AAWS International Animal Welfare Conference
The International Animal Welfare Conference was held at the Gold Coast, Queensland on 31 August to 3 September 2008.
The conference was a flagship event for the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, Australia’s national blueprint to improve animal welfare outcomes for all Australian animals and across the entire Australian community.
The conference focussed on Australia's national and international progress in animal welfare and highlighted major animal management issues currently being debated around the country and around the world.
Conference Presentations
| Presentation Title | Speaker | |
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| Theme: Animal Welfare in Australia | ||
| Animal Welfare in Australia: a work in progress | Ivan Caple | |
| The role of government in supporting animal welfare | Tom Aldred | |
The role of animal welfare agencies in improving animal welfare  PDF [140kb] |
Bidda Jones | |
| Australia's ethical framework for animals used in research and teaching PDF [85kb] |
Margaret Rose | |
| Theme: The New Social Ethics for Animals | ||
| Keynote address: The changing face of animal ethics PDF [45kb] |
Peter Sandøe | |
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Social and attitudinal research |
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| The importance of social research for informing animal welfare approaches | Nicola Hinder | |
| Public perceptions of animal welfare - an international perspective |
Grahame Coleman | |
| Societal concerns for animal welfare -cultural and religious perspectives | Clive Phillips | |
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Animals in society |
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| Different strokes for different folks -various viewpoints on animal welfare and management | Kersti Seksel | |
| The human-animal bond PDF [37kb] |
Kevin Stafford | |
| Ethical stockmanship and management of animals PDF [54kb] |
Paul Hemsworth | |
| Abandoned animals: not just dumped doggies and castaway kittens PDF [48kb] |
Hugh Wirth | |
| Understanding the relationships between animal welfare, animal cruelty and interpersonal violence: a critical review | Samara McPhedran | |
| Regulatory approaches | ||
| A co-regulatory approach to farm animal welfare in Australia PDF [54kb] |
Robin Vandergraff | |
| Developing an outcome-based regulatory approach to animal welfare in New Zealand PDF [33kb] |
Cheryl O'Connor | |
| Problems with current animal protection - sentient animals slipping through the net PDF [74kb] |
Glenys Oogjes | |
| Animals in law | ||
| The role of law in promting and protecting improved animal welfare outcomes under the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy | Geoff Bloom | |
| The law and pets | Michael Hayward | |
| Animal welfare considerations in town planning | Virginia Jackson | |
| Drivers for change | ||
| Responding to drivers for change: animal welfare and agriculture | Mike Bond | |
| Labelling and quality assurance schemes | Andrea Gavinelli | |
| Standards and guidelines for livestock | ||
| Development process for the Australian animalwelfare standards and guidelines for the land transport of livestock PDF [112kb] |
Kevin de Witte | |
| Implications of standards and guidelines for sustainable improvements in animal welfare for Australian livestock producers PDF [46kb] |
Warren Starick | |
| Science and practice | ||
| The roles of science and industry in improving animal welfare | Donald Broom | |
| Legal and animal welfare implications of when consciousness first appears in developing young and the potential for delayed onset of increased pain sensitivity PDF [53kb] |
Craig Johnson | |
| Presentation Title | Speaker | |
| Theme: Understanding Animal Welfare | ||
| Keynote address: Animal welfare: future knowledge, attitudes and solutions | Donald Broom | |
| Animal cognition | ||
| Measuring cognition and emotion of animals to understand their welfare PDF [44kb] |
Caroline Lee | |
| Phylogeny of cognitive development and the capacity to suffer PDF [80kb] |
Peter Davie | |
| Biology and technology | ||
| Staying good while playing God PDF [32kb] |
Peter Sandoe | |
| The biology of euthanasia and humane slaughter PDF [32kb] |
David Adams | |
| Quality of life | ||
| Does distress matter? PDF [1kb] |
Judy Macarthur Clark | |
| Quality of life: a valuable concept or an unnecessary embellishment when considering animal welfare PDF [70kb] |
David Mellor | |
| Animal welfare education | ||
| Animal welfare education and training - more of the same or moving forward? | Heather Yeatman | |
| International benchmarking study of animal welfare education and training 2008 | Mal Brown | |
| Animal behaviour | ||
| The learnt phenotype:physiological, behavioural and immunological adaptation to environmental stimuli PDF [81kb] |
Ian Colditz | |
| Can we use behaviour to measure animal welfare | Trish Fleming | |
| Risk analysis to measure animal welfare PDF [129kb] |
Michael Paton | |
| Animals and community | ||
| Culminating compassion without creating chaos - community expectations exceeding current agricultural practice standards PDF [77kb] |
Di Evans | |
| Working towards the teaching of animal welfare in veterinary faculties internationally | Kate Blaszak | |
| Pets and human health | Bruce Headey | |
| Connections | ||
| Abnormal human-animal relationships | Kersti Seksel | |
| Australia asks 'Who's for cats?' PDF [455kb] |
Carole Webb | |
| Making sustainable improvements in remote indigenous communities PDF [44kb] |
Julia Hardaker | |
| Animal welfare education | ||
| Animal ethics in Australian education - a research study PDF [151kb] |
Joy Verrinder | |
| Teaching evidence based animal welfare in NSW schools PDF [41kb] |
Sally Bannerman | |
| One of the family - the case for kindness PDF [133kb] |
Robyn Kippenberger | |
| Presentation Title | Speaker | |
| Theme: Measuring Animal Welfare | ||
| Keynote address: Making sense of animal welfare measures | Marian Dawkins | |
| Assessing welfare | ||
| Measuring the welfare of livestock in extensive production systems: can we, should we? PDF [64kb] |
Carol Petherick | |
| Assessing the wellbeing and quality of life in companion animals PDF [33kb] |
Kevin Stafford | |
| Common metrics for diverse welfare frameworks | Lindsay Matthews | |
| Context matters | ||
| Which comes first- the animals, the media or the public expectation? PDF [1.6mb] |
Deb Kelly | |
| Animal welfare in disasters | Ian Dacre | |
| Ecological inclusion: animal welfare and the total environment PDF [91kb] |
Rod Bennison | |
| Sensitivities | ||
| New techniques for pain recognition: What are the applications, where are the limits PDF [218kb] |
Craig Johnson | |
| Practical analgesia for livestock husbandry: the role of topical anaesthesia PDF [40kb] |
Meredith Shiel | |
| Layer hen welfare: a challenging and complex issue PDF [29kb] |
David Witcombe | |
| A dog's life | ||
| Improving canine welfare by characterising the perfect pet dog for Australia PDF [36kb] |
Pauleen Bennett | |
| Improving the welfare of the racing greyhound - A GRV perspective PDF [32kb] |
Linda Beer | |
| Optimising welfare in dog training classes PDF [30kb] |
Gaile Perry | |
| Theme: Making Sustainable Improvements in Animal Welfare | ||
| Keynote address: Making sustainable improvements in animal welfare PDF [122kb] |
Judy Macarthur Clark | |
| Pest Animals | ||
| New research into fertility control in pest species | Tony Peacock | |
| Animal welfare and pest control: where are we at PDF [37kb] |
Cheryl O'Connor | |
| Developments in research | ||
| Developing national guidelines to protect the wellbeing of animals used for scientific purposes | Elizabeth Grant | |
| Putting research into practice: the importance of research in context | Marian Dawkins | |
| Aquatic animal welfare | ||
| Fish welfare: the crossroads of science, ethics and comparative veterinary medicine PDF [29kb] |
Matt Landos | |
| Animal welfare and aquaculture | Paul Hardy-Smith | |
| Wildlife | ||
| The welfare of translocated vulnerable native animals in Australia PDF [51kb] |
Ken Richardson | |
| Game Council NSW Code of Practice for hunters - a case study PDF [36kb] |
Tony English | |
| Livestock transportation | ||
| Working with the OIE to improve international animal welfare: the Australian approach PDF [14kb] |
Gardner Murray | |
| Livestock export standards PDF [104kb] |
Peter Thornber | |
| Land transport of livestock poster | Kevin de Witte | |
| Research priorities | ||
| New Australia research into livestock transportation | Drewe Ferguson | |
| Research in a flash: CSIRO animal welfare research PDF [32kb] |
Andrew Fisher | |
| Animal welfare research priorities | Paul Hemsworth | |
| Research in a flash: Centre for animal welfare and Ethics priorities | Clive Phillips | |
| Priorities in animal welfare for the Australian dairy industry | Bridget Peachey | |
| Welfare research priorities for the Australian pork industry | Pat Mitchell | |
| Egg industry research priorities | Jacqueline Baptista | |
| Animals and entertainment | ||
| Zoos and animal welfare PDF [42kb] |
Andrew Tribe | |
| Improving animal welfare outcomes for horses and cattle used in rodeo competitions in Australia | John Osborne | |
| Henry the sea lion | Deb Kelly | |
| What factors affect perceptions of animal welfare? | Teresa Collins | |
| Animal welfare in developing countries | ||
| Animal welfare issues and perspectives in developing countries PDF [65kb] |
Abdul Rahman | |
| Animal welfare concept in India: perception and reality? PDF [51kb] |
Ashok Rathore | |
| Sharing the load: sustainable community action to improve the welfare of working animals in developing countries PDF [79kb] |
Lisa van Dijk | |
| Theme: The International Scene | ||
| Animal welfare and the European Union | Andrea Gavinelli | |
| The USA perspective and issues PDF [46kb] |
Chester Gipson | |
| The globalisation of animal welfare: A New Zealand and Australian perspective on recent developments of strategic significance PDF [65kb] |
David Bayvel |
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If you would like a copy of these presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint, please email the Animal Welfare Branch.
Last reviewed: 09 Nov 2009
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