Inviting you to join us (in person or online) for our first Animal Welfare Science Centre Seminar for 2025. This year offers the perfect opportunity to reflect on 25 years of progress and where we want to be in 2050. Details: bit.ly/AWSC25
ALT Promotional poster for a 2025 seminar series on April 16 titled '25 Years of Animal Welfare Science - Reflections, Progress, and the Road Ahead.' The event runs from 9am-11:30am at Melbourne Connect with Zoom option. Features three speakers with their photos: Dr Mia Cobb from University of Melbourne, Dr Sally Sherwen from Zoos Victoria, and Suzanne Truong from University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. The poster includes QR code, University of Melbourne logo, and Animal Welfare Science Centre logo, with decorative animal silhouettes in orange.
Inviting you to join us (in person or online) for our first Animal Welfare Science Centre Seminar for 2025. This year offers the perfect opportunity to reflect on 25 years of progress and where we want to be in 2050. Details: bit.ly/AWSC25
ALT Promotional poster for a 2025 seminar series on April 16 titled '25 Years of Animal Welfare Science - Reflections, Progress, and the Road Ahead.' The event runs from 9am-11:30am at Melbourne Connect with Zoom option. Features three speakers with their photos: Dr Mia Cobb from University of Melbourne, Dr Sally Sherwen from Zoos Victoria, and Suzanne Truong from University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. The poster includes QR code, University of Melbourne logo, and Animal Welfare Science Centre logo, with decorative animal silhouettes in orange.
The presentations from our @AWSciCent Research Showcase 2024 are now available to view on YouTube. You can view these recordings and follow our YouTube channel to keep up to date with future seminars: youtube.com/@AnimalWelfareSc…#animalwelfare#science
📢 Save the date: UFAW International #AnimalWelfare Conference 2025
Registration & abstract submissions for talks & posters opening soon. We’re especially interested in abstracts featuring novel or innovative approaches to #animalwelfarescience.
Stay tuned for more details!
And we've started our @AWSciCent annual research showcase for 2024 #AWSC24 Our first speaker is Dr Lauren Hemsworth, talking about ProHand - find our program for the day here:
🔎Join us (in-person or online) Nov 22 for the @AWSciCent Research Showcase 2024 🐾From farm to zoo to companion animals, our researchers will share their latest findings. Free event @unimelb + online - register now! bit.ly/AWSC2024#AnimalWelfare#Science
"It feels ridiculous to need to say out loud in 2024 that putting puppies who are alive into a freezer with the intention of killing them is not acceptable," Dr Cobb said @abcnews#animalwelfare#dogsabc.net.au/news/2024-11-11/c…
🔎Join us (in-person or online) Nov 22 for the @AWSciCent Research Showcase 2024 🐾From farm to zoo to companion animals, our researchers will share their latest findings. Free event @unimelb + online - register now! bit.ly/AWSC2024#AnimalWelfare#Science
If you're interested in doing Honours or MSc research projects with the Animal Welfare Science Centre in 2025, NOW is the time to reach out to potential supervisors. See researcher profiles: lnkd.in/g95sbRcz and lnkd.in/dZ7mYYWY#science#animalwelfare
We have a range of projects across various species and environments, some with industry collaborators. All offer great opportunities to develop critical research skills. Get in touch!
Science from a four-paw perspective can help us reconsider our everyday interactions with dogs and influence positive changes so we can live well, together, writes @DoUBelieveInDog from @UniMelbtheconversation.com/the-scie…
"The Animal Welfare Risk Assessment Tool was good at identifying farms with poor livestock welfare" - @AWSciCent @SciMelb helps target response by enforcement to facilitate intervention, prompt welfare improvement & decrease in reoffending: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
New research from @AWSciCent @SciMelb & colleagues has explored if there are risk factors commonly observed on Australian farms where livestock welfare is poor #openaccesscambridge.org/core/journals/…
ALT A promotional graphic for a new publication by the Animal Welfare Science Centre. The left side features text of the publication title 'Are there risk factors commonly observed on Australian farm where livestock welfare is poor?'. The right side shows an aerial view of a large herd of brown cattle grazing in a green field. The bottom includes logos for the University of Melbourne and the Animal Welfare Science Centre
To celebrate National Science Week we're hosting canine welfare scientist Dr Mia Cobb from Melbourne University this Thursday to reveal science-based tips about how dogs can live their happiest lives 😲🔬
Book here: bit.ly/3LWg03F
ALT A joyful white dog with shaggy fur running energetically across a grassy field, with its mouth open and ears flapping. The background is softly focused with hints of greenery and fading sunlight.