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Sara Shields
Behavior and Welfare Specialist, Humane Society of the United States
Sara Shields, PhD, is a behavior and welfare specialist at The Humane Society of the United States. She earned her doctorate from University of California, Davis and served in an animal science post-doctoral capacity at the University of Nebraska. She currently advises food corporations on their animal welfare policies.