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Dr. Jocelyn Woods

@animalwelfarist.bsky.social
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Zoo➡️farm #AnimalWelfare and #AnimalBehavior @ UW Madison using tech to study the impacts of tail docking sheep 🐑 | knitter on the run 🏃🏼‍♀️ 🧶 | views are my own Keeper of @midwestprimates.bsky.social 🐒 jocelynwoods.wixsite.com/jocelynwoo…

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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Can the term doom scrolling be applied to the LinkedIn job board? Because I think that’s my latest addiction
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Please share & follow the new MPIG account! 🐒 🦍 🦧
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ASAB @asab.org · 17/01/2025
There’s a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2025 & #Behaviour2025 ASAB Grants: asab.org/grant-overview ASAB Spring: asabspring2025.github.io Behaviour: behaviourindia2025.in Make sure you also follow @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social & @behaviour2025.bsky.social for updates 😄

ASAB Important Upcoming Dates
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2025 Asab SPRING MEETING Liverpool, UK
Apr 23-25
Feb 1: ASAB travel grants due
Feb 12: Abstracts due
Apr 1: Registration ends
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Behaviour Kolkata India 2025 Aug 25-30
Jan 31: Abstracts due
Feb 28: Early bird registration ends
Apr 1: ASAB travel grants due
Apr 30: Regular registration ends
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We often think when we feed animals we're doing an unqualified good. But are we? Feeding squirrels peanuts, it turns out, changes their very SKULLS, giving them weaker bite force. www.sciencenews.org/article/hand...
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Hand-feeding squirrels accidentally changed their skulls
When fed peanuts, red squirrels in Britain developed weaker bites — showing that food supplements to threatened animals could have unintended side effects.
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Made #vegan bagels on a gloomy Wisconsin Sunday. This is the first time I’ve made bagels and I have to say, they turned out pretty good! 🥯
BagelsPartially frozen river surrounded by trees. Bridge in the background
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Science for Animal Welfare @scifaw.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
📢 Abstract submissions for talks and posters at the UFAW International Animal Welfare Conference close on 10 February. 🔍 We’re particularly interested in abstracts featuring novel and innovative approaches to #AnimalWelfare science. 🔗 Don't miss out! Submit your abstract here: ufaw.org.uk/conf25
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
2025. Nearly 30,000 wild species identified in US trade data phys.org/news/2025-01...
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Nearly 30,000 wild species identified in US trade data
International research involving the University of Adelaide has found almost 30,000 wild species have been traded in the United States, according to data captured by U.S. wildlife trade monitoring org...
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"There are bodies that America believes should not be unhindered....It’s a freedom our neighbors begrudge us, peering out the windows, posting on social media when they see us." This post is about running, but it's about so much more. lyz.substack.com/p/i-have-a-r...
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I have a right to be here
A year of running in 2024
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Susanne Pfeifer @susanneppfeifer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Please share – The Jensen and Pfeifer Labs at Arizona State University are searching for a joint postdoctoral researcher to study the evolutionary genomics of non-human primates, supported by NIH MIRA and NSF CAREER awards. More details on our lab webpage: spfeiferlab.org/positions/
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Most zoo animals live long lives due to individualized care. However part of this care is controlling breeding. Is this sustainable? Should animals breed naturally in zoos? What happens to surplus animals? See below on how breed-and-feed programs in zoos may improve animal welfare & conservation 🧪
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David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🚨In Nature🚨 Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias? We this test empirically & find that conservatives * ARE suspended more * BUT share more misinfo So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Happy New Year! I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa... It includes: * science * action & policy * communication * travel awards * international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women Please share. #ConservationFunding
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Funding & awards
A list of conservation-related scholarships, fellowships, funding, and awards.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
So many good points in here. When women begin to enter fields, first people cheer the pioneers. Then women do it more...and men get nervous. And then men run. And then they declare they NEVER wanted to do it anyway. Education is for GIRLS. celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
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Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Yep, #VaccinesWork Peter Hotez: "Covid mortality rates. No surprises: Well-vaccinated Northern European nations, Canada, Northern U.S. had lowest mortality; less vaccinated Southern U.S. fared worse; poorly vaccinated regions Africa, Russia the worst." See www.healthdata.org/research-ana...
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It’s simple. Many of us share #science. Please join up. go.bsky.app/H3qcvgP Please add your name below and expertise and you’ll be added! #scientistswhocommunicatescience #scicomm #womeninsciencw
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ASAB @asab.org · 04/12/2024
We’ve listed a few starter packs that we thought might be interesting to our members/researchers in animal behaviour. Feel free to add on to the thread if you have more suggestions! 🦍🦒🐐🐕🐑🐋🐍🦗 ⬇️
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a man wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections
Alt: David from Schitts creek wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections
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Bas Rodenburg @basrodenburg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We have a very exciting line up of plenary speakers for ISAE 2025, so make sure to submit your abstracts for the congress before 15 February 2025(isae2025.exordo.com/login)! The info on the plenary speakers can be found here: isae2025utrecht.nl/plenary-spea...
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Katie Cronin, PhD @katieacronin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Trying to gather a long list of ideas for a masters student in animal welfare. Who out there with a masters degree is in an animal welfare-related role that is financially feasible for the long term? Thanks in advance for sharing here or by DM. #hivemind #animalwelfare
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Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We could be losing a lot of scientific evidence due to it being published in non-English languages. Also likely to be reflected for species with no English language evidence. An incredibly important topic from Tatsuya Amano. #ASABWinter2024
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Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy! The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*. Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 The NOAA Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassador program provides a new level of engagement for youth aged 13-18 committed to ocean conservation and stewardship of our blue planet. links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2...
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Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassador Application
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is committed to building and strengthening efforts to share the agency’s mission with youth through outreach and education programs to increa...
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Final seminar presentation ☑️ Next stop - defense!
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Sums up the last semester of my PhD 🫣
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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I have a really exciting PhD opportunity on a highly novel topic: flow state in animals! This is open to students worldwide, drawing on the University of Bristol's strengths in animal cognition, animal welfare and human game design www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
bluesky has such first week of school energy rn with the big migration
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Bas Rodenburg @basrodenburg.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It is our pleasure to announce that abstract submission for the 58th International Congress of the ISAE on applied animal behaviour and welfare is now open! Submission deadline is 15 February 2025! Instructions and topics can be found here: isae2025.exordo.com/login
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Undergraduate interns make the world go round. Without them, much of my research would not be possible. On top of that, one of my amazing interns surprised me with this adorably crocheted sheep as a thank you for helping with her vet school apps 🐑 🧶 I had to stop myself from crying at its cuteness
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🚨 Deadline extended 9th December! 🚨 Enter ASAB's science communication competition. Submit your 1-2min video showcasing your cool animal behaviour research related to the meeting theme: "Addressing biases in the field of animal behaviour." Use this form tinyurl.com/ASABwinter20... to participate!
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hi 👋🏼 I’m Jocelyn, a PhD candidate studying #FarmAnimalWelfare. Specifically, I’m using tech to address how tail docking sheep impacts their social relationships 🐑 I also have studied #ZooAnimalWelfare including🦒, 🐒 , & 🦍! I am a couple months from my defense & running & knitting keeps me sane 🧶 🏃🏼‍♀️
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Cher Chow 周馥溢 @cherfychow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Seeing quite a lot of posts about PhDs and postdocs. Please circulate around #EcoEvocareer! I run the Ecology and Evolution ECR feed to consolidate these ads and career chats bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hoping to find the farm #AnimalWelfare people on Bluesky! I wanted to create a spinoff of the animal welfare starter pack that specifically focuses on those studying farm animal welfare 🐥🐐🐖🐄🐑🐓 Comment below to be added!
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I have watched this video so many times 😂 These plots show the trajectories of twin ewes (seen in brown in each plot) prior to and after lambing on different days. I love watching the reaction of the other ewes in the pen (in blue) & the similarities in lambing location between the twins!
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Helen Mylne @helephantmylne.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Resharing for new users to find collaborations or just people posting cool #animal #research! I think I've got a decent mix of taxonomic groups of interest, so hopefully this will be useful 🐟🦍🐠🦎🦗🦈🐧🦂🐬🕷️🐌🐢🐙🦟🐳🦁🦋🐊🐜🦆🐘🦃🦘🐛 DM to be added 😊 go.bsky.app/9CV3PAd #Behavior
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Dr Maria Vilain Rørvang @drmariarorvang.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Still finding it hard to reconnect with everyone from Twitter (X) so here’s an attempt at finding all animal behaviourists, ethologists, behavioural ecologists etc, working with animal behaviour. Just pop a comment and I’ll add you to the list - let’s reconnect 😃 #appliedethology go.bsky.app/8oJ3A8E
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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
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Zegni Triki @zegnitriki.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Excited to share I will be joining @UniNeuchatel as an assistant professor early 2025. OFFER: 2 #PhDposition in the new lab. #1 is on zoo animals🐺🐒🦧 and saliva hormones, and #2 is on 🐠 cognition and brains 🧠 Deadline 20 Nov 2024 shorturl.at/NYvVd Spread the word 🙏🏽🧪
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Two fully funded PhD positions.pdf
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Dr. Jocelyn Woods @animalwelfarist.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I'll use my first post on Bluesky to plug my most recent publication on validating a UWB RTLS to track sheep 🐑 We found static & dynamic errors < 1 m but error was influenced by distance to the master anchor & height. We stress the importance of validating tech prior to research applications!
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Validation of an indoor real-time location system for tracking sheep
Precision livestock technologies such as remote sensors are increasingly used to monitor the health, behavior, and welfare of livestock. We aimed to e…
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Jenna Owens @jennaowens.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I love the concept of Bluesky starter packs, and since I didn’t see one for those of us who study #animal #welfare, decided to make my own! My own network is limited, so PLEASE share and let me know who to add! I’m so excited to connect with all of you! 🐒🐑🐇🐕🐷🐠 go.bsky.app/SctSt3E
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