A new centre promoting animal welfare standards internationally is to be established in China, thanks to a University of Queensland-led project.
9 April 2019Women in domestic violence relationships delay leaving due to concern their abusive partner might hurt or neglect their animals left at home.
8 October 2017The challenges of meeting African wildlife and livestock welfare needs will be the subject of a free symposium at the University of Queensland in October.
3 October 2017Do you know the difference between freezing wombat sperm and koala sperm?
7 June 2017The welfare of millions of animals in China – which raises and slaughters more livestock than any other nation – is the focus of a project led by the University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Science.
3 March 2017Cows that pass you on the right might be giving you the “evil eye”, according to an international study that could help cattle breeders reduce animal stress and anxiety levels.
26 July 2016Asian chicken and duck industries will benefit from voluntary Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) poultry animal welfare guidelines proposed by The University of Queensland.
29 June 2016Australia’s critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats might not know it yet, but researchers from The University of Queensland are working on a wee solution to their population problems.
6 January 2016University of Queensland scientists are leading a ground-breaking international animal welfare project.
21 July 2015Australia’s greyhound industry is reeling from the ABC’s Four Corners expose, featuring graphic footage of racing dogs tearing other mammals apart in the illegal training practice of live baiting.
18 February 2015A University of Queensland animal welfare researcher tonight won the 2012 Australian Museum Voiceless Eureka Prize for Scientific Research that contributes to Animal Protection.
28 August 2012A team of UQ psychiatric genetic researchers and an animal welfare researcher are among the finalists in the 2012 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
3 August 2012University of Queensland PhD graduate Stephanie Sinclair’s research into the effects of dehorning beef cattle has led to a greater understanding of how to best relieve pain and promote faster healing for all breeds of cattle.
20 July 2012Traumatised cats are getting another shot at rehabilitation thanks to a novel research method being explored at The University of Queensland.
12 September 2011An annual $10,000 scholarship to support research into improving farm animal welfare has been launched.
27 June 2011Buyer behaviour towards food products and animal welfare is the key to changes in animal welfare legislation and standards in Australia, according to the world’s first Professor of Animal Welfare.
22 February 2011Terms like “giving the evil eye” and “right hand man” have been commonplace since the ancient Greeks realised that humans perceive their world very differently on the left and right sides of their body.
14 November 2010Professor Clive Phillips from The University of Queensland is giving animals a voice in a new book.
26 November 2008Pain relief and faster healing for beef cattle that have been dehorned is the aim of a UQ PhD student’s award-winning project.
6 November 2008Herding dogs such as Border Collies and Australian cattle dogs are more likely to bark excessively than other classes of dogs, according to a new UQ study to be released at a Brisbane conference next week.
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