Kate

Kate is a researcher with a MSc degree in Animal Welfare, Behaviour, Ethics & Law (distinction).

Interests in academic research are: animal science, including behaviour science and sentience; psychological research of awareness, beliefs and the effect of information; animal rights law, including legal personhood and habeas corpus; behaviours of animal agriculture and food industries; marketing and misinformation; and food ethics.

Kate has particular interests in farmed animals specifically cattle kept for dairy farming, aquatic life and slaughter.

Kate has worked in the animal protection sector for over 12 years within a research, investigation and campaign capacity. She has worked on numerous areas including farmed animals, animal experimentation, companion animals (puppy trade), animal fur, hunting (including canned hunting), zoos, aquariums and circuses.

She also has interest in investigative research, data visualization photojournalism and documentary film.  

Kate lives in London, with her rescue cat.

On Animals

On Animals is a space for research, writing and photography relating to animal related research and animal rights law, focusing on farmed animals. Farmed animals make up 98% of animals living under human control.