Emeritus Fellow in Biological Sciences, Somerville College, Oxford
Address: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
You can convince people that animal welfare is important without necessarily solving all the problems of consciousness. You can say it’s simply giving animal health a very, very high priority.
—Marian Stamp Dawkins, Oxford University animal behaviorist and author of Why Animals Matter, on the importance of using scientific evidence when legislating animal welfare policies (Edge, Oct. 31 2012)
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33386/title/Speaking-of-Science/
RESEARCH:
Cameras monitor broiler chicken welfare throughout life
Genetics for better welfare
Why cattle want to lie down together