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Yes, yet more exciting online meetings....free but a donation is requested. <b style="color:rgb(1, 1, 1);font-family:"Helvetica Neue", serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Monday 19 April 2021</b><span style="color:rgb(1, 1, 1);font-family:"Helvetica Neue", serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important"><span> </span>from
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">Wild Animal Welfare: Does it matter? Can it be assessed? How can it be optimised?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">The third Wild Animal Welfare Committee (WAWC) conference takes place on
<b>Monday 19 April 2021</b> from 08:45-17:00 hrs UK time.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">This online event will include sessions on:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">Safeguarding wild animal welfare using the Five Domains approach</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">The contextual nature of how we value wild animals</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">Evaluation of wild animal welfare</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">Interactions between animal welfare, species conservation and management, and human issues</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">Confirmed speakers setting out to answer our three questions - Wild Animal Welfare: Does it
matter? Can it be assessed? How can it be optimised? - include:</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">Ngaio Beausoleil, Massey University, New Zealand; Mark Jones, Born Free Foundation; Sarah Dolman, Whale and
Dolphin Conservation/WAWC member; Mike Radford, University of Aberdeen; Heather Bacon, Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education (JMICAWE); Alick Simmons, former Deputy CVO (England)/WAWC member; Becca Franks, New York University; Cathy
Dwyer, SRUC/JMICAWE; Sandra Baker, WildCru, University of Oxford/WAWC member; Justine Shotton, Marwell Zoo and BVA; Jessica Findlay, NatureScot; Chris Draper, Performing Animal Welfare Society /WAWC member; Steven McCulloch, Winchester University; Alastair
McGugan, NatureScot.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">The event will be chaired and moderated by members of the WAWC, a Scottish registered charity (SCO45958) that
provides independent advice and evidence about the welfare of free-living wild animals in the UK, aiming to reduce harm to animals and prevent suffering caused by human activity. For this online event. we particularly look forward to hearing views from around
the world ? making connections, contrasts and comparisons about how we interact with the sentient individuals who share our different environments.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">The WAWC suggests a contribution of ?25 to attend the conference. You can however attend free of charge, or
make a smaller donation, by using one of the following discount codes when registering: FREE, Donate5, Donate10, Donate15, Donate20.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">Find out more about the WAWC at www.wawcommittee.org</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0cm 0pt; line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif; color:#010101">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</span></p>
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