Jftd sorry to disappoint but I am not affiliated to this study or too the authors.
I first read the abstract in 2011 and have since been in email contact with one of the authors to find out more detail about the study.
I actually came across the newspaper article by accident on FB and...
Well I have to say that I think the authors have done a great job of making a start on a topic which is clearly highly emotive from this thread and others. I don't see many people out there spending time researching worthwhile topics? Lets face it this research goes back to basics the primary...
The abstract from the ISES proceedings is the preliminary report of a study, the full paper is yet to be published. I think is clear from the first abstract though this research does have a materials and methods, at a guess with the word count restrictions of abstracts, the authors would not be...
I am sorry you feel that I was underminding or copying anything you have already said. Its quite a long thread so I think I can be forgiven to have missed some of your comments.
I think the authors should be applauded to making the first steps in researching a huge subject which clearly from...
I expect more people have now read the journalists article that the first abstract the authors published, a link to the abstract is below, you need to go to page 68
http://www.equitationscience.com/documents/Proceedings/Netherlands2011_Proceedings.pdf
Lets face it the actual article everyone is reading is by a journalist, who needs to make eye catching headlines! (That's his job) hence why you have all read it. How many of you have read the abstract that was published first at an ISES conference in 2011? I would imagine alot more people have...
I think it may be important to note a few things about this article in the papers;
1. It was written by a journalist! read the abstract published by Journal of Veterinary Behaviour, I think you will find that the authors were less dramatic! a full paper is yet to be published.
2. This is a...