by Andrew Knight | Jan 25, 2021 | News 2021
I’ve created and published our 2020 University of Winchester Centre for Animal Welfare Activity Report. Covid-19 obviously had a major impact on all of us in 2020. Nevertheless, our students and faculty still managed to produce some excellent work, and...
by Andrew Knight | Jan 9, 2021 | News 2021
With Dr Miriam Zemanova, I’ve just published a systematic review of 50 studies comparing student learning outcomes, when animals are harmed or humane alternatives are used, in life and health sciences education. The results clearly show that students do as well (60%)...
by Andrew Knight | Nov 15, 2020 | News 2020
A New Zealand High Court judge has just ruled that the government’s legalisation of extremely restrictive cages (‘farrowing crates’) for pregnant sows – the main confinement system used for more than 14,000 pregnant New Zealand pigs annually, for decades – is illegal,...
by Andrew Knight | Nov 9, 2020 | News 2020
With Open Cages and Prof. Emeritus David Wiebers, I’ve just published a detailed report examining welfare problems and disease risks created by intensive meat chicken farming, including the risks of future global pandemics. It also highlights action supermarkets can...
by Andrew Knight | Nov 1, 2020 | News 2020
I’m very honoured to have been Appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, Queensland. Griffith is a research-intensive university, ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide. It’s 50,000 students and...
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