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September 30, 2019
Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (born 1967)
Victoria Braithwaite
Victoria A. Braithwaite was a British scientist who was a Professor of Animal Behaviour and Cognition at Pennsylvania State University. She was the first person to demonstrate that fish feel pain, which impacted animal welfare research and changed guidelines for the treatment of fish in laboratories and fisheries in the UK, Europe, and Canada.
September 30
September 30 is the 273rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 92 days remain until the end of the year.