[BERG] WAWC Conference - Wild Animal Welfare: Does it matter? Can it be assessed? How can it be optimised? 19 April 2021

[Hannah Buchanan-Smith]

Interesting programme!

Hi,

Programme for the WAWC conference now announced. I'd be grateful if you could share (flyer also attached)

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (Timings are shown in British Summer Time)

08:45 Welcome and introductions
Pete Goddard, WAWC Chair

Session 1.1 Safeguarding wild animal welfare using the Five Domains approach
Chair: Pete Goddard
09:00 Ngaio Beausoleil
The assessment of wild animal welfare and the application of the Five Domains model in this process
09:40 Mark Jones
Why wild animal welfare matters
10:00 Sarah Dolman
Marine mammal welfare ? how do we know that welfare is at risk?

10:20 BREAK

Session 1.2 The contextual nature of how we value wild animals differently
Chair: Angus Nurse

10:40 Mike Radford
Wild animal "welfare": familiar concept, misnomer, or radical departure?
11:00 Heather Bacon
Human behaviour towards wild animals: why are they valued differently and how does this affect their welfare?
11:20 Alick Simmons
Why are different welfare standards applied to different wild animals in different settings?
11:40 Becca Franks
>From wildlife to farmed to invasive and back again: animal welfare problems and solutions revealed in our inconsistent treatment of fishes
12:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION FORUM

12:30 LUNCH BREAK

Session 2.1 Evaluation of wildlife welfare
Chair: Liz Mullineaux

13:00 Cathy Dwyer
Evaluating wildlife welfare: Outcomes from a welfare prioritisation using a Delphi approach
13:20 Sandra Baker
Using the Sharp and Saunders model to evaluate animal welfare impacts in wildlife management
13:40 Steven McCulloch
Government decision making on wildlife conservation and animal welfare: Applying impact assessment and dealing with moral disagreement
14:00 Jessica Findlay
How do we ensure a consistent approach to embedding welfare in practical wildlife management?

14:20 BREAK

Session 2.2 Interaction between individual animal welfare and species conservation / management / human issues
Chair: Alick Simmons

14:40 Chris Draper
Applying the principles of ethical wildlife control to protect wild animal welfare
15:20 Justine Shotton
Assessing welfare of captive wild animals using the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG)
15:40 Alastair MacGugan
How do we make wildlife welfare relevant in a net zero carbon Scotland?
16:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION FORUM

16:30 Pete Goddard
Closing remarks

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Stephen

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