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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · 19h

🔍NEW OPINION PAPER warns that framing #cat confinement as an uncomplicated “win-win” for #wildlife and cats risks misleading the public and undermining trust in #conservation and #animalwelfare messaging.

🔗 Read the full paper here: ow.ly/Km3l50X8pKy

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · 7d

🔍 NEW PAPER looks at how gillnet soak time affects welfare, survival, stress, and muscle quality in Atlantic Cod.

🔗 Read the full open-access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · 7d

🔍 NEW STUDY explores welfare outcomes of using rifles vs shotguns during aerial culling of fallow deer in Australia.

🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/s07C50X4Rp6

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · 21d

🔍 NEW STUDY explores how horse owners conceptualise chronic pain within the context of everyday interactions with their horse, what drives them to seek veterinary involvement, and how these interactions shape perceptions of pain and its management.

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · 21d

🔍 NEW STUDY highlights gaps in awareness, enforcement, and practices affecting livestock welfare during transport and at markets in Nigeria.

🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/kH9K50WY7hC

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Sep 1

🐒 This #InternationalPrimateDay, we’re highlighting Primates, a curated Collection from #AnimalWelfare featuring free-to-access research on #primatewelfare.

🔗 Explore the Primates Collection here: ow.ly/yjMY50WP9w9

🔗 View all Collections here: ow.ly/anKn50WP9w8

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔍 NEW STUDY explores the challenges small mammal owners face in providing optimal housing and welfare for their pets.

🔗 Read the full open access article here: ow.ly/eAEy50WJBTv

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔍NEW STUDY examines undergraduate attitudes towards animal welfare science and implications for teaching.

🔗 Read the full open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 13

🔍 “I want them to live their best lives”: Owner experiences of walking with their cats.

This qualitative study examined the practice of walking domestic cats on a leash as a potential compromise between indoor-only & free-roaming lifestyles.

🔗 Read the open access article here: ow.ly/pJCW50WF7S7

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔍 NEW STUDY highlights cross-cultural differences in how #animalwelfare and veterinary professionals in the UK and Japan perceive and manage animals, emphasising the value of cultural context in welfare approaches.

🔗 Read the full study here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 8

🔍 NEW STUDY presents the first adaptation of the EU Welfare Quality® protocol to assess captive chimpanzee welfare.

🔗Read the full study here: ow.ly/4Ley50WAFoP

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The Learning Curve (Development) Ltd @tlcdevelopment.bsky.social · Aug 8

An excellent resource for a variety of animal welfare reports and articles

Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 8

🐱 This #InternationalCatDay, we’re highlighting Cats, a curated Collection from Animal Welfare featuring free to access research on #catwelfare.

🔗 Explore the Cats Collection here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🔗 View all Collections here: bit.ly/AWJCollections

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 8

🐱 This #InternationalCatDay, we’re highlighting Cats, a curated Collection from Animal Welfare featuring free to access research on #catwelfare.

🔗 Explore the Cats Collection here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🔗 View all Collections here: bit.ly/AWJCollections

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Aug 1

🔍 NEW STUDY conducts a rapid review of recent grey literature to explore how human-animal interactions are represented.

🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/TChM50WwES2

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 29

🔍 NEW STUDY examines the effectiveness of penetrating captive-bolt stunning in horses.

🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/UVYr50Wwc1X

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 29

🔍 NEW study explores equestrians’ attitudes towards performance horse welfare. The findings highlight how care values often collide with the cultural context of equestrianism.

🔗Read the full article here: ow.ly/Q28e50Ww5W7

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 25

🔍 NEW STUDY explores how bacterial zoonoses affect the welfare of wildlife species. Using a severity index, the study quantifies disease impacts across multiple host-pathogen relationships.

🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/MExb50Wvee5

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 We are proud to share that the journal has achieved an Impact Factor of 2.3 in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports, a 60% increase from last year!

A sincere thank you to everyone in our community, who contributes to the journal's success.

🔗Read more here: ow.ly/XnJC50Wr4Jc

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 10

🔍 NEW STUDY explores Chinese egg producers’ perspectives on transitioning from conventional cages to cage‑free systems, highlighting both opportunities and challenges.

🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/5AYc50WnKtM

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 9

🔍 NEW STUDY investigates whether vocalisations can be used to predict the onset of birth in C57BL/6J mice.

🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/3O4i50Wn75M

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔍 What drives dog relinquishment in Taiwan?

This new study investigates the pathway to relinquishment, examining how acquisition motivation, purchase channels, owner knowledge and experience influence outcomes for dogs.

🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/BQM750WlOzz

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔍 NEW REVIEW provides a rapid systematic overview of the use of camera traps in ecological studies, with a focus on wildlife welfare.

🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/tr4U50WlNN7

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jul 3

🔍 NEW STUDY assesses transport container modifications designed to improve welfare for end-of-lay hens and reduce strain on catchers during the loading process.

🔗 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1017/awf....

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jun 30

🔍 NEW STUDY assesses the efficacy of post-operative pain management for cattle castration, comparing outcomes with and without multimodal analgesia (local anaesthetic alone, or in combination with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).

🔗 Read the full study here: ow.ly/lfAR50Wip97

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Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jun 26

🔍 NEW STUDY examines how farmer–cattle interactions influence #animalwelfare in extensive mountain systems.

Based on focus groups with 60 Spanish farmers, the research suggests that even brief, positive human contact can reduce fear responses in cattle.

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