Fiona Cooke

Job title

Head of Research (UK and Europe)

Department

Research and Operational Support

Affiliation

The Donkey Sanctuary

LinkedIn profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-cooke-8a07b511b/

Journal articles

Invisible animals: Exploring public discourses to understand the contemporary status of donkeys in Britain, Anthrozoös (October 2023).
May the force be with you: An investigation into logging methods using donkeys, Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences (January 2023).
Learning with donkeys – a “more-than-human” approach to animal-assisted activities, Society and Animals (September 2022).
Donkey discourse: Corpus linguistics and charity communications for improved animal welfare, Applied Corpus Linguistics (September 2022).
Collar pressure mapping: An evaluation of seven collar types used on working donkeys in Europe, Veterinary Record (August 2021).
Electronic instrumentation of a swingletree for equid pull load monitoring: a contribution for the welfare and performance of working donkeys, Animal Technology and Welfare (August 2021).
Science and knowledge of free-roaming donkeys - a critical review, The Journal of Wildlife Management (July 2021).
Donkeys in transition: changing use in a changing world, Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science (June 2021).
Entanglement, autonomy and the co-production of landscapes: relational geographies for free-roaming ‘feral’ donkeys (Equus asinus) in a rapidly changing world, Geoforum (May 2021).

Papers

Animal representations: using participatory practices to co-produce discursive understandings of donkeys and donkey welfare (July 2022). Presented at 31st International Society of Anthrozoology Conference.

Learning with donkeys: a ‘more-than-human’ approach to animal assisted activities (September 2020). Presented at 29th International Society for Anthrozoology Conference.

Linguistic representations of donkeys in UK popular media and the implications for welfare (September 2020). Presented at 29th International Society for Anthrozoology Conference.

Projects

Harness pressure mapping and the development of technology for animal traction: a contribution for the welfare and performance of working donkeys (Ongoing 29 September 2019)