A leading academic and self-proclaimed animal lover has been named as the head of a new Animal Welfare Evidence Centre – and making the economic case to governments for better animal welfare will be top of her in-tray. Dr Jennifer Maher has been named Chief of Research for the new body, which will be focused on researching the human behaviours and societal systems that currently drive harm to animals. She has started in post on 6 July, and says the formation of the Evidence Centre has been a “long time…
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