As an animal welfare scientist, I try to provide information that will help people to decide whether animals’ welfare is good, reasonable or bad.
Below are some links to my writings:
The Conversation is the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. I have 36 articles published on their website, many about the live export of cattle and sheep from Australia, and other aspects of the welfare of farmed animals. They can be found here.
If you are interested in original scientific studies, I edit a journal called Animals and, with other animal welfare scientists, regularly publish scientific articles about animal welfare and ethics in this and other journals. A full list can be found here.
Some of the most popular articles are:
Are We Approaching Peak Meat Consumption?
Analysis of Meat Consumption from 2000 to 2019 in 35 Countries and its Relationship to Gross Domestic Product.
Who Is Pulling the Leash? Effects of Human Gender and Dog Sex on Human–Dog Dyads When Walking On-Leash.
An International Comparison of Female and Male Students’ Attitudes to the Use of Animals.
Effects of Olfactory and Auditory Enrichment on the Behaviour of Shelter Dogs.
Do Behaviour Assessments in a Shelter Predict the Behaviour of Dogs Post-Adoption?
Owners’ Perceptions of Their Animal’s Behavioural Response to the Loss of an Animal Companion.
I also publish commentaries in this journal, most recently: