Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin, Winter 2001-Spring 2002, Vol. 11 No. 3-4

Science in the Service of Animal Welfare UFAW Symposium 2-4 April 2003 Edinburgh, UK

Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers

Animal welfare science – which is aimed at determining the welfare requirements of animals and how these can be met – is advancing rapidly. The development of new approaches in animal welfare science has led to many breakthroughs in the unde r standing of animals’ needs. As a result, unsubstantiated assumptions about the welfare requirements of many species are gradually being replaced by sounder knowledge based on detailed studies. These advances, in addition to leading the way for impro v ements in animal husbandry and care, often raise issues which stimulate re-examination of the ethical bases of the ways in which we interact with or use animals.

The aim of the symposium is to bring together leading authorities from around the world to present papers on the current state of knowledge and thinking in a variety of key areas, and to stimulate discussion with a view to identifying crucial areas fo r new or further research, education, or policy development.

Sessions are planned to include the following:

• the science of welfare assessment, including:
• behavioural measures
• physiological measures
• inferences from clinical and pathological studies
• inferences from knowledge of cognitive capacities
• using science in ethical decisions
• applying science for animal welfare
• public understanding of, and power over, animal welfare standards
• factors influencing attitudes to animal welfare

Following preliminary approaches, the following have indicated that they hope to contribute:

• Prof Patrick Bateson (Univ of Cambridge, UK)
• Prof Marian Dawkins (Univ of Oxford, UK)
• Prof Paul Flecknell (Univ of Newcastle, UK)
• Dr Linda Keeling (Univ of Skara, Sweden)
• Prof David Mellor (Univ of Massey, New Zealand)
• Dr Mike Mendl (Univ of Bristol, UK)
• Prof Irene Pepperberg (Brandeis Univ & MIT, USA)
• Prof James Serpell (Univ of Pennsylvania, USA)

Interested?

If you are interested in attending or contributing to the symposium, please put this date in your diary. For further details, or if you would like to present a paper/poster, or wish to register interest in attending, please contact the UFAW Scientific Officer as soon as possible (this will ensure that you reserve your place and receive future mailings; it will also help us to plan the event).

The Scientific Officer, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts, AL4 8AN, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1582 831818 Fax: +44 (0) 1582 831414 Email: scioff@ufaw.org.uk Web: www.ufaw.org.uk

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