Felix Wankel Animal-Welfare-Research-Award for Dorothea Döring

On March 14, 2019 the Felix Wankel Animal-Welfare-Research-Award 2019 was bestowed at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich on Dr Dorothea Döring for her work on the behaviour of laboratory dogs and aspects of animal protection in dog husbandry. Prof. Dr Christian Klimmt gave a keynote lecture on public acceptance of animal experiments from the perspective of a communications scientist.

Dr Döring has published an article in ALTEX on the behaviour of dogs before and after rehoming to private homes: https://doi.org/10.14573/altex.1608171

The prize of €30.000 is awarded every two years.