• Former senior RSPCA officers launch campaign to repair ‘broken’ animal welfare system (The Guardian and Australian Alliance for Animals)
• Numnuts investor backs injectable lidocaine change (Sheep Central)
• Evidence alone won't cut it in modern ag advocacy: AFI conference (Farm Online)
• Ukrainian pets, animals rescued amid Russian violence (NY Post O/S)

• Dairy farmers in England to be paid for vet visits (Dairy Global O/S)
• BBC hit with complaints over ‘heartbreaking’ Panorama documentary on cow abuse that left viewers ‘shocked to the core’ (Metro O/S)

• Project SoundWel aims to understand the encoding of emotion in pig vocalisations (Project SoundWel O/S)
• UK launches pig welfare training platform (The Pig Site O/S and ADHB O/S)
• The new challenge of crate-free housing in farrowing (Pig 333 O/S)
• Nip in the bud (Teagasc O/S)
• Faster processing speeds approved at three US pork plants (The Pig Site o/S)

• Through the hen’s eyes: $1 million grant to improve cage-free housing for egg laying (Purdue Univ O/S)
• ‘They’re cooking them alive’: calls to ban ‘cruel’ killing methods on US farms (The Guardian O/S)
• In Ovo raises money to end male chick culling (Watt Poultry O/S)
• Ukraine Farming: 3 million hens could die of starvation (Watt Poultry O/S)
• Science-based criteria could improve poultry welfare (Watt Poultry O/S)

• Sheep Sustainability Framework announces new Steering Group members, new Chair and new Board representatives (The Sheep Site)
• Life bans and $225,000 in fines for sheep cruelty (Sheep Central)

• Live export sector offers virtual tours for Australians (Sheep Central)
• Live Export Vet Reports Show Welfare Issues Are Still Widespread (Scoop NZ O/S)

• Conservationists call for ban on explosives to scare seals at salmon farm in federal waters off Tasmania (The Guardian)

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• Cheltenham Festival defends safety record after horse deaths (BBC O/S)

• Why is the EU under pressure to ban kangaroo products and how will it affect Australia? (The Guardian O/S)
• Victorian dingo opponents organise public meeting (Sheep Central)
• The other tragedy in Ukraine: animals in zoos and shelters are getting killed. So are their keepers (ZME Science O/S)

• The Red Cross and Humane Society International have launched an unprecedented agreement to get vital pet supplies into Ukraine to alleviate animal welfare crisis (CISION O/S)
• Feral pest inquiry response shuts down cat curfew but urges owners to keep pets contained (ABC)
• Crucial role of working equines in coping with climate change outlined (HorseTalk NZ O/S)
• Is breeding bulldogs cruel? Animal groups debate how to make them healthier (NPR O/S)

• ABC Radio: Country Hour segment with interview with Dr Jed Goodfellow on the Australian Alliance for Animals animal welfare agenda. (ABC - starts at 33.23)

• IOWA - Federal judge finds another Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional, as animal welfare groups try to expose abuse (AP O/S)
• Groundbreaking UN Resolution Connects Animal Welfare and Environmental Sustainability For The First Time (Green Queen O/S)
• Ukrainian refugees: UK set to waive red tape for pets (The Independent O/S)

• Animals farmed: an egg a day for everyone, avian flu vaccines and dairy cruelty (The Guardian O/S)
• Assume that animals have feelings too, say cognitive biologists (Phys.org O/S)
• 'I'm out here risking my life': Brave volunteers are neck-deep saving animals (9 News)
• OPINION Peter Singer - Is the meat industry running scared? (SMH)
• Tenth Annual Business Benchmark On Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW O/S)
• Tenth Annual Business Benchmark On Farm Animal Welfare: Four Out Of Five Companies Have Policies In Place, But The Food Industry Must Move Faster To Deliver Meaningful Welfare Impacts (CIWF O/S)
• Browning, H., & Birch, J. (2022). Animal sentience. Philosophy Compass, e12822. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12822
• Burani, C., Pelosi, A. & Valsecchi, P. A promising novel judgement bias test to evaluate affective states in dogs (Canis familiaris). Anim Cogn (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01596-z
• M.L Cobb, A. Carter, A. Lill, P.C. Bennett. Perceived importance of specific kennel management practices for the provision of canine welfare, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 249, 2022, 105591, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159122000491
• Dahl-Pedersen Kirstin. Danish Cattle Farmers' Experience With Fitness for Transport – A Questionnaire Survey. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 2022. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2022.797149
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• Elizabeth S. Paul, William Browne, Michael T. Mendl, Gina Caplen, Anna Trevarthen, Suzanne Held, Christine J. Nicol. Assessing animal welfare: a triangulation of preference, judgement bias and other candidate welfare indicators. Animal Behaviour, Volume 186, 2022, Pages 151-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.02.003