Managing Editor, Magazine
Lucy Fernandes, Editor
Journalist covering the human side of animal keeping: science reporting, interviews with researchers and clinicians, and the ethics of the pet industry.
Written by Lucy Fernandes
The Science of the Human–Animal Bond
What research does and does not show about living with animals and human wellbeing.
Lucy Fernandes · 10 min read · Updated 2026-07-16
CognitionWhat Cognition Research Tells Us About Dogs and Cats
Object permanence, social referencing, word learning and the limits of what we can currently claim.
Lucy Fernandes · 9 min read · Updated 2026-08-11
TechnologyThe Pet Tech Boom: What's Useful and What's Noise
Smart collars, AI health monitors and automatic feeders — which products earn their place, and which solve problems that do not exist.
Lucy Fernandes · 8 min read · Updated 2026-08-16
InterviewsInterview: A Week Inside a Shelter Veterinary Clinic
A shelter vet on triage, capacity for care, and the decisions that never appear in adoption photographs.
Lucy Fernandes · 11 min read · Updated 2026-07-22
Industry and ethicsWhy Pet Insurance Uptake Is Rising — and What the Policies Don't Always Say
A look at why more owners are insuring pets, and the exclusions and premium increases that catch people out later.
Lucy Fernandes · 8 min read · Updated 2026-08-27
InterviewsInterview: A Conservation Biologist on the Exotic Pet Trade
A conversation about wild-caught reptiles, captive breeding fraud and what a responsible exotic pet buyer can realistically check.
Lucy Fernandes · 9 min read · Updated 2026-08-30