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by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear friends and colleagues I am delighted to announce that Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa will be giving a presentation at the University of Stirling. Professor Matsuzawa is famous for his research on chimpanzee cognition, combining a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild and testing them in captivity (the Ai project). His findings demonstrate the sophisticated cognitive abilities of chimpanzees that have had important welfare consequences (e.g. adding to the evidence underpinning changes to their use in research and testing). Please also see http://matsuzawa.kyoto/cv/en/ Date - Thursday 16th March Time - 4pm Location - 2A73 in the Cottrell Building, University of Stirling Title - SAGA: An attempt to promote the welfare of chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates in Japan SAGA stands for Support for African/Asian Great Apes and their website is here: http://www.saga-jp.org/indexe.html I attach a poster that I hope you might print out and put up, or please feel free to send this message around to colleagues. Maps of how to get to Stirling are here: http://www.stir.ac.uk/about/getting-here/ There will be an informal reception after the talk, and then we shall go out for dinner so please let me know if you'd like to join us. You may also be interested in other talks in our Behaviour and Evolution Research Group seminar series - schedule here http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/naturalscience/psychology/documents/BER… All good wishes, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 BERG: http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour… http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

8 years, 8 months

08.02.2017: Hunting and mammal distribution in Peruvian Amazon

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear BERGers, Tomorrow, we have Dr. Mark Bowler, postdoctoral fellow at the San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research, giving a talk entitled: "Hunting and the distribution of mammals in the Peruvian Amazon - Surveying with arboreal camera traps and line transects, and tracking guns with GPS." As usual we will be meeting from 5:30pm in the Psychology common room (3A94) for drinks and nibbles. ? Eoin For the full BERG Spring 2017 schedule see here: http://bit.ly/2jXV7u7 Follow BERG on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bergstirling/ Follow BERG on twitter: https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling

8 years, 8 months

BERG Spring Program and Tomorrow's Meeting

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear all, Please find the program for this semester's BERG meetings attached. We still have one meeting slot available (next week, Wednesday Feb 8th), so if anyone is interested in giving a talk or hosting a discussion on a particular paper or topic please let me know. This week, in a slight change to our previously advertised topic, I will be giving a talk entitled: "Are automatic imitation effects influenced by experience of synchronous action in children?" As usual, we will be in the Psychology Common Room (3A94) from 5:30pm, with drinks and nibbles! I hope to see you all then! Best, Eoin ?

8 years, 8 months

No BERG tomorrow

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear all, I am just writing to remind you that there will be no BERG meeting tomorrow as UFAW's Animal Welfare Student Scholars' Meeting is taking place from 10:30am in room 2A73- (?please see this link for more information: http://bit.ly/2j0TQlx). We will be back to normal next week (1st of February) when we will have Lizzie Webber talking to us about her PhD research. All the best, Eoin Eoin O'Sullivan, PhD Early Career Fellow Psychology, School of Natural Sciences Behaviour and Evolution Research Group University of Stirling FK9 4LA

8 years, 9 months

Reminder: BERG meeting tomorrow

by Eoin O'Sullivan

?Dear BERGers, Just writing to remind you that we will be meeting tomorrow for some informal introductions from 5:30pm in the Psychology Common room (3A94). Also, I am still looking for people to give talks/host discussions throughout the semester so do sign up using this link if interested: http://doodle.com/poll/mbgh7rvmdwx89vyx? Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow! All the best, Eoin

8 years, 9 months

Animatronic spy creatures - Spy in the Wild

by Gillian Cross

This may be of interest http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088t67m. [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p04n6kxv.jpg]<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088t67m> Spy in the Wild - BBC One<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088t67m> www.bbc.co.uk Animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions. BW. ________________________________ The University is ranked in the QS World Rankings of the top 5% of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2014) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

8 years, 9 months

BERG meetings are back! 18th Jan

by Eoin O'Sullivan

Dear BERGers, I am writing with some good news: BERG meetings will be resuming next week! On Wednesday (18th) we will be having informal introductions and a catch up in the Psychology Common Room (3A94) from 5:30pm, with drinks and nibbles provided. I am currently recruiting volunteers to give a short talk or to host a discussion this semester so please do sign up for slot at this doodle poll (and feel free to contact me with any questions): http://doodle.com/poll/mbgh7rvmdwx89vyx It is worth noting that there will be no BERG meeting on the 25th of January as the UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholars' Meeting will be taking place on that date (at Stirling University). This will be a great opportunity for BERG members to learn about a wide range of student research that is funded by the wonderful UFAW (who also fund our BERG meetings), so please do come along to this meeting if you can. Attendance is free, but you must register your intention to attend by emailing Dr. Stephen Wickens (wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk). For more information please go to this website: http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/animal-welfare-student-scholarsa-meeting… All are welcome to our BERG meetings, and I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Best, Eoin?

8 years, 9 months

China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017

by Gillian Cross

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38470861 [http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/1214/production/_93182640_med…]<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38470861> China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017 - BBC News<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38470861> www.bbc.co.uk China announces a ban on all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. ________________________________ The University is ranked in the QS World Rankings of the top 5% of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2014) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

8 years, 9 months

Police Dog saves Christmas

by Gillian Cross

Seeing as it's the holidays I thought I'd share this one. I like that his name is Rudi ... & just like Rudolph he & his fabulous nose saved Christmas http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/meet-glasgow-police-dog-who-…. Ho ho ho ... good dawg Rudi [♥] . [http://i4.glasgowlive.co.uk/incoming/article11328979.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/P…]<http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/meet-glasgow-police-dog-who-…> Meet the Glasgow police dog who saved Christmas<http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/meet-glasgow-police-dog-who-…> www.glasgowlive.co.uk Rudi, the hero police dog who featured in Glasgow Live earlier this year, tracked down an alleged robber who was found with presents stolen from under someone's tree. ________________________________ The University is ranked in the QS World Rankings of the top 5% of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2014) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

8 years, 10 months

Chimpanzees & altruism ...

by Gillian Cross

Hi everyone This may be of interest http://phys.org/news/2016-12-chimpanzees-indifferent-altruism.html. [http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/chimpanzees.jpg]<http://phys.org/news/2016-12-chimpanzees-indifferent-altruism.html> Chimpanzees are 'indifferent' when it comes to altruism<http://phys.org/news/2016-12-chimpanzees-indifferent-altruism.html> phys.org New research into chimpanzees suggests that, when it comes to altruistically helping a fellow chimpanzee, they are 'indifferent'. Have a great break, BW. ________________________________ The University is ranked in the QS World Rankings of the top 5% of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2014) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

8 years, 10 months

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