Miss Trinity Camacho
BSc Biological Science (Animal Welfare, Behaviour and Ethics)
MRes Student
Department: Pathobiology & Population Sciences
Campus: Hawkshead
Trinity joined the RVC in 2024 as an MRes student, focusing on improving rat welfare in laboratories and veterinary clinics through careful handling and restraint methods. Her research is supervised by Associate Professor Charlotte Burn. Trinity holds a BSc in Biological Sciences (Animal Welfare, Behaviour, and Ethics) from the Royal Veterinary College, which she completed in 2021. Her background lies in biology, with a specialisation in animal behaviour, welfare, and ethics.
BURN, C. C., CAMACHO, T., & HOCKENHULL, J. (2023). Lifting laboratory rats: a survey of methods, handlers’ reasons and concerns, and rat behavioural responses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 268: 106077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2023.106077