Measuring welfare with biological age

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Written By Will Bradshaw

January 14, 2020

Dr. Will Bradshaw explains the connection between biological age and welfare, and how this new approach could improve our efforts to help wild animal animals.

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Will Bradshaw

Will is a former Research Fellow at Wild Animal Initiative. He completed his PhD in genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, where he worked at the intersection of aging research and computational immunology. His research for WAI focused on the implications of aging for wild-animal welfare and animal-welfare research.

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