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The following items span:

– Welfare/illegality statements
– Peer-reviewed journal articles
– Academic books
– Reports
– Blogs/online articles
– Proposition statements / campaign scoping
– Responses to government calls for information
– Presentations, discussions, & media interviews

They are typically based on work produced for clients such as Humane Being (UK), Animal Equality (USA), Animals Now (Israel), Animal Welfare League (Ghana), Sinergia International (Brazil), the Representing Animals Foundation (UK), the Sustainable Pet Food Foundation (UK), For All Animals (UK), the Vegetarian Society (UK), Joey Carbstrong & Team (UK), and others. 

Welfare/illegality statements

  • Mace, J.L. (2026). RSPCA Assured Dairy Farm – Undercover Footage: Illegality, Label Breaches, & Welfare Problems. [Report link forthcoming].
  • Mace, J.L. (2026). Non-Stun Cattle Slaughter Footage – Illegality and Welfare Statement. Pertains to this exposé. [Report link forthcoming].
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Illegality & Welfare Report: Gassing of Turkeys (footage analysis). Pertains to this exposé. [Report link forthcoming].
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Illegality & Welfare Report: Catching Turkeys (footage analysis). Pertains to this exposé. [Report link forthcoming].
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Illegality & Welfare Report: Dairy Cow Farm (footage analysis). Pertains to this exposé. [Report link forthcoming].

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Mace, J.L. (forthcoming). Care of ex-meat chickens: Interviews with guardians.
  • Mace, J.L. (forthcoming). Suprelorin® deslorelin hormonal implants in chickens: Insights from exotic and nonexotic veterinarians.
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight, A. (2026). A response to the RSPCA: To what extent do chickens suffer when gassed with CO2? Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12, 1719226. Freely available here.
  • Mace J.L. (2025). Calling for sanctuary and companion animal exemptions from “stamping out” policies during disease outbreaks. Journal of Animal Ethics. 15(2), 121–126. Available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). An application of the 4Ns to pronatalism: Implications for animal welfare. Journal of Animal Ethics. 15(1), 40-55. Available here.
  • Mace, J.L., Knight, A., Vieira, F., Tatemoto, P., & Gameiro, M. (2025). The missing target: Why industrialized animal farming must be at the core of the climate agenda. Animals. 15(22), 3256. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L., Bauer, A., Knight, A., & Nicholles, B. (2025). Consumer acceptance of sustainable dog diets: A survey of 2639 dog guardians. Animals. 15(20), 2988. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L., Bauer, A., Knight, A., & Nicholles, B. (2025). Consumer acceptance of sustainable cat diets: A survey of 1380 cat guardians. Animals. 15(20), 2984. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight A. (2025). Pig welfare and ethical considerations during abattoir stunning: CO₂ versus alternative methods such as argon gas. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12(Mar), [online]. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight A. (2024). From the backyard to our beds: The spectrum of care, attitudes, relationship types, and welfare in non-commercial chicken care. Animals. 14(2), 288. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight A. (2023). Influenza risks arising from mixed intensive pig and poultry farms, with a spotlight on the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10(Dec), [online]. Freely available here. 
  • Bandoli, F., Mace, J.L., & Knight, A. (2023). The integrated effect of environmental conditions and human presence on the behaviour of a pair of zoo-housed Asian small-clawed otters. Animals. 13(13), 2228. Freely available here.
  • Knight, A., Mace, J.L., O’Brien, C., & Carter, A. (2022). Development of a screencast-based flipped classroom, to enrich learning and reduce faculty time requirements, in an animal welfare masters degree. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. e20210117. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight A. (2022). The impacts of colony cages on the welfare of chickens farmed for meat. Animals. 12(21), 2988. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (forthcoming). Interviews with conservative/right-wing vegans.
  • Mace, J.L. & McCulloch, S.P. (2022). Yoga teachers on consuming animals: Dietary journeys, barriers to veganism, and negotiating ahimsa. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology. 27(1-2), 57-85. Available here. (Also see the Animalia Asana initiative created).
  • Mace, J.L. & McCulloch, S.P. (2020). Yoga, ahimsa and consuming animals: UK yoga teachers’ beliefs about farmed animals and attitudes to plant-based diets. Animals. 10(3), 480. Freely available here. (Also see the Animalia Asana initiative created).

Academic books

  • Mace, J.L., Knight, A., & Phillips, C. (forthcoming book). Animal Welfare: The Basics. Routledge.

Reports

  • Mace, J.L. (2026). Sustainably Feeding Captive Raptors and Reptiles: Are There Alternatives to Culled Male Chicks? Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Welfare Report: Non-Stun Sheep Slaughter (footage analysis). Freely available here. Pertains to this news story.
  • Mace, J.L. (2024). Welfare Report: Chicken Gas Slaughter (footage analysis). Freely available here. Pertains to this exposé.
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight A. (2024). Expert Report: Chick Welfare at US Hatchery (footage analysis). [Report link forthcoming].
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight A. (2023). Human Disease Risk from Mixed Intensive Swine and Poultry Farms: A Review of Recent Evidence. Freely available here.

Blogs/online articles

Proposition statements / campaign scoping

  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Should governments await day-zero in-ovo sexing before banning male chick culling? Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Banning the culling of male chicks: Drawbacks of dual purpose chicken breeds as a solution. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Feasibility statement: Use of whole-as-possible animal by-products as replacement raptor feed. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Proposition: Use of entire killed male-embryonated eggs as replacement raptor feed. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Prospects for a ban on UK veal production and import. [Private report].
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Consumption of products from sheep in the UK. [Private report].

Responses to government calls for information

  • Mace, J.L. (2026). Electrical stunning of poultry in the UK: A welfare comparison with inert gas stunning. Response to call for information from Defra.
  • Mace, J.L. & Knight A. (2024). Summary of pig welfare concerns during stunning: CO₂ and alternatives. Response to call for information from Defra.

Presentations, discussions, & media interviews

  • Mace, J.L. (multiple dates). Regular host of Moral Philosophy Reading Group discussion. University of St Andrews.
  • Interview for chicken documentary (2026). Forthcoming.
  • Mace, J.L. (2026). Talk at Parliamentary Roundtable on banning male chick culling. Details here.
  • Interview with ITV (2025).
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Ex-commercial chicken rescue: Subversive care or compounded exploitation? PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference. Edinburgh, July 2-5 2025. Slides available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2025). Q&A panel member: Cuori Liberi (Free Hearts) film showing. University Glasgow.
  • Mace, J.L. (2024). Pushing the boundaries in companion chicken care. Fauna Connections. Online, September 2024. Freely available here.
  • Mace, J.L. (2024). Speaker: Human-Animal Interaction Research Group Seminar Series. University of Stirling.
  • Mace, J.L. (2021). Speaker: European Association for Critical Animal Studies Conference.