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With over 800 hectares of farmland, the University of Reading is a world-leading centre for agricultural research. Housed in the Reading’s philosophy department, Dr Veit is an award-winning researcher, author, and lecturer with a passion for other animals. He has travelled all over the world to speak about his research, meeting the Dalai Lama in India, bomb-sniffing Rats in Tanzania, mischievous corvids in Cambridge, and self-aware cleaner fish in Japan. You can learn more about his research here.

Support Dr Walter Veit’s animal welfare research at the University of Reading.

The funds will be used directly to support Dr Veit’s animal welfare research, including dedicated research time buyouts, as well as animal welfare workshops, open access publication costs, and other related research expenses.