Lynne U. Sneddon
@lynneusneddon.bsky.social
Professor specialising in aquatic animal biology and fish welfare. Views and opinions are entirely my own and have nothing to do with my employer.
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📢 The UFAW & AWRN seminar series Influencing for Impact – Translating #AnimalWelfare Research into #Law & #Policy continues next week with Penny Hawkins from the RSPCA.
Penny will be discussing: “Policymaking from an NGO scientists perspective".
Register here: lnkd.in/eS8cK3PQ
Penny will be discussing: “Policymaking from an NGO scientists perspective".
Register here: lnkd.in/eS8cK3PQ
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📢 The UFAW & AWRN seminar series Influencing for Impact – Translating #AnimalWelfare Research into #Law & #Policy continues next week with Penny Hawkins from the RSPCA.
Penny will be discussing: “Policymaking from an NGO scientists perspective".
Register here: lnkd.in/eS8cK3PQ
Penny will be discussing: “Policymaking from an NGO scientists perspective".
Register here: lnkd.in/eS8cK3PQ
Interested in hearing about the science of sentience in fishes and how this has important implications for the treatment of these animals. Please join me in the Aquatic Animal Alliance webinar on 13 November 2025. #fishwelfare #fishsci Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Interested in hearing about the science of sentience in fishes and how this has important implications for the treatment of these animals. Please join me in the Aquatic Animal Alliance webinar on 13 November 2025. #fishwelfare #fishsci Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Delighted to be giving this webinar on 4 Nov along with with my colleague Ana Valentim organised by Zebrafish Husbandry Association on "𝗔𝗻a𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵: 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵". #zebrafish #fishsci
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Delighted to be giving this webinar on 4 Nov along with with my colleague Ana Valentim organised by Zebrafish Husbandry Association on "𝗔𝗻a𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵: 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵". #zebrafish #fishsci
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
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Looking for a #PhD?
Interested in #SocialBehaviour #BiologicalMarkets #Fieldwork?
Want to be based in #Bristol?
Check out this project with me, @ljnbrent.bsky.social & #PatrickKennedy:
tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
For UK-domiciled Black-heritage applicants
Get in touch for more information
Please #share
Interested in #SocialBehaviour #BiologicalMarkets #Fieldwork?
Want to be based in #Bristol?
Check out this project with me, @ljnbrent.bsky.social & #PatrickKennedy:
tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
For UK-domiciled Black-heritage applicants
Get in touch for more information
Please #share
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Biological market monitoring and manipulation in social animals at Unive...
PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Biological market monitoring and manipulation in social an...
www.findaphd.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Looking for a #PhD?
Interested in #SocialBehaviour #BiologicalMarkets #Fieldwork?
Want to be based in #Bristol?
Check out this project with me, @ljnbrent.bsky.social & #PatrickKennedy:
tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
For UK-domiciled Black-heritage applicants
Get in touch for more information
Please #share
Interested in #SocialBehaviour #BiologicalMarkets #Fieldwork?
Want to be based in #Bristol?
Check out this project with me, @ljnbrent.bsky.social & #PatrickKennedy:
tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
For UK-domiciled Black-heritage applicants
Get in touch for more information
Please #share
Still time to register for the Catch Welfare meeting, 19-21 November which focusses on the welfare of fishes and crustaceans in fisheries. I will be speaking about decapod crustacean welfare and how this has important implications for their treatment #CWP25
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catchwelfareplatform.com/third-confer...
Third conference – catchwelfareplatform.com
catchwelfareplatform.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Still time to register for the Catch Welfare meeting, 19-21 November which focusses on the welfare of fishes and crustaceans in fisheries. I will be speaking about decapod crustacean welfare and how this has important implications for their treatment #CWP25
catchwelfareplatform.com/third-confer...
catchwelfareplatform.com/third-confer...
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Starting the UK Zebrafish Husbandry Meeting with an important lesson on pain in #zebrafish from @lynnesneddon.bsky.social 🐟
October 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Starting the UK Zebrafish Husbandry Meeting with an important lesson on pain in #zebrafish from @lynnesneddon.bsky.social 🐟
Heading to Manchester to give the keynote speech at the UK Zebrafish meeting on how to refine experiments. Big thanks to Joanna Stanley and Vicky Taylor at the University of Manchester and especially Mollie Millington of the Francis Crick Institute for organising a wonderful meeting. #zebrafish #3Rs
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Heading to Manchester to give the keynote speech at the UK Zebrafish meeting on how to refine experiments. Big thanks to Joanna Stanley and Vicky Taylor at the University of Manchester and especially Mollie Millington of the Francis Crick Institute for organising a wonderful meeting. #zebrafish #3Rs
It is vitally important to discover the most humane methods of ending the lives of lobsters, crab, crayfish and other decapod crustaceans so we can inform practice in industry and restaurants as well as guiding the general public #animalwelfare #crustacean
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fors...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fors...
Forskaren: Därför är mästerkockarnas kräftgrillning oetisk - P4 Väst
Programmet Sveriges Mästerkock har anmälts till Granskningnämnden för djurplågeri. Detta efter ett inslag från Fjällbacka där deltagare anklagas skära ...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It is vitally important to discover the most humane methods of ending the lives of lobsters, crab, crayfish and other decapod crustaceans so we can inform practice in industry and restaurants as well as guiding the general public #animalwelfare #crustacean
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fors...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fors...
Great to see this TV company have agreed to do better by decapod crustaceans in their cookery programme. These animals endured an inhumane death on TV and it is important we safeguard the welfare of these sentient animals even at the time of death #animalwelfare
www.expressen.se/noje/tv-och-...
www.expressen.se/noje/tv-och-...
TV4:s svar efter anklagelserna mot Sveriges mästerkock
TV4 anklagas för djurplågeri i ”Sveriges mästerkock”. – Vad de gjorde i programmet var omänskligt, sa professor Lynne Sneddon. ”Professor Sneddon har en bra poäng” , svarar producenten Christer Anders...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Great to see this TV company have agreed to do better by decapod crustaceans in their cookery programme. These animals endured an inhumane death on TV and it is important we safeguard the welfare of these sentient animals even at the time of death #animalwelfare
www.expressen.se/noje/tv-och-...
www.expressen.se/noje/tv-och-...
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📣 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
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
📣 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
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
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Don’t miss out on the UK #zebrafish husbandry meeting at the University of Manchester on Wednesday 22nd October. Ticket sales end in two days (15th). More details in the LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/zebraf...
#zebrafish | Zebrafish Rock!
The Francis Crick Institute and The University of Manchester have invited you to the UK #zebrafish husbandry meeting on Wednesday 22 October at the University of Manchester. Tickets are £10 and inclu...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Don’t miss out on the UK #zebrafish husbandry meeting at the University of Manchester on Wednesday 22nd October. Ticket sales end in two days (15th). More details in the LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/zebraf...
I am honoured to be talking with Chinese researchers this week in the Fish Welfare Fundamentals webinar organised by International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare (ICCAW) and the Fish Welfare Initiative. I will present the evidence for sentience and its relevance for aquaculture #fishwelfare
October 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I am honoured to be talking with Chinese researchers this week in the Fish Welfare Fundamentals webinar organised by International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare (ICCAW) and the Fish Welfare Initiative. I will present the evidence for sentience and its relevance for aquaculture #fishwelfare
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📢Applications are now open for the UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships!
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📢Applications are now open for the UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships!
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
Reposted by Lynne U. Sneddon
Had a great few days @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social - talking about animal ethics and welfare - thanks to the amazing hosts 🙏🙏 (mostly not on Bluesky). Now back home in HK.
October 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Had a great few days @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social - talking about animal ethics and welfare - thanks to the amazing hosts 🙏🙏 (mostly not on Bluesky). Now back home in HK.
The Nordic Zebrafish Meeting organised by Zebrafish Core Facility KI has some wonderful speakers dedicated to improving science and the welfare of zebrafish.
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Nordic Zebrafish Meeting organised by Zebrafish Core Facility KI has some wonderful speakers dedicated to improving science and the welfare of zebrafish.
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
Celebrate World Animal Day by attending this free webinar with the theme "Save animals, Save the planet!". My talk is on "The Importance of Fish Welfare for Aquaculture, Fisheries and Safeguarding the Environment". Register here: sciforum.net/event/WAD202... #fishwelfare #savetheplanet
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Celebrate World Animal Day by attending this free webinar with the theme "Save animals, Save the planet!". My talk is on "The Importance of Fish Welfare for Aquaculture, Fisheries and Safeguarding the Environment". Register here: sciforum.net/event/WAD202... #fishwelfare #savetheplanet
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Sad news: Jane Goodall has died. She did more than any other human for our understanding and appreciation of our closest relatives, the chimpanzees.
That chimpanzees are Endangered tells you everything about our species and about what made her so exceptional.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
That chimpanzees are Endangered tells you everything about our species and about what made her so exceptional.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sad news: Jane Goodall has died. She did more than any other human for our understanding and appreciation of our closest relatives, the chimpanzees.
That chimpanzees are Endangered tells you everything about our species and about what made her so exceptional.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
That chimpanzees are Endangered tells you everything about our species and about what made her so exceptional.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Heading to the Asia for Animals conference. Honoured to be a keynote speaker discussing the science of sentience in fishes and how we can improve their welfare in aquaculture, fisheries, the pet fish industry and in the laboratory. Also chairing a session on welfare in aquatics #fishwelfare #fishsci
August 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Heading to the Asia for Animals conference. Honoured to be a keynote speaker discussing the science of sentience in fishes and how we can improve their welfare in aquaculture, fisheries, the pet fish industry and in the laboratory. Also chairing a session on welfare in aquatics #fishwelfare #fishsci
Registration open for in person meeting in Manchester, UK, 22nd October 2025 on welfare of laboratory zebrafish with a focus on 3Rs #zebrafish #fishsci #fishwelfare #3Rs
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-zebrafi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-zebrafi...
UK Zebrafish Husbandry Meeting
Connect, Learn, and Share Best Practices in Zebrafish Care
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August 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Registration open for in person meeting in Manchester, UK, 22nd October 2025 on welfare of laboratory zebrafish with a focus on 3Rs #zebrafish #fishsci #fishwelfare #3Rs
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-zebrafi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-zebrafi...
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NO, IT IS NOT! If it was, they would not use a goat in this way!
"Puck Fair chairman: Welfare of goat is ‘paramount’ as oldest street festival returns"
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"Puck Fair chairman: Welfare of goat is ‘paramount’ as oldest street festival returns"
www.msn.com/en-ie/news/u...
MSN
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August 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
NO, IT IS NOT! If it was, they would not use a goat in this way!
"Puck Fair chairman: Welfare of goat is ‘paramount’ as oldest street festival returns"
www.msn.com/en-ie/news/u...
"Puck Fair chairman: Welfare of goat is ‘paramount’ as oldest street festival returns"
www.msn.com/en-ie/news/u...
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ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Save the date if you are interested in zebrafish welfare. Meeting at University of Manchester, UK, on 22nd October 2025 with a very small registration fee. Ethics, 3Rs, and welfare will be discussed by some excellent speakers. Hope to see you there! #zebrafish #fishwelfare #fishsci #3Rs
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Save the date if you are interested in zebrafish welfare. Meeting at University of Manchester, UK, on 22nd October 2025 with a very small registration fee. Ethics, 3Rs, and welfare will be discussed by some excellent speakers. Hope to see you there! #zebrafish #fishwelfare #fishsci #3Rs
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A parting gift to stay connected ❤️ 🧪
Starter Packs for #zebrafish Community:
ZF Resources: go.bsky.app/JcC5df3
#WomenInScience V1: go.bsky.app/4BegEjv
#WomenInScience V2: go.bsky.app/VoebYrt
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ZF PIs V2: go.bsky.app/4zBuxAF
ZF PIs V3: go.bsky.app/JvjuSZg
Starter Packs for #zebrafish Community:
ZF Resources: go.bsky.app/JcC5df3
#WomenInScience V1: go.bsky.app/4BegEjv
#WomenInScience V2: go.bsky.app/VoebYrt
ZF PIs V1: go.bsky.app/2cHYybY
ZF PIs V2: go.bsky.app/4zBuxAF
ZF PIs V3: go.bsky.app/JvjuSZg
June 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A parting gift to stay connected ❤️ 🧪
Starter Packs for #zebrafish Community:
ZF Resources: go.bsky.app/JcC5df3
#WomenInScience V1: go.bsky.app/4BegEjv
#WomenInScience V2: go.bsky.app/VoebYrt
ZF PIs V1: go.bsky.app/2cHYybY
ZF PIs V2: go.bsky.app/4zBuxAF
ZF PIs V3: go.bsky.app/JvjuSZg
Starter Packs for #zebrafish Community:
ZF Resources: go.bsky.app/JcC5df3
#WomenInScience V1: go.bsky.app/4BegEjv
#WomenInScience V2: go.bsky.app/VoebYrt
ZF PIs V1: go.bsky.app/2cHYybY
ZF PIs V2: go.bsky.app/4zBuxAF
ZF PIs V3: go.bsky.app/JvjuSZg
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After 7 years and a lot of memories, I've finally decided to retire Zebrafish Rock! on social media. I really want to say it was always positive but I've had a tumultuous experience with the account. Those that make the community more toxic continue to be promoted to positions of power. 1/4
June 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
After 7 years and a lot of memories, I've finally decided to retire Zebrafish Rock! on social media. I really want to say it was always positive but I've had a tumultuous experience with the account. Those that make the community more toxic continue to be promoted to positions of power. 1/4