NYU Animal Studies

NYU Launches Wild Animal Welfare Program Work Will Fill Research and Policy Gap in a Field Largely Focused on Domesticated Animals

A study about attitudes towards companion animal nutrition that some people might like to participate in.

Pet Owners needed to take part in NEW nutrition survey

TIR-Mitarbeiterin, Michelle Richner, durfte vergangenen Freitag an der offiziellen Eröffnung des Centers for Environmental and Animal Protection (CEAP) an der New York University (NYU) teilnehmen. Neben dem wertvollen Austausch mit Tierschutzjuristen aus ganz Nordamerika bot die Veranstaltung eine Reihe von hoch interessanten Referaten. Höhepunkt war dabei der Vortrag des Begründers der modernen Tierethik, Peter Singer, der sich im Anschluss für Fragen und aufschlussreiche Gespräche zur Verfügung stellte. Die TIR freut sich, dass mit dem CEAP die Implementierung des Tierschutzes auf universitärer Ebene weiter vorangetrieben wird.

Weitere Infos auf: https://as.nyu.edu/animalstudies.html

NYU Animal Studies faculty member Becca Franks has a new open access paper on positive emotions in zebrafish.

Check it out!

Is Heightened-Shoaling a Good Candidate for Positive Emotional Behavior in Zebrafish? Zebrafish, a highly-social species of freshwater fish, are widely studied across many fields of laboratory science including developmental biology, neuroscience, and genomics. Nevertheless, as standard housing for zebrafish typically consists of small and simplistic environments, less is known about...

Becca Franks, Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU Animal Studies and Environmental Studies, is featured today at Unbound Project - check it out!

This week the Unbound Project is celebrating women protecting our oceans and sea life! Today we’re highlighting Becca Franks, an environmental research scientist with a mission to tell the world why fish matter.

“My goal is to generate scientific information about aquatic animals that helps society see their true value. By true value I mean giving them the chance to express their behavioral and psychological potential so that we can appreciate what we have in common and celebrate what makes them unique. I believe that science can contribute to achieving this goal, but only if we study animals living in environments in which they can thrive.”

Becca Franks' mission for the fishes started in 2012 at The University of British Columbia's Animal Welfare Program. In 2016, Franks became a visiting assistant professor with the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University to continue working on aquatic animal protection.

"The Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals is celebrating the adoption of a resolution supporting a global ban on cosmetics testing on animals today. The European Parliament voted in favour of the resolution to end animal testing in cosmetics everywhere and forever."

Parliament votes to end cosmetics testing on animals worldwide (Brussels – 2 May 2018) The Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals is celebrating the adoption of a resolution supporting a global ban on cosmetics testing on animals today. The European Parliament voted in favour of the resolution to end animal testing in cosmetics everywhere and f...

Please join our friends at the NYU Center for Bioethics on April 17 to learn more about the new Bioethics Minor, launching in Fall 2018.

The Wildlife Storytelling Society, founded by former NYU Animal Studies student Xander Samaras, is hosting its next event on April 25th. The event will feature live music, immersive media, conservation stories, and much more.

For more information, please go to:
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WSSocial: April Meetup Dreamers, game-changers, tree-huggers and friends, we’re at it again on April 25th at Littlstar, the groundbreaking VR platform that powers VR apps for Discovery, CNN, National Geographic, and Hearst. Featuring live music, immersive media, conservation stories, and much more. Beer, wine, food and ...