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 🐂 🐃🐐🐥 🦆
new, in press, from us: "Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare" - well done Team, especially @debottam1991.bsky.social - www.researchgate.net/publication/...
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 AM
new, in press, from us: "Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare" - well done Team, especially @debottam1991.bsky.social - www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Beach buffalo 🐃 🥰
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Beach buffalo 🐃 🥰
With incredible speed over the holiday period ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 6:25 AM
With incredible speed over the holiday period ⬇️
Simba & Mocha beach fun 🥰🐶
January 11, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Simba & Mocha beach fun 🥰🐶
Happy 2026! Simba enjoyed the holidays.
January 2, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Happy 2026! Simba enjoyed the holidays.
Dogs - "We’ve now learned that giving animals choice and control in their lives is important for their mental wellbeing too. We can help our dogs enjoy better welfare by creating more choices and offering them control to exercise their agency." findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/news/93429-t...
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Dogs - "We’ve now learned that giving animals choice and control in their lives is important for their mental wellbeing too. We can help our dogs enjoy better welfare by creating more choices and offering them control to exercise their agency." findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/news/93429-t...
Simba chillin on Sunday 🥰🥰🥰
December 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Simba chillin on Sunday 🥰🥰🥰
2025. new Preprint from us:
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
2025. new Preprint from us:
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Watch until end 🥰🐘
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Watch until end 🥰🐘
Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai. 😍
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai. 😍
Dawn “chorus” via Cockatoo 😬😀
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Dawn “chorus” via Cockatoo 😬😀
2025. Genomic ancestry, behavior, and the domestication of the dog | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
2025. Genomic ancestry, behavior, and the domestication of the dog | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New from us. 2025. Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semiurban feral ungulate. (Water buffalo) Led by @debottam1991.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
New from us. 2025. Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semiurban feral ungulate. (Water buffalo) Led by @debottam1991.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Doggie beach fun - Mocha & Simba 🥰🥰
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Doggie beach fun - Mocha & Simba 🥰🥰
Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare re Goats:
goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/tag/goat-enr... #AnimalWelfare
goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/tag/goat-enr... #AnimalWelfare
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare re Goats:
goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/tag/goat-enr... #AnimalWelfare
goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/tag/goat-enr... #AnimalWelfare
Stalking beach crabs is the best fun 🥰😍
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Stalking beach crabs is the best fun 🥰😍
