Tim Huijsmans

Nature's ComBio published my article on quantification of maternal investment, i.e. energy a mother invests in her offspring. It introduces a metric to compare investment across species to increase our understanding of evolutionary reproduction strategies: rdcu.be/dE6h4

Yesterday I spoke at the caring congres for veterinarians, doctors, and farmers about the importance of Dutch #wildlife for society. @Caring_Vets @caringfarmers @CaringDoctors

Yesterday I had my graduation ceremony at the University of Ghent. I am deeply honored to have been bestowed with an award for the best master’s thesis by the faculty research commission.

Good news! After 5 years of campaigning to ban animal markets in Flanders, Minister of #AnimalWelfare @BenWeyts announced that the markets will be banned!

Our economical system needs to start to take costs of #climatechange and #biodiversity loss into account. It will require urgent changes, to make our society future proof. #EconomicGrowth #ClimateAction

Today my official registration as a #veterinarian was finalised! 🥳🩺🐘🐢👨‍🎓

Can you guess the species of this #turtle? #TurtlesofTwitter #AnimalFacts

#Lioness with an unknown history on the loose in #Berlin. She was hunting on a wild boar. Did she maybe survive for some time on her own? It raises many interesting questions concerning #animalwelfare, instinct, European wildlife, etc.

We, @faunawatchnl just received a permit to shelter #tortoises in addition to #turtles! Looking forward to new species and expanding our education to improve turtle and tortoise welfare.

Good news! The last fur farms in Norway will close by the end of the month! #BanFur #Norway

Ducks are bred for hunters, so that they can easily shoot them 😡It’s a welfare issue and it is a risk for the spread of the influenza virus. This is happening in #Belgium. #StopHunting #Hunting #Birds

Dutch research showed that on average birds fly 10km because of their anxiety of #fireworks. Some even 500km. Negative effects can be seen days after the fireworks have been used. 😢😢 #BanFireworks #AnimalWelfare #AnimalAbuse #Research #Science

How can we feed 60 billion farm animals but not 7.6 billion humans?! #Worldhunger

Let’s start 2023 with some #goodnews: no #rhinos were poached in Assam in 2022 for the first time in 45 years. #stoppoaching #wildlifeconservation www-hindustantimes-com.cdn.a…

Why everyday #stress could be the key to a healthy old age theguardian.com/science/2023… A #Harvard study showed as well that the effects of stress depend on the way you perceive it. The placebo effect works on stress as well. #science

Humans have such a big impact on the biomass of mammals … unfortunately nog in a positive way. #RacingExtinction #biodiversity

It’s a good thing that #Bolsonaro isn’t anymore the president of #Brazil. Now the #Amazon rainforest has a chance! #LulaPresidente #Lula

Let’s RT for a BAN on #fireworks! #banFireworks #HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2023 #vuurwerk #AnimalWelfare

#Fireworks are again so terrible for the poor #animals! We need to #banFireworks now! More than 50% people are against fireworks so let’s act! #vuurwerk #HappyNewYear2023 #HappyNewYear