The Animal Welfare Collaborative

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News 16 - 29 June 2023

Cross-sectoral

U.S. approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat (NBC News O/S)
Can meat be produced in the laboratory? What is the food science industry? (Nation World News O/S)
Is ‘speciesism’ as bad as racism or sexism? (Nature O/S)
Summer 2023 Quarterly (Animal Welfare Institute O/S)
Animal rights NGOs condemn BA decision on Animal Welfare Commissioner's comments (Malta Today O/S)
Animal by-products provide opportunity to cut carbon footprint of feed – study (The Pig Site O/S)
Government confirms CCTV in abattoirs boosts animal welfare (The Scottish Farmer O/S)
Farmers trial hemp in livestock feed, expecting improved animal health, meat quality (ABC)
Students Launch “Animal Passport” App to Find Stolen Animals During Eid ul Azha 2023 in Pakistan (Hamari Web News O/S)
All you should know about ‘lab-grown meat’ or ‘cultured meat’ (The Economic Times News O/S)
Techno-Hell: First-Ever U.S. Regulatory Approval Granted to Lab-Grown Meat (PJ Media O/S)
Researchers look for ways to improve food animal quality of life (Beef Magazine O/S)
Can virtual reality save animals in captivity? (Verdict O/S)
E-collar ban criticised by dog trainers and sheep farmers (Eastern Daily Press O/S)
Farming Animals Differently: 4 Policy Demands for Better Animal Welfare (Slow Food O/S)
Will Artificial Intelligence Help Us Talk to Animals? (Discover Magazine O/S)

Cattle in beef & dairy production

Pigs in pork production

Poultry in meat & egg production

Sheep in meat & wool production

Animals in transit & at slaughter

Animals in aquaculture and wild caught

Animals in research & teaching

Animals in racing, sports & work

Animals in zoos, aquaria & the wild

Pets & companion animals

Podcasts & presentations

Policy

Other/Publications

K.L. Chidgey, Review: Space allowance for growing pigs: Animal welfare, performance and on-farm practicality, Animal (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2023.100890
Weingarten, Nina, Leonie Bach, Wen-Xiu Wang, Jutta Roosen, and Monika Hartmann. "Every Step You Take: Nudging Animal Welfare Product Sales in a Virtual Supermarket." (2023).
Hartwig, E. K., & Pliske, M. M. (2023). Are you and your dog competent? Integrating animal-assisted play therapy competencies. International Journal of Play Therapy, 32(3), 146–155. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000198
Meijboom, F., Staman, J. & Pothoven, R. From Blind Spot to Crucial Concept: On the Role of Animal Welfare in Food System Changes towards Circular Agriculture. J Agric Environ Ethics 36, 14 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09909-7
Jhong-Min Yang (2023) Willingness to buy animal welfare products: a study on the conflict between moral attitudes and perceived higher prices, Journal of Applied Animal Research, 51:1, 447-455, DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2023.2225586
de Mel, Surendranie J. Cabral, Saman Seneweera, Ruvinda K. de Mel, Ashoka Dangolla, Devaka K. Weerakoon, Tek Maraseni, and Benjamin L. Allen. "Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants." Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2023): 105991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2023.105991
Rentsch, A.K., Ross, E., Harlander, A. et al. The development of laying hen locomotion in 3D space is affected by early environmental complexity and genetic strain. Sci Rep 13, 10084 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35956-1
Boys, Rebecca M., Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Stuart Hunter, Emma L. Betty, Bethany Hinton, and Karen A. Stockin. "Assessing animal welfare during a stranding of pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata)." Marine Mammal Science (2023). DOI: 10.1111/mms.13029
da Silva Rodrigues, Alex Vinicius, Luciane Silva Martello, Verônica Madeira Pacheco, Edson José de Souza Sardinha, André Levi Viana Pereira, and Rafael Vieira de Sousa. "Thermal signature: A method to extract characteristics from infrared thermography data applied to the development of animal heat stress classifier models." Journal of Thermal Biology (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103609
Broom, Donald M. "Limits to sentience." Animal Sentience 8, no. 33 (2023): 26. DOI: 10.51291/2377-7478.1818

Conferences, Seminars & Events

International Society for Applied Ethology, Congress. 1^st – 5^th August, 2023, Tallinn, Estonia (ISAE)
2023 ANZCCART Conference, 10 August 2023 3pm, Adelaide, SA (Details TBA)
Behaviour 2023.14^th – 20^th August 2023, Univ Bielefeld, Germany. (Behaviour2023)
ANZLAA 2023 Conference, Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, VIC, Australia, 28 – 31 August 2023. (Details)
Piglet Health & Nutrition 2023. 21 – 22 September 2023, Crowne Plaza Copenhagen, Denmark. (Details)
The 3^rd Conservation through sustainable use of wildlife conference. 26 – 28 September 2023, Brisbane, Australia. (Details)
Animal Welfare At Slaughter and Killing – Hot Topics 2023 by Human Slaughter Association. 18 October 2023 0830 BST, The Arden Hotel Solihull, UK. (Details)

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