Lenka Skurkova earned, from The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Slovakia, a DVM in General Veterinary Medicine (2006), and a Ph.D. in Veterinary Surgery, Orthopaedic, and Radiology (2010). She is now an assistant professor at The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Slovakia, at the Department of Public Veterinary Medicine and Animal Welfare, Workplace of Applied Ethology and Professional Ethics. She is a member of The Czech and Slovak Ethological Society, and her research interests include human-animal relationships and interactions; animal welfare; animal cognition and consciousness; canine and feline social play; stress in animals and its indicators (cortisol) in dogs and horses; applied ethology; veterinary ethics, etc.