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Dec. 31, 2024

2024 - Reviewing the Animal Welfare Conversation

2024 - Reviewing the Animal Welfare Conversation
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Animal Welfare Conversations

It’s the end of the year, so we took the chance to review the podcast. I still can’t believe that we’ve being doing this for a year now and had the chance to talk to so many people, about the great work they’re doing in relation to animal welfare.

It would be great, if you get a chance to go through the back catalogue and listen to some of the older episodes, but we wanted to highlight a few different things.

  1. Education – this has been discussed in every single episode – in relation to the veterinary profession, owners, the public, government and just about everyone!
  2. Charities are essential for animal welfare – we caught up with Dogs Trust, SSPCA, USPCA and Humanimal Trust and found out more about the scope of work that they undertake
  3. People – animal welfare is inextricably linked to the welfare of people. Where there are problems with society, then there are problems with animal welfare.

You can find out more about some of our guests at:

Dogs Rehoming & Dog Rescue Charity | Dogs Trust

Home | Humanimal Trust | One Medicine for Humans and Animals

Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | SSPCA

USPCA | Protecting All Animals

The Leading UK Dog Magazine - Dogs Today Magazine

Saving Wildcats | Scottish wildcat conservation and recovery | Saving Wildcats

Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance – Providing information and education to veterinary professionals in the field of osteoarthritis

All-party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Taught degree programmes A‑Z - Advanced Practice in Veterinary Nursing

Vet Sustain

BVA policy - Animal welfare strategy

 

Books by our guests:

One Welfare in Practice: The Role of the Veterinarian - 1st Edition –

Dr Matt Morgan

Through A Vet’s Eyes by Dr Sean Wensley | The home of non-fiction publishing

Thank you to everyone for taking part in the podcast, and for listening - and we're looking forward to more conversations in 2025. 

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Dr Mary Fraser

Vet, Medical Educator, Company Director

Dr Mary Fraser BVMS MRes PhD CertVD MAcadMEd MIoD PGCHE FHEA FRSB FRSM FRCVS

Mary has had a varied career, starting out in mixed practice, then focussing on veterinary dermatology, veterinary nursing, medical education, animal welfare, owner support and clinical decision making. She was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2017 for Meritorious Contributions to Practice and is a past Chair of the RCVS Fellowship Science Advisory Panel.
Working both as a clinician and academic, Mary has a PhD in immunological aspects of canine atopic dermatitis and the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Dermatology, worked in referral practice, and also set up her own first opinion/referral small animal practice in rural Perthshire.
In between this, she had the opportunity to work in veterinary nursing at both FE and HE levels becoming a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, and alongside Simon Girling, setting up the Advanced Programme in Veterinary Nursing of Exotics a postgraduate training programme for veterinary nurses that has now been running for over 20 years and trained over 1000 vet nurses.
She is a accomplished researcher and author, with over 100 published articles, book chapters, books and papers. Areas of work include veterinary dermatology, medical education, preparing students for practice, the challenges of clinical decision making, providing better support in practice for clients with sight loss, and the application of evidence based medicine in practice.
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