Animal Welfare Seminar 2025
Animal ethics and animal welfare: Values informing outcomes
Seminar program
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Speaker bios
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Presentation abstracts
Abstract - Bennett & Archer-Lean
Camp Dogs: Ethical relationships between western discourses and Aboriginal worldview In this pre...
Abstract - Bolton
Ethics versus economics: Early life killing of surplus dairy calves and the Wicked Problem it pre...
Abstract - Coghlan
Wild animals, welfare and ethics: Traditional versus compassionate conservation What are our obl...
Abstract - Dean
Crossing the divide: The psychology of animal ethics This talk will explore the moral psychology...
Abstract - Fraser
A short history of animal ethics How should we treat non-human animals? This question has been a...
Abstract - Hansen
Ethics, efficacy, and decision-making in animal research Those whose ethics countenance harming ...
Abstract - Kotzmann
Is the legal recognition of animal sentience reflective of changing animal ethics? Some jurisdic...
Abstract - McManus
There will always be too many: “Overbreeding” of animals in racing industries The number of thor...
Abstract - Packer
Ethics versus aesthetics: Ethical challenges of human interactions with brachycephalic dogs Brac...
Abstract - Sandøe
How much do people really care about animal welfare? In this talk I’ll present two answers to th...
Abstract - Wahltinez
Ethics of aquatic invertebrate management and farming Aquatic invertebrate welfare is often over...
Presentation and Q&A videos
Presentation and Q&A videos from the RSPCA Animal Welfare Seminar 2025.
Presentation slides
Speaker Slides Bindi Bennett & Clare Archer-Lean Not available. Sarah Bolto...
Further information
For more information, consult the following articles on the RSPCA Knowledgebase: RSPCA Austral...