Noted animal welfare expert Dr. Ted Friend will soon retire from Texas A&M University’s department of animal science. Friend, a Faculty Fellow, said he testified as a key expert witness in multiple animal welfare cases throughout the U.S. regarding cattle, horses and exotics. His fascination with circus animals brought him additional national recognition in early 2000 when he studied the transport and management of elephants and tigers that were part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circuses and six other circuses. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Blair Fannin)