Book: animal welfare

Book: animal welfare

Our new Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare launched on 25th Aug. 2022 in London. See pics and info.   Informed by recent advances in animal behavioural and cognitive science, new understanding of the remarkable abilities of a wide range of animal is leading to...
Chapter: educational animal use

Chapter: educational animal use

Our chapter on educational animal use, with a focus on veterinary education, has just been published in the new veterinary ethics textbook below:     Knight and, A. and Zemanova, M.A. (2022). Animal use in veterinary education. In B. Kipperman and B.E....
Technical letter: vegan dog health

Technical letter: vegan dog health

This technical letter, published in a leading UK veterinary journal, summarised the evidence extant by May 2022, about health outcomes of dogs on vegan vs meat-based diets. Four studies showed equivalent or superior health outcomes for dogs on vegan diets (compared to...
Article: vegan dog health

Article: vegan dog health

Vegan dog food is less damaging to the environment, and to the welfare of animals processed into pet foods. But – are vegan diets good for dogs? To test this, we collected data on 2,536 dogs fed a conventional meat (1,370 = 54%), raw meat (830 = 33%) or vegan (336 =...