Linda Witt
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Linda Witt Veterinarian Professorship for Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Welfare |
Short CV
Linda Witt studied veterinary medicine at Justus Liebig University and obtained her license in early 2022. The practical training during her rotation ignited her interest in veterinary medicine and paved the way for her professional focus on animal welfare. As a doctoral candidate in the Chair of Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Welfare and a project collaborator at ICAR3R, her work since 2022 has concentrated on the area of breed-specific suffering, with an emphasis on the underlying genetics. In particular, her research focuses on diseases in purebred dogs that arise from traits associated with breeding for suffering, which also serves as the subject of her dissertation project. In addition to her project work, she is involved in teaching. As a recipient of the graduate scholarship from JLU, she holds a relatively small position in terms of time and is pursuing studies in human medicine alongside her dissertation and work since 2022.
Publications
Lectures:
- "The unnecessary suffering of Munchkin, Sphynx, Pug and Co. in the extreme breeding practice of pets - do ethical considerations reach their limits with this phenomenon?" (co-authored with Eva Reimann) at the Veterinary Ethics Conference, Messerli Research Institute Vienna on September 27, 2023.
- "The work of the Federal Animal Welfare Commissioner and urgent areas for action - followed by a panel discussion on the current state of animal welfare legislation," as a speaker at an event of the Human-Animal Studies Section in Giessen on June 10, 2024.
Kontakt
| Room: | 117 |
| Phone: | 0641 99 38745 |
| Mail: | Linda Witt |