Publications

 

The welfare of wild animals in travelling circuses

Independent review commissioned by the Welsh Government

2016

Jo Dorning, Stephen Harris and Heather Pickett


The case against fur factory farming: A scientific review of animal welfare standards and 'WelFur'

Independent report commissioned by Respect for Animals

2015

Heather Pickett and Stephen Harris


Farm animal welfare: Past, present and future
Independent report commissioned by the RSPCA's Freedom Food scheme

2014

Heather Pickett, Dan Crossley and Chris Sutton


The multiple benefits of farming traditional chicken for meat and eggs in China

Case study for Compassion in World Farming

2013

Heather Pickett and Emily Lewis-Brown

Zoonotic diseases, human health and farm animal welfare

Report for Compassion in World Farming and World Society for the Protection of Animals

2013

Heather Pickett (summary written by Compassion in World Farming)


Nutritional benefits of higher welfare animal products

Analysis for Compassion in World Farming

2012

Heather Pickett


Health benefits of higher welfare animal products as an incentive to alter consumer purchasing behaviour

Abstract of poster presented at UFAW International Symposium: Making animal welfare improvements: Economic and other incentives and constraints, 28 th-29th June 2011, Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth. Animal Welfare, 21(S1): 182

2012

Heather Pickett


Farm assurance schemes and animal welfare: How the standards compare

Analysis for Compassion in World Farming and OneKind

2012

Heather Pickett


Controlling feather pecking and cannibalism in laying hens without beak trimming

Report for Compassion in World Farming

2011

Heather Pickett


Farm animal cloning

Report for Compassion in World Farming

2010

Heather Pickett


Submission to Defra consultation on a badger control policy and the Government’s approach to tackling bovine tuberculosis

Consultation submission on behalf of OneKind

2010

Heather Pickett


Submission to Scottish Government consultation on the draft code of practice on the welfare of gamebirds reared for sporting purposes

Consultation submission on behalf of Advocates for Animals

2010

Heather Pickett


Welfare of pigs in the European Union: The urgent need for reform of existing legislation and effective enforcement

Report for Compassion in World Farming

2009

Heather Pickett


Horses: Behaviour, cognition and welfare

Independent article commissioned by Compassion in World Farming

2009

Heather Pickett


Horses: Their behaviour, mental abilities and welfare

Independent article (non-technical summary of 'Horses: Behaviour, cognition and welfare') commissioned by Compassion in World Farming

2009

Heather Pickett


Submissions to Defra and Scottish Government consultations on proposed legislation and codes for broiler chickens

Consultation submission on behalf of Advocates for Animals

2009

Heather Pickett


Submissions to Defra and Scottish Government consultations on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing

Consultation submission on behalf of Advocates for Animals

2009

Heather Pickett


Submission to Farm Animal Welfare Council consultation on mutilations and environmental enrichment for growing pigs

Consultation submission on behalf of Advocates for Animals

2009

Heather Pickett


Response to consultation on the future for food in Scotland

Consultation submission on behalf of Advocates for Animals

2008

Heather Pickett


Alternatives to the barren battery cage for the housing of laying hens in the European Union

Report for Compassion in World Farming

2007

Heather Pickett


The way forward for Europe’s egg industry: Keeping the ban on battery cages in 2012

Report for Compassion in World Farming

2006

Heather Pickett


Supermarkets and farm animal welfare: ‘Raising the standard’ (CIWF Trust supermarket survey 2005-2006)

Analysis for Compassion in World Farming Trust

2006

Heather Pickett


Stop the bull ship: The subsidised trade in live cattle from the European Union to the Middle East

Report for Compassion in World Farming

2005

Heather Pickett


Supermarkets and farm animal welfare: ‘Raising the standard’ (CIWF Trust supermarket survey 2003-2004)

Analysis for Compassion in World Farming Trust

2004

Heather Pickett


Industrial animal agriculture

Report for Compassion in World Farming Trust

2003

Heather Pickett


The effect of arable field margin composition on invertebrate biodiversity

Biological Conservation, 106: 259-271

2002

Bill Meek, Dick Loxton, Tim Sparks, Richard Pywell, Heather Pickett and Marek Nowakowski