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Subject: [BERG] BERG Seminar - April 12 - Mike Radford
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_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz…
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@stir.ac.uk<mailto:sharon.kessler@stir.ac.uk>
Website:
https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research;
https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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