The Plymouth Animal Welfare Lecture 2018
Professor Christine Nicol – Alien Encounters – reflections on the relevance of animal welfare science.
Using the analogy of an alien species to explore ethical issues surrounding the captivity, farming and breeding of an organism as a food source.
The Plymouth Animal Behaviour Lecture 2017
Dr Nichola Raihani – Doing good, looking good – evidence that reputation benefit underpins apparently altruistic behaviour.
The evidence that many examples of human, and cleaner fish, cooperation can be explained by the reputation benefits.
The Plymouth Animal Behaviour Lecture 2016 – cancelled
Professor Nicola Clayton – Ways of thinking from crows to children and back again.
The remarkable cognitive capacities of food-caching corvids.
The Plymouth Animal Welfare Lecture 2015
Dr John Bradshaw – Dogs and cats: the animals among us.
The ways in which domestic dogs and domestic cats have evolved from their origins as wild animals.
The Plymouth Animal Welfare Lecture 2015
Mr Stephen Wotton MBE – Slaughterhouse welfare: how is animal welfare maintained at slaughter?
The role of Animal Welfare Officers in upholding animal welfare in slaughterhouses.