{"id":744,"date":"2021-03-09T15:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T09:48:48","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull hero--2col\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"has-background-dim-0 wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-497\" alt=\"cane felice\" src=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/06\/Sky.jpg\" style=\"object-position:58% 40%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"58% 40%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/06\/Sky.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/06\/Sky-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/06\/Sky-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/06\/Sky-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/06\/Sky-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research group<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Since the early 1970s, the <strong>Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare<\/strong> research group has been carrying out research in the field of applied ethology and the welfare assessment of farm and companion animals, with a particular focus on the sustainability aspects of animal husbandry and the human-animal relationship. It also deals with diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of behavioural problems in different species.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/research-group\/\">Objectives<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/research-group\/people\/\">People<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull wp-block-group--fascia has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f4f4f4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;<em>Wild animals that enliven my walks through the countryside; it seems like a re-establishment of the immediate bond with that unconscious omniscience that we call nature. The price which man had to pay for his culture and civilization was the severing of this bond which had to be torn to give him his specific freedom of will<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; Konrad Lorenz <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group minicard\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/research\/\">Research projects<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group minicard\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/services\/\">Discover provided services<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group minicard\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/education\/\">Training opportunities<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Latest news<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article__list\"><article role=\"article\" id=\"post-1066\" class=\"post-1066 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-en\">\n    <div class=\"article__inner\">\n                    <figure class=\"article__image\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/2026\/05\/29\/registration-for-the-isae-south-west-europe-2026-regional-conference-is-now-open\/\" title=\"Link to Registration for the ISAE South West Europe 2026 Regional Conference is now open!\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/05\/REGISTRATION-OPEN-400x300.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>                <\/a>\n            <\/figure>\n                <div class=\"article__content\">\n\n                            <span class=\"article__type\">\n                                                            News                <\/span>\n            \n            \n                        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benessereanimale.unimi.it\/en\/2026\/05\/29\/registration-for-the-isae-south-west-europe-2026-regional-conference-is-now-open\/\">Registration for the ISAE South West Europe 2026 Regional Conference is now open!<\/a><\/div>\n            <p>We are pleased to announce that registration for the ISAE South West Europe 2026 Regional Conference is now open. 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