Clifford Warwick

Clifford Warwick, PGDip (MedSci), PhD, CBiol, CSci, EurProBiol, FRSB, is a biologist and medical scientist. He is author of around 150 scientific articles, books and book chapters on reptile biology, animal welfare and zoonoses.

All articles by Clifford Warwick

Animals, space and welfare

9 Jul 2020

Too often, spatial provisions are decided by what is thought convenient for owners rather than what is better for animals

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December 2019

“It is important to recognise the formal responsibility of a veterinarian”

18 Dec 2019

A veterinarian should play no part in the wild capture, captive breeding, selling or keeping of exotic animals as pets

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September 2019

Is life in the wild governed by a scheme of incidental compassion?

10 Sep 2019

Having isolated ourselves from the natural world, do humans have misconceptions of welfare in the wild?

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February 2019

“Many animals across all classes are increasingly becoming victims of folklore husbandry”

4 Feb 2019

"Folklore husbandry” is an emerging term describing the phenomenon of unevidenced, pseudoscientific, convenience-led habit and opinion handed down from one ill-informed animal keeper to the next. Kev…

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September 2018

“Pet labelling is required and needs to be entirely independently and objectively formulated”

11 Sep 2018

The term “exotic” can mean several things. Setting aside “unusual” or “strange”, exotic might be interpreted as something that isn’t where it should be. For most, if not all, exotic pets (ie pet wildl…