Alan McElligott
@amcell.bsky.social
Associate Prof, Animal Behaviour & Welfare-Hong Kong https://www.alanmcelligott.co.uk/ Animal behaviour, cognition, welfare; research ethics & integrity; environment; science; higher education; Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) advocate. 🌈🇮🇪 he/him 🐂 🐃🐐🐥 🦆
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Alan McElligott
@amcell.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Grants - Equine Welfare Research Foundation - The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Grants - Equine Welfare Research Foundation - The Hong Kong Jockey Club
www.hkjcequinewelfare.org.hk
Hong Kong Jockey Club, equine welfare research, PhD funding support [Application Period: 1 December 2025–31 January 2026]: www.hkjcequinewelfare.org.hk/en/grants#Tr... Feel free to get in touch via email if this might be of interest.
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2025. Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones' phys.org/news/2025-11...
Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones,' new research finds
Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and made their way to Australia more than 3,500 years ago.
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
2025. Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones' phys.org/news/2025-11...
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2025. Most people struggle to spot pain in horses phys.org/news/2025-11...
Most people struggle to spot pain in horses, according to study
New research from ARU Writtle, part of Anglia Ruskin University, has found that most people struggle to recognize when a horse is in pain—a finding that could have serious implications for animal welf...
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
2025. Most people struggle to spot pain in horses phys.org/news/2025-11...
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2025. Gender imbalance hinders equitable environmental governance, say UN scientists phys.org/news/2025-11...
Gender imbalance hinders equitable environmental governance, say UN scientists
Inclusive representation is fundamental to equitable and effective environmental governance, particularly in addressing the interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degrada...
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
2025. Gender imbalance hinders equitable environmental governance, say UN scientists phys.org/news/2025-11...
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2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates
For group-living animals, such as most ungulates, the ability to recognize members of one's social group is crucial. While vocalizations often carry c…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Meet our Plenary Speaker Daniela Rößler
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Meet our Plenary Speaker Daniela Rößler
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
Fueled by curiosity and a deep love of natural history Daniela discovered a REM-like sleep state in spiders and uses integrative field, lab and comparative approaches to investigate the function, ecology, and evolution of sleep across the spider tree of life.
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Meet our plenary speaker Felicity Muth!
Assistant professor at the University of California Davis, her lab group are broadly interested in cognition, especially aspects of learning and memory that have a clear function in the natural world, focusing on captive and wild bumblebees.
Assistant professor at the University of California Davis, her lab group are broadly interested in cognition, especially aspects of learning and memory that have a clear function in the natural world, focusing on captive and wild bumblebees.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Meet our plenary speaker Felicity Muth!
Assistant professor at the University of California Davis, her lab group are broadly interested in cognition, especially aspects of learning and memory that have a clear function in the natural world, focusing on captive and wild bumblebees.
Assistant professor at the University of California Davis, her lab group are broadly interested in cognition, especially aspects of learning and memory that have a clear function in the natural world, focusing on captive and wild bumblebees.
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Meet our plenary speaker Renata Sousa-Lima!
Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), Renata ‘s research focuses on bioacoustics of aquatic mammals and has pioneered the field of ecoacoustics and soundscape ecology in Brazil.
Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), Renata ‘s research focuses on bioacoustics of aquatic mammals and has pioneered the field of ecoacoustics and soundscape ecology in Brazil.
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Meet our plenary speaker Renata Sousa-Lima!
Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), Renata ‘s research focuses on bioacoustics of aquatic mammals and has pioneered the field of ecoacoustics and soundscape ecology in Brazil.
Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), Renata ‘s research focuses on bioacoustics of aquatic mammals and has pioneered the field of ecoacoustics and soundscape ecology in Brazil.
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Meet our plenary speaker Eva Ringler!
Professor at the University of Bern, Eva Ringler and her research group are interested in understanding variation in animal behaviour from an ecological and evolutionary perspective focusing on Neotropical poison frogs and glassfrogs.
Professor at the University of Bern, Eva Ringler and her research group are interested in understanding variation in animal behaviour from an ecological and evolutionary perspective focusing on Neotropical poison frogs and glassfrogs.
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Meet our plenary speaker Eva Ringler!
Professor at the University of Bern, Eva Ringler and her research group are interested in understanding variation in animal behaviour from an ecological and evolutionary perspective focusing on Neotropical poison frogs and glassfrogs.
Professor at the University of Bern, Eva Ringler and her research group are interested in understanding variation in animal behaviour from an ecological and evolutionary perspective focusing on Neotropical poison frogs and glassfrogs.
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Meet our plenary speaker Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Director of the India Program for the Snow Leopard Trust working on snow leopards and human-wildlife coexistence in the high Himalaya. His work focuses on the interactions between large carnivores, their wild prey, and farming communities.
Director of the India Program for the Snow Leopard Trust working on snow leopards and human-wildlife coexistence in the high Himalaya. His work focuses on the interactions between large carnivores, their wild prey, and farming communities.
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Meet our plenary speaker Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Director of the India Program for the Snow Leopard Trust working on snow leopards and human-wildlife coexistence in the high Himalaya. His work focuses on the interactions between large carnivores, their wild prey, and farming communities.
Director of the India Program for the Snow Leopard Trust working on snow leopards and human-wildlife coexistence in the high Himalaya. His work focuses on the interactions between large carnivores, their wild prey, and farming communities.
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WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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If you live in Ireland, remember that in recent memory a single rugby-loving bank CEO cost the taxpayer more than every single welfare recipient in the state COMBINED. #SpeirGorm
I would rather 50 people got benefits they didn't need than 1 went without food or shelter.
Hot take maybe but I actually don’t give a shit about benefit fraud.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you live in Ireland, remember that in recent memory a single rugby-loving bank CEO cost the taxpayer more than every single welfare recipient in the state COMBINED. #SpeirGorm
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Hope you enjoyed today's celebration of women printmakers! 🧡💛🤎
Have a great day xx
Have a great day xx
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hope you enjoyed today's celebration of women printmakers! 🧡💛🤎
Have a great day xx
Have a great day xx
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'Go Cats' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt #Monday
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
'Go Cats' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt #Monday
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Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
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Cloth left over from a Nazi flag, signed by women prisoners in Ravensbruck concentration camp. Yehudit Taube, a young Jewish nanny, embroidered the names during the camp's liberation to show the solidarity of the women survivors, many of whom were in the resistance #WomensArt
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Cloth left over from a Nazi flag, signed by women prisoners in Ravensbruck concentration camp. Yehudit Taube, a young Jewish nanny, embroidered the names during the camp's liberation to show the solidarity of the women survivors, many of whom were in the resistance #WomensArt
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Nastassja Swift, artist known for her wool, felt and fibre figarative sculptures #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Nastassja Swift, artist known for her wool, felt and fibre figarative sculptures #WomensArt
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Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
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Shocking Pink (1980's) feminist zine by a collective of young women in London, predating riot grrrl era #womensart
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Shocking Pink (1980's) feminist zine by a collective of young women in London, predating riot grrrl era #womensart
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Irish artist Mildred Anne Butler, Shades of Evening, 1904 #womensart #November
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Irish artist Mildred Anne Butler, Shades of Evening, 1904 #womensart #November
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Ruby Silvious, artist known for using the tea bag as a canvas for her artworks #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Ruby Silvious, artist known for using the tea bag as a canvas for her artworks #WomensArt
2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates
For group-living animals, such as most ungulates, the ability to recognize members of one's social group is crucial. While vocalizations often carry c…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
2025. Gender imbalance hinders equitable environmental governance, say UN scientists phys.org/news/2025-11...
Gender imbalance hinders equitable environmental governance, say UN scientists
Inclusive representation is fundamental to equitable and effective environmental governance, particularly in addressing the interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degrada...
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
2025. Gender imbalance hinders equitable environmental governance, say UN scientists phys.org/news/2025-11...
2025. Most people struggle to spot pain in horses phys.org/news/2025-11...
Most people struggle to spot pain in horses, according to study
New research from ARU Writtle, part of Anglia Ruskin University, has found that most people struggle to recognize when a horse is in pain—a finding that could have serious implications for animal welf...
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
2025. Most people struggle to spot pain in horses phys.org/news/2025-11...
2025. Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones' phys.org/news/2025-11...
Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones,' new research finds
Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and made their way to Australia more than 3,500 years ago.
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
2025. Impacts of colonization on dingoes are 'written in their bones' phys.org/news/2025-11...