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Gabrielle Clark (she/her)
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Researcher in animal behaviour, neurobiology, and welfare 🔬🐁🐄 🦜🐾
BSc ‘21 and MSc ‘24, Dalhousie University 🇨🇦
Research & Compliance Specialist, Toronto Zoo📍views my own
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Gabrielle Clark (she/her) @gabbyclark.bsky.social · Mar 8
One of the latest papers out from myself and @rkmeagher.bsky.social !! Topics: nest building, stereotypic behaviour, and maternal care in American mink 🐾
animal-welfare.bsky.social Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jan 20
🔍Can early-life enrichment improve welfare for farmed
mink?

This new study found that adding nesting materials & sisal rope during the perinatal period reduced stereotypic behaviours & improved nest quality, however, stress markers were unchanged.

🔗 ow.ly/alur50UJpwq

#AnimalWelfareScience
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applied-ethology.bsky.social
#NewResearchAlert

"Prenatal stress from lameness in pregnant sows modifies the behavioural and physiological responses of their offspring" by Sarmiento et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/M_P_Sarmient...

#prenatalstress #sowwelfare #pigbehaviour
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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marmotrecovery.bsky.social
This is one of the most endangered mammals in the world – there are fewer than 400 alive in the wild right now – so it is pretty special to watch this mom and her two pups emerge from their burrow. Kids will be kids, no matter how rare your species!

P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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drmariarorvang.bsky.social
📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠

More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#appliedethology #postcoc
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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uofguelphnews.bsky.social
How many birds are killed by cats each year?

A new #UofG study provides a more accurate picture of the millions of birds dying at the claws of household pets.

@uofgcbs.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social @jonathanjojochu.bsky.social

Read more: news.uoguelph.ca/2025/10/new-...
Study Pinpoints Number of Birds Killed by Cats Each Year
It’s no secret that birds are facing many threats in our cities, but the leading cause of death may come as a surprise. It’s not avian flu or natural predators, but instead, outdoor cats.
news.uoguelph.ca
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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keithwdickinson.bsky.social
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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bethologist.bsky.social
I’m looking for a PhD student, please share!
applied-ethology.bsky.social International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) @applied-ethology.bsky.social · Oct 8
#PhDPositionAlert
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html
October 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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elizabethhobson.bsky.social
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
Image showing Hobson Lab logo (with parakeets, a social network, and R code), two Monk Parakeets, and several individually-marked parakeets with the text "Now recruiting PhD students!!"
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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wascherclaudia.bsky.social
Interested in animal welfare, education policy & social research? Fully funded PhD (UK home) on dog welfare in schools. Get in touch & apply: www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur...
(Dog photo purely for attention and moral support)
#PhDopportunity #AnimalWelfare #DogsInSchools #CamDTP #SocialResearch
Two dogs sitting in a field.
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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ecowarriorss.bsky.social
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act.

www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
Breaking: We’ve won our lawsuit on behalf of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species A...
www.humaneworld.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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efsa-biohaw.bsky.social
📢 New from @efsa.europa.eu: Scientific Opinion on the welfare of animals farmed for fur.
🦦 Mink | 🦊 Foxes | 🦝 Raccoon dogs | 🐹 Chinchillas

Read more: 👉 europa.eu/!WFYn9F & infographic 👉 europa.eu/!R6RPhg

#AnimalWelfare #EFSA #FurFarming
July 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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efsa-biohaw.bsky.social
Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production. @efsa.europa.eu Register now! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production | EFSA
July 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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kathelijnekoops.bsky.social
Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩
nakedprimate.bsky.social Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · Jul 2
📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social

@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪
two 4-year PhD positions in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich, and the Wild Minds Lab of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, to study wild chimpanzees and bonobos. The PhD candidates will work within the Creative Ape Project. The overall goal of the project is to enhance our understanding of the evolution of creativity, and to shed light on whether humans are a uniquely 'creative ape'. To do so we will apply a comparative approach, quantifying the creative capacities of wild non-human apes to investigate the underlying drivers that shape creative expression across species. The project explores four interconnected topics: i) Making mavericks, ii) Funny guys and arty-types, iii) Lone ape geniuses, and iv) Creative ape economies. We employ a comprehensive approach that leverages long-term datasets, new field data, detailed manual video-coding, bespoke automated deep-learning models, and advanced modelling, to extract rich information on the ways in which apes solve problems in their daily lives. Excellent collaborative, independent working and time management skills are essential. Previous field experience (incl. behavioural data collection) is required, and experience working in remote places under difficult living conditions is highly recommended. The project will require strong data management and data analysis skills, and 12-18 months of field work split into 2-3 periods. Please submit your application in a single PDF to kathelijne.koops@iea.uzh.ch and clh42@st-andrews.ac.uk – by 4th of August 2025. Feel free to get in touch if you have any inquiries about the positions. Applications should include: 1) cover letter stating your motivation and how your expertise fits the project (max. 1 page), 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) copy of the highest degree obtained, 4) names and contact details of two referees, and 5) reprints of 1-2 selected publications A tiny chimpfant looks at the camera with surprise
July 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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birgitszabo.bsky.social
Proud to share our newest gecko paper published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We raised geckos either with or without their parents and found some effects on the development of behaviour and cognition! Read the rest here:
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
June 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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animal-welfare.bsky.social
📖 NEW BOOK REVIEW 📖

Check out the latest book review published in Animal Welfare:

What Are Zoos For? By Heather Browning and Walter Veit. Reviewed by Lisa Riley.

🔗 Read the full review here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#AnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience
June 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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rkmeagher.bsky.social
A sad but important commentary on what many young women experience in science from Georgia Mason: masonabwlab.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/s...
For those attending ISAE this year, I'll be one of those friendly allies you can come to if needed! (And my experiences with this crowd have been 99% positive.)
May 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
gabbyclark.bsky.social
Reunited with @rkmeagher.bsky.social to present some of our latest research on mink stereotypic behaviour at the 2025 North American #ISAE Regional Meeting, hosted at the beautiful University of Guelph Arboretum Centre! 🌳
Very interesting topics and great discussions, as always! #animalwelfare
May 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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michellema.bsky.social
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.

A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
gabbyclark.bsky.social
Sad to see tech billionaires pouring money into these “de-extinction” companies… imagine what these funds and resources could accomplish for species already struggling to live on this planet, like the *gray wolf*, extirpated in parts of North America
astrokatie.com Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Apr 9
dire wolves more like liar wolves am I right
April 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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chansenwheat.bsky.social
Permanent job in lovely Aarhus, Denmark, as a special consultant in biodiversity and nature conservation.

www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

🧪 🌍 🦊 #WomenInSTEM #ScienceJobs
Special consultant with expertise in biodiversity and nature conservation - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Ecoscience - Biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet
www.au.dk
March 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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oregonzoo.bsky.social
Happy Monday after daylight saving time
River otter pup looking at the camera
March 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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jennysplitter.bsky.social
Trump has decimated the farm animal welfare research team at USDA, @greymoran.bsky.social reports exclusively for @sentientmedia.org. There is only team team member remaining, and the future of the lab is uncertain.

sentientmedia.org/usda-farm-an...
Exclusive: The USDA’s Farm Animal Welfare Research Lab — With Just One Scientist Remaining — Dismantled by Trump
Sentient has learned that the primary federal laboratory for farm animal welfare research has lost its probationary scientists to the mass firings.
sentientmedia.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
gabbyclark.bsky.social
One of the latest papers out from myself and @rkmeagher.bsky.social !! Topics: nest building, stereotypic behaviour, and maternal care in American mink 🐾
animal-welfare.bsky.social Animal Welfare - the UFAW Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · Jan 20
🔍Can early-life enrichment improve welfare for farmed
mink?

This new study found that adding nesting materials & sisal rope during the perinatal period reduced stereotypic behaviours & improved nest quality, however, stress markers were unchanged.

🔗 ow.ly/alur50UJpwq

#AnimalWelfareScience
March 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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thetorontozoo.bsky.social
Happy #InternationalWomensDay 💕

Everyday, your Toronto Zoo is privileged to work alongside incredible women who contribute so much to the fabric of our lives and to community conservation science, as a whole.
March 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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simongadbois.bsky.social
And also keep your cats indoors.
washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/two-w...
Two Washington cats infected with bird flu • Washington State Standard
Two domestic cats in Washington state have been infected with bird flu after eating raw pet food, according to the department of agriculture.
washingtonstatestandard.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM