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Animal Welfare Journal Club

Posting Date(s)

The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets approximately once a month to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare; eg in animal welfare science, animal ethics, animal behaviour, anesthesia and analgesia; ethical veterinary practice. Everyone is welcome to attend and to propose articles for future discussion. 

Next meeting: Friday, Nov. 2, 12:30-1:15, AVC 280N to discuss: 

Grimm D. 2011. Are dolphins too smart for captivity? Science 332(6029):526-529. available at

FYI, this article references the work of Lori Marino, in particular the following article: Reiss D, Marino L. 2001. MIrror self-recognition in the bottlenose dolphin: A case of cognitive convergence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(10):5937-5942.
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The club is co hosted by AVC鈥檚 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and Animal Welfare Club. Email acrook@upei.ca or jdamico@upei.ca to be on the e-mail list for future information.