In memory of Dr Fiona
Rioja-Lang
It
is with great sadness that we have to announce the untimely death of our friend
and colleague Fiona Rioja-Lang. Fiona had just completed a research project
with the JMICAWE team on developing a prioritised list of animal welfare issues
for different species of managed animals in the UK, and her sudden death has been
a great shock to us all.
Fiona
was a graduate of the MSc Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare at
University of Edinburgh, and completed her PhD with SRUC and University of
Edinburgh in dairy cow welfare. She is very well known in the animal welfare
community: following her work in Scotland, she spent some time in Canada
working on dairy cow and pig welfare, and was actively involved in the International
Society for Applied Ethology. Fiona was a wonderful colleague, she will be
remembered for her enthusiastic, open and friendly approach to her work and her
positive attitude to life. She was committed to animal welfare, and has made a
significant contribution to the lives of animals, from her personal work with
street dogs in Mexico, to her academic work on farmed livestock.
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