About the Authors

Paul D. McGreevy

paul.mcgreevy@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Robert A. Corken

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Hannah Salvin

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Celeste M. Black

Affiliation Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Paul McGreevy is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel – Dog Advisory Council (UK) (2010 - Present), Scientific Advisory Panel: International Fund for Animal Welfare (2008 – Present), Scientific Advisor: RSPCA (UK) (2008 – Present), Australian Animal Welfare Strategy Working Group (2008 – Present); Scientific Advisory Panel: World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) - Equine Specialist (2003 – Present); International Society for Equitation Science (ISES) - Co-founder (2002 – Present), Scientific Advisory Panel: RSPCA (Australia) (2001 – Present), International Society for Equitation Science: Hon. President (2011 – Present), Visiting Professor: Nottingham Trent University, UK (2010 – Present), Adjunct Associate Professor: University of New England, Australia (2010 – Present), Editorial advisory board: The Veterinary Journal (2009 – Present), Editorial board: Journal of Veterinary Behaviour (2005 – Present). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDM. Performed the experiments: PDM HS RAC. Analyzed the data: PDM RAC HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS. Wrote the paper: PDM RAC HS CB.