Danielle Free

Animal Behaviourist #animalwelfare, #MResWildlifeConservation, wildlife fanatic, keen traveller & amateur photographer. All views my own. UK

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

@Wildlife_Nomad Amazing!

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

@Roasty247 They are the cutest! 😍

[Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote]

⚡️Potential PhD opportunities⚡️If you like any combo of antipredator colouration, collective behaviour, fish, fieldwork in nice places, or robotics, please get in touch for opportunities at my new lab starting @OxfordBiology!🐠🐠🐟🐟https://t.co/zDkAsxm21Y

[Fay Clark @DrFayClark]

#2: Reward sensitivity as a welfare indicator https://t.co/8wu8tKaw4k

[Fay Clark @DrFayClark]

Two fab Animal Welfare PhD opportunities at the University of Bristol!
#1: Animal Sentience https://t.co/MYJ8WRXuAO

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs don't have the Flight or Fight Response to danger. So no matter how frightened they are, they don't bite, and they don't run away.
Their response to danger is to curl up into a protective ball, and wait until the danger passes.
That's why so many get run over by approaching cars.
That's why so many are maimed and killed by approaching strimmers.
That's why so many get burned alive in bonfires.

Poking a stick under the bonfire pile will just make the hedgehog inside curl tighter.
Lighting it from one side will just make the hedgehog curl tighter.
Shining a light under the bonfire will just make the hedgehog curl tighter.
The only way to make a bonfire safe is to build it the same day you light it.

So if it's already built, you need to move it on the day you light it.
If you are starting to build it in advance then you MUST enclose the area with a hedgehog-proof fence, to ensure no hogs enter.

If you can take the trouble to have a bonfire🔥, then please take the trouble to do it safely.
Moving a bonfire🔥 never takes anywhere near as long as you think it will.
Don't let your bonfire🔥 be something you'll regret for the rest of your life.

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

5 million disposable vapes are thrown away weekly in the UK. Join @RSPCA_official in calling for a ban by contacting your MP: https://t.co/add2rebCS3 #VexedAboutVapes

[Josh Firth @JoshAFirth]

Two PhD opportunities on social networks w/ me as co-supervisor.

Social behaviour, health & ageing (lead supervisor Dan Nussey) https://t.co/dhK6x1aXzQ

The social side of symbionts (lead supervisor Sarah Knowles)
https://t.co/HKUmTaeeH0

Feel free to get in touch with any Qs!

[Natalie Pilakouta @NPilakouta]

Another fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab (open to both UK and international students)!
"The role of behaviour in facilitating or hindering adaptation to climate change" https://t.co/j5iUOpq3IQ
Apply by 20/12. Informal enquiries welcome. Please RT!

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

@SkyBet please provide odds on Kieran McKenna becoming England Manager anytime in the future. Thank u!

[Marwell Wildlife @Marwellwildlife]

We’re delighted to announce we’ve won a WAZA Conservation award! 🏆

Read more: https://t.co/pfEaqeHm5a

Without the support of people like you, we could not continue to do our work, so thank you! 💚

[BIAZA @BIAZA]

🖋️ Our network tirelessly creates resources benefitting BIAZA Zoos/Aquariums;

like a comprehensive guide on Visitor Animal Experiences by the AWWG

⏬ Members can download it via QR code, or here:
https://t.co/bwtsXe3grS

A massive thank you to the authors involved!

[Natalie Pilakouta @NPilakouta]

Now that the contract is signed, I'm excited to share some news! The Pilakouta Lab is moving to @UnivofStAndrews @SchoolofBiology this summer 😁🎉

I'll have funding for a PhD student, so get in touch if you're interested in behavioural/physiological responses to climate change!

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

Looking for work experience in animal behaviour and welfare? Yes? We are looking for you too! https://t.co/k7vwRv00Uj

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

the animals used don’t have feelings or experience fear and pain. @antanddec please stop supporting a show that puts living creatures through fear, stress, pain & death for a tv show.

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

@antanddec It is so disappointing to see you two continuing to support this barbaric show. Animal welfare is constantly being compromised in the name of ‘entertainment’ & you are in a position to change that rather than encourage it (1)

[Danielle Free @DaniFree85]

experience pain, fear and love). Furthermore, based on scientific evidence, this act also covers invertebrates such as octopuses & crustaceans (which includes the yabby seen in numerous series of the show, inc the latest). @antanddec you can’t hide behind the argument that (4)