Tara Cunningham, Causeway Coast Dog Rescue talks to Dr Rowena Packer. Rowena is an academic researching many different areas in companion animal welfare but has particularly and avid publisher in all areas relating to dog welfare. One of Rowena's significant articles published centralised around dog breeding during COVID, pandemic restrictions and the impact afterwards.
Dr Rowena Packer Rowena is the Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Rowena leads a research group exploring diverse topics in this area, including the impact of chronic and inherited disorders on dog behaviour and welfare, the impact of owner knowledge, attitudes and behaviour on canine welfare, breeding for better welfare, and caregiver burden. Rowena has co-authored more than 100 peer reviewed papers and book chapters and co-edited the textbook ‘Health and Welfare of Brachycephalic (Flat-faced) Companion Animals’ (2021). Rowena holds a PhD from the Royal Veterinary College (2013) which explored the impact of extreme conformation on canine health. Rowena is a founding member of Brachycephalic Working Group and the Legal Advisory Group on Extreme Conformation in Dog
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