| Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

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Fostering Humane Farming

Gabrielle Reisner, VG22, collaborates with U.S. companies on animal welfare and sustainable practices

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Linking Science to Policy where People and Wildlife Meet

For Dr. Allen Rutberg, it wasn’t a question of what animals do, but why animals do what they do that led him down a path that eventually landed him in the field of animals and public policy.

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The Land Protector

Paula Gillikin, VG16

Passionate Teacher and Animal Welfare Researcher

Q&A with Shelter and Community Medicine Program Director Emily McCobb, V00

How Are Animals Added to the Endangered Species List?

A wildlife policy expert at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine explains what factors are considered when listing a species as threatened or endangered in the U.S.

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Preparing for a Career in Wildlife Public Policy

Building on her work with Kenyan baboons, Madagascar lemurs, zoo primates, and the wildlife of Texas

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Cape survey measures views on seals, sharks

WHDH TV highlights a research study on local public opinions of sharks and seals, on which the Center for Animals and Public Policy was a collaborator

Seal of Approval

Diverse stakeholders in Nantucket agreed that the health of the ecosystem is top priority when it comes to the management of seals.

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This Tufts veterinary student spent the summer playing music for very good dogs to see if it helped with short-term stress

Second-year veterinary student, Sidney Beecy, discusses her research project that looks at the effect of music on short-term stress in dogs.