Presentation and Q&A videos
Presentation and Q&A videos from the RSPCA Animal Welfare Seminar 2025.

Day One
Day One - Intro / Welcome 

 

 A short history of animal ethics - Prof David Fraser 

 

 Crossing the divide: The psychology of animal ethics - Dr Tim Dean 

 

 Camp Dogs: Ethical relationships between western discourses and Aboriginal worldview - Prof Bindi Bennett & Dr Clare Archer-Lean 

 

 Is the legal recognition of animal sentience reflective of changing animal ethics? - Assoc Prof Jane Kotzmann 

 

 How much do people really care about animal welfare? - Prof Peter Sandøe 

 

 Panel discussion: Animal ethics – where to from here?

Day Two
Day Two - Intro 

 

 Ethics, efficacy, and decision-making in animal research - Prof Lawrence Hansen 

 

 Ethics versus economics: Early life killing of surplus dairy calves and the Wicked Problem it presents - Dr Sarah Bolton 

 

 Ethics of aquatic invertebrate management and farming - Dr Sarah Wahltinez 

 

 Wild animals, welfare and ethics: Traditional versus compassionate conservation - Dr Simon Coghlan 

 

 There will always be too many: “Overbreeding” of animals in racing industries - Prof Phil McManus 

 

 Ethics versus aesthetics: Ethical challenges of human interactions with brachycephalic dogs - Dr Rowena Packer 

 

 Day Two - Close