[BERG] BERG Seminar - April 12 - Mike Radford

[Sharon Kessler]

Dear BERGers,

I'm delighted to announce that TOMORROW (April 12th) the BERG seminar will be Dr Mike Radford from the University of Aberdeen. The title of his talk is, "Law for Paws (and other animals)." It will be at 4pm in the Psychology Common Room (Cottrell 3A94) but also taking place on Teams for those who cannot attend in person.

We'll also be taking Mike out for dinner/drinks afterwards if anyone would like to join -- Please do!

The abstract, teams link, and schedule of future talks are below:

Law for Paws (and other animals)
Domesticated and kept animals have the status of property at common law.  While this persists, it is essential that they are protected by legislation.  The cornerstone of such animal protection legislation is a cruelty offence - an entirely legal concept - which is defined by reference to causing unnecessary suffering.   While the scope of the offence is significantly wider in the UK than many other jurisdictions, it is committed only once an animal has suffered.  However, during the past 50 years the notion of welfare - a scientific concept - has developed into a discrete area of research, leading to legislation concerned with an animal's quality of life.  More recently, sentience and greater regard to the implications of evolutionary biology are having an impact on public policy and raising important issues about the scope and nature of animal protection legislation.  So, too, is increased concern about the environment, including concern for the welfare of wildlife - which raises fundamental issues about what the term 'welfare' means in this context.

Teams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00NzEwLTgzMmItZThkZTM0NTNkNGNk@thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22:%224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%22,%22Oid%22:%22dacb6fde-865c-47ff-a870-36c7c8c5d0f3%22%7D

Future talks:
April 19th      16:00   Alexandra Horowitz      Barnard College Who is the dog?
April 26th      16:00   Pawel Fedurek   University of Stirling  Sound Recording Workshop
May 3rd 10:00 AM        Cécile Sarabian University of Hong Kong Risk perception and potential applications in wildlife management and conservation
May 10th        16:00   Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institute     Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Sharon

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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler at stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/

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