The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
If you are looking to build, purchase or design a new stable for your horse, you may well find yourself at the beginning of a difficult and daunting task. Even if you are simply looking to renovate an existing building Continue reading Conceiving a Stable Space for your Horse
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Spikes World One of the areas I am passionate about is animal welfare, with previous research into animal pain and suffering as I believe alleviating this is key to a better world. I tend Continue reading Boiled alive, crabs, lobsters and the ability to feel pain (Day 131)
Most people believe that it is third world countries that lack stringent and effective animal welfare laws, you can imagine my suprise when I found out Canada made this list. When you think of animal welfare you assume that all Continue reading Canada lacks animal welfare laws protecting marine mammals
So I changed my topic at the last minute for tonight’s diary entry after coming across something that I consider to be extremely disturbing within animal welfare legislation. Animal Welfare on factory farming systems, though regulated relies on the inspection Continue reading Illegal to film animal cruelty undercover in Iowa
In 1872 Charles Darwin described how animals’ facial expressions showed different emotions; anger, fear, affection… Animal cruelty was recognised as when someone intentionally set out to harm an animal, and legislation developed to deal with this with the Protection of Continue reading What is Positive Welfare? And why negative welfare is no longer enough