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  • AWSC Public Lecture - David Fraser - ON-LINE!

    AWSC Public Lecture - David Fraser - ON-LINE!

    David Fraser, Professor, AW Program, University of British Columbia 

    “The prince, the rose and the fox: an ethic for animals and nature”

     

    This talk covers the growing but neglected harms to animals caused by buildings, transportation, communication systems, introduction of invasive species, pollution, and other human activities. The talk calls for animal welfare and conservation to be combined under a single “ethic for animals and nature” derived not from ethical theory but by thoughtful attention to the diverse effects of human activities
     

     

     

  • AWSC / RSPCA Public Lecture 2013 - ON-LINE!

    AWSC / RSPCA Public Lecture 2013 - ON-LINE!

    How happy does a happy animal have to be (and how can we tell)?

    James Yeates, Chief Veterinary Officer, RSPCA UK, and Honorary Lecturer, University of Bristol
     
    Presentation can be viewed by clicking on this link
     
     
    A public lecture to challenge your thinking on the concept of animal welfare assessment!
    • Animal welfare research has mainly focused on the “negative” side of animal welfare, ensuring animals can “cope” and avoid unpleasant states such as pain and frustration.
    • Recent years have seen the beginning of a wider conceptualisation of animal welfare, to include “positive” states, including a greater focus on subjective experiences and an appreciation of pleasant experiences. Future assessment of animal welfare may consider states that are achieved “beyond coping”. Enjoyment, euphoria and satisfaction, self-fulfilment and autonomy, achievement and fulfilment, and considerations of a “good life” are just some examples.
    • Such concepts allow us to move forward from a situation where we are merely neutralising negative states to one where we are promoting positive welfare states in animals.
     
     
     
  • Job opportunity with AWSC at University of Melbourne - CLOSED

    Job opportunity with AWSC at University of Melbourne - CLOSED

    The Animal Welfare Science Centre is please to announce an opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistanti.

    Job description can be found HERE

Animal Welfare Science Centre is a joint centre of:

The University of Melbourne
The Ohio State University
Department of Environment and Primary Industries Victoria		  

 

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