Kate Fletcher

Animal welfare scientist. Currently studying for a PhD in international animal welfare @RoyalVetCollege

[HSA @HSAofficial]

@AffectiveEquine highlights the urgent need for research assessing equid welfare at slaughter at #HSA2022

[Kate Fletcher @AffectiveEquine]

Great to have my paper finally published in this issue: 'Contemplating the Five Domains model of animal welfare assessment: UK horse owner perceptions of equine well-being' with my awesome co-authors @ljcequine and @freefauna 🙌 #AnimalWelfare

[Science for Animal Welfare @SciFAW_1926]

In this stifling heat why not fan yourself with a copy of the August issue of Animal Welfare? https://t.co/oxZw9kT0Ty
Copies get posted out next week and the issue is now available online at https://t.co/RL9CC3MTrB

#AW30_3

[Brooke 🐴🧡 @TheBrooke]

Our new AWERB guidelines provide aim to help #researchers (and their teams), both within Brooke and externally, to consider #ethical concerns at the stage of #research proposal development...

[Brooke 🐴🧡 @TheBrooke]

Brooke's Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) ensures the highest standards of #ethics are applied to all research, and promotes a culture of care for #animals, #humans and the #environment...

[Animal Welfare Action Network @awan_gasl]

Members of our AWAN @TheBrooke have a new report on the role of working animals in food security. It shows how important they are for #SDG2 & why they need better recognition in policy and action #ZeroHunger #livestockdialogue #AnimalWelfare https://t.co/NxuA399EHw

[Kate Fletcher @AffectiveEquine]

The importance of including donkeys in slaughter legislation and regulations.

https://t.co/pgbZT2s6cI

[Brooke 🐴🧡 @TheBrooke]

Are you an #animalwelfare professional? Then take a look at our new free repository of indicators to help you measure and improve animal #welfare in your area of work: https://t.co/J66JEh4t04

[Vet Times @vettimesuk]

Working #horse and #donkey charity @TheBrooke has launched a free access, online repository of animal welfare indicators to be used by professionals worldwide to assess and improve #animalwelfare in their work.

https://t.co/OQU8iMYfUx

[Harry Bignell @HarryBignell]

We go live in under an hour! Join us ➡️ https://t.co/dE03B0sSMT for speakers from @UN, @IFAD, @ILRI, @FAO, @TheBrooke, #AUIBAR & #OCTUPAN discussing #WorkingLivestock and #SDG2. Interpretation in French and Spanish.
#FoodSecurity #FoodSecurity @FoodSystems @UN_CFS

[Harry Bignell @HarryBignell]

First blog for @SDG2AdvocacyHub on the role of Indian farmers in global food security and why the world should be watching 🌽🍚🌾. #India #FoodSecurity #FarmersProtests #GoodFoodForAll

[UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @FoodSystems]

“We must recognise working animals 🐴 as essential in realising global #foodsecurity.” @TheBrooke adding to the #FoodSystems discussion – read more 👇

+ join their event tmrw “#SDG2 & Building Back Better – Working #Livestock” - https://t.co/O9OkZLbBIy
https://t.co/OYGNCOUqK8

[Horse & Hound @horseandhound]

Three-year-old rider takes on 100-mile challenge ‘to help sad donkeys and horses far away’ https://t.co/cZjmdhUxEu

[Kate Fletcher @AffectiveEquine]

Join @TheBrooke and AUIBAR to tackle the #SDGs #BuildBackBetter for a fantastic event examining the role of working #Livestock in #FoodSecurity and making recommendations to improve #AnimalWelfare and #Livelihoods #OneHealth #OneWelfare

https://t.co/QNYC3z6g1m

[Harry Bignell @HarryBignell]

"Good welfare in animals increases their immunocompetence & resistance to zoonotic diseases, that can be transferred to humans." Linda Keeling @awan_gasl's event on #AnimalWelfare & the #SDGs. This is why #OneWelfare isn't just desirable in policy & programming, just necessary.

[Animal Welfare Action Network @awan_gasl]

We're talking about #AntimicrobialResistance today and how animal welfare can contribute to reduce it. Such an important global challenge! Join us here https://t.co/6qDIdTTfcq

[Kate Fletcher @AffectiveEquine]

Excited to facilitate this webinar next week: https://t.co/1i4GQ4MWsI on behalf of @awan_gasl @TheBrooke @FAO Join us for a fantastic lineup of expert speakers including Professor Linda Keeling, Professor Ulf Magnusson, Danilo Rodrigue @HorseCharity @andreagavinelli @RobynAlders

[Kate Fletcher @AffectiveEquine]

We are only as strong as our weakest health system, highlighting the importance of investing in #AnimalHealth and #AnimalWelfare to prevent another #pandemic, something @TheBrooke prioritizes through our call for #ActionForAnimalHealth @KlaraSaville
https://t.co/F116swJh71

[Kate Fletcher @AffectiveEquine]

Amazing news for #AnimalWelfare and a long time coming!
https://t.co/b7UvZ6cVwq

[Focus On Animal Law @theFOALGroup]

Please RT this letter to @MarcusRashford we’d love to talk to him. The creeping normalisation of ear cropping is not to do with people on street corners, it is a celebrity fuelled fashion & we must demand it stops! Ban imports of cropped dogs: https://t.co/EWUtE8rnnA #FlopNotCrop

[Kate Fletcher @AffectiveEquine]

My favourite topic - animal affective state - being discussed at today's #PLFworkshop specifically in relation to recognising stress and negative emotions in pigs to allow earlier interventions by farmers @AnimalWelfareRN