Considering affective state as a central component of the response of animals to environmental changes Abstract. Current environmental changes are often considered as negatively impacting the affective state of animals. Yet, the interplay between environment

🧪📣 New paper!

How might welfare affect the way wild animals respond to changes in their environment?

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Grants — Wild Animal Initiative

📢 #CFP: We are now accepting #grant applications for research projects in wild animal welfare science.

To learn more about the grants we offer, what we're looking for, and how to apply, visit our grants page: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants

Submit your EOI by November 14.

Wild Animal Initiative awards 15 new research grants in 2025 — Wild Animal Initiative August 8, 2025 Fifteen research projects have been selected to receive a total of $711,309 in grants from Wild Animal Initiative this year. Our Grants Program funds academic research on high-...

In case you missed it: We recently announced our latest round of #grant recipients. Visit our blog to learn more about the 15 projects we funded this year. www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/2025-gr...

We’re at #AWRN2025 this week, where we’re really excited that #wildanimalwelfare is being highlighted.

Wonderful to see some of our grantees taking center stage, including an opening plenary by María Diez Leon and a great talk by Ricardo Lemos de Figueiredo on crayfish welfare.

Excited to be here at #behaviour2025- feel free to come and chat all things wild animal welfare at our table in hall 5 and join our workshop on Wednesday.

Photo in Varanasi

Ready for #Behaviour2025!

Excited for a week of talks, workshops and networking!

@tanyapayne.bsky.social #WildAnimalWelfare