PAW Research

This page highlights some on-going research projects investigating different aspects of positive animal welfare. Click on the tabs below to learn more about the benefits of tickling rats, how PAW is applied on farms and how we assess animal welfare.

Pig playing with straw

iPAW

Improving positive animal welfare in farm animals

QBA

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment: quantifying the emotionally expressive qualities of animal behaviour

Rat Tickling

Tickling rats to improve their welfare

LIFT logo of farm animals

LIFT

Lifting farm animal lives