an advisor on the Global Food Ethics Project, aimed at working through conflicting visions of what it means to feed the world ethically.
Professor David Fraser Named Loblaw Animal Welfare Advisor
Loblaw, Canada’s largest grocery retailer, recently named Professor David Fraser as scientific advisor on animal welfare. David has served as an advisor on animal welfare for the retail and restaurant sectors in the United States and for the World Organisation for Animal Health, and is a member of Canada’s National Farm Animal Health and Welfare […]
A more humane death for laboratory rats
Euthanasia is one of the most common laboratory procedures, because virtually every animal is killed at the end of a study. A growing body of research has shown that the inhalant anaesthetic isoflurane is a more humane alternative to the commonly used carbon dioxide (CO2) for rendering rodents unconscious during euthanasia. Although isoflurane is more […]
More humane ways to kill laboratory mice
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is often used to euthanize laboratory rodents at the end of a research study. A growing body of research has shown that CO2 is aversive to mice and rats. Inhalant anaesthetics, like isoflurane, are a humane alternative to CO2 for rendering animals unconscious. This allows for a two-step procedure: rodents are first […]