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Season 3

Dec. 31, 2024

2024 - Reviewing the Animal Welfare Conversation

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 …

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Dec. 24, 2024

Prof Simon Girling - Reintroducing native species

Welcome to the next episode of The Animal Welfare Conversation. This week we are joined by Prof Simon Girling. Simon has worked with zoological collections for the past 15 years, and has been involved with many different rein...

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Dec. 14, 2024

Mike Flynn MBE - A career in animal welfare

In this episode we were lucky enough to catch up, earlier this year, with Mike Flynn MBE, Chief Superintendent of the Scottish SPCA, and we caught up just before he retired, to find out more about his 37-year career protectin...

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Dec. 9, 2024

Dr Paula Boyden - The Links Group and Freedom Project

Trigger warning This is part 2 of an episode that we recorded with Dr Paula Boyden, Veterinary Director at Dogs Trust. This extra episode focusses on domestic abuse, and how the work of the Dogs Trust and The Links Group …

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Dec. 6, 2024

Episode 20 - Dr Paula Boyden - Dogs Trust

In this episode we catch up with Dr Paula Boyden, Veterinary Director at Dogs Trust, to find out more about their work. Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare organisation in the UK, rehoming 14,000 dogs a year and many …

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Nov. 29, 2024

Episode 19: Prof Cathy Dwyer - Using the Evidence to Support Animal W…

In this episode we sit down with Professor Cathy Dwyer of SRUC and Edinburgh University. Prof Dwyer will be known already, to many of our listeners, as an advocate for animal welfare. There were so many take-aways from this e...

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Nov. 22, 2024

Episode 18: Nora Smith and the work of the USPCA

In this episode we focus on the work of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, otherwise known as the USPCA. Established in 1836, the USPCA is the second oldest animal welfare charity in the world, and …

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Nov. 15, 2024

Episode 17 - What impact does behaviour have on animal welfare? With …

Episode 17 - What impact does behaviour have on animal welfare? With Nikki McLeod BSc(Hons) PGDip(CAB) NCert(Behav) RVN ISFM CertFN & AdvCertFB In this episode we focus on animal behaviour and the impact behavioural problems ...

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Nov. 8, 2024

Episode 16 - Prof Stuart Carmichael - The impact of arthritis on anim…

Welcome to the latest collection of conversations, focussing on the world of animal welfare. We’re going to start this season by considering pain, analgesia and arthritis, with Professor Stuart Carmichael. Did you know that 4...

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