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Thinking and communicating about farm animal welfare: "de-polarizing" stakeholder views | Dr. Beth Ventura
In this talk, Dr. Beth Ventura visits some of the exciting research approaches uncovering how important groups like veterinarians, veterinary students, farmers, and the public perceive priorities and barriers to improving animal welfare, and the lessons within that point toward resolution of these challenges.
About Dr. Ventura:
Dr. Beth Ventura received her BSc and MSc in Animal Sciences at Michigan State University and University of Maryland, College Park (respectively) before moving to Canada to complete her PhD in the Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Ventura is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor of Animal Behavior and Welfare at the University of Minnesota (UMN) in the US, where she teaches a number of applied ethology, welfare, and ethics courses to undergraduate and post-graduate students and coaches UMN’s animal welfare judging team. As an animal welfare scientist, she applies mixed research approaches toward the improvement of captive animal welfare. Her applied interests include the assessment of environmental enrichment on behavioral outcomes and the assessment and relief of pain in livestock animals. She is also interested in the translation of animal welfare science into practice, and to that end employs social science approaches to map stakeholder attitudes and values around animal welfare in a range of captive contexts.
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WHO ARE WE?
The Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) was established in 1989, and was the first of its kind in North America and the second of its kind in the world. In 1996, the Centre was renamed the Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare in recognition of the commitment and support of Mrs. Mona Campbell, the widow of the late Colonel Campbell.
Since that time, we have grown tremendously from a group of 4 core faculty in the early days to 11 core faculty members, plus Associated Faculty and research across colleges who collectively advise nearly sixty graduate students completing Masters or Doctoral degrees on animal welfare topics at any given time.
The Campbell Centre's objectives fall into three broad categories, research, education and outreach, which align with our mission. In support of this purpose, CCSAW is responsible for raising and allocating funds to build a network for collaboration that supports scholarly animal welfare activities across the University of Guelph.
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: twitter.com/CCSAW_UofG
SUPPORT OUR RESEARCH: ccsaw.uoguelph.ca/support-us/funding-priorities
Thinking and communicating about farm animal welfare: "de-polarizing" stakeholder views | Dr. Beth Ventura
In this talk, Dr. Beth Ventura visits some of the exciting research approaches uncovering how important groups like veterinarians, veterinary students, farmers, and the public perceive priorities and barriers to improving animal welfare, and the lessons within that point toward resolution of these challenges.
About Dr. Ventura:
Dr. Beth Ventura received her BSc and MSc in Animal Sciences at Michigan State University and University of Maryland, College Park (respectively) before moving to Canada to complete her PhD in the Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Ventura is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor of Animal Behavior and Welfare at the University of Minnesota (UMN) in the US, where she teaches a number of applied ethology, welfare, and ethics courses to undergraduate and post-graduate students and coaches UMN’s animal welfare judging team. As an animal welfare scientist, she applies mixed research approaches toward the improvement of captive animal welfare. Her applied interests include the assessment of environmental enrichment on behavioral outcomes and the assessment and relief of pain in livestock animals. She is also interested in the translation of animal welfare science into practice, and to that end employs social science approaches to map stakeholder attitudes and values around animal welfare in a range of captive contexts.
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WHO ARE WE?
The Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) was established in 1989, and was the first of its kind in North America and the second of its kind in the world. In 1996, the Centre was renamed the Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare in recognition of the commitment and support of Mrs. Mona Campbell, the widow of the late Colonel Campbell.
Since that time, we have grown tremendously from a group of 4 core faculty in the early days to 11 core faculty members, plus Associated Faculty and research across colleges who collectively advise nearly sixty graduate students completing Masters or Doctoral degrees on animal welfare topics at any given time.
The Campbell Centre's objectives fall into three broad categories, research, education and outreach, which align with our mission. In support of this purpose, CCSAW is responsible for raising and allocating funds to build a network for collaboration that supports scholarly animal welfare activities across the University of Guelph.
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: twitter.com/CCSAW_UofG
SUPPORT OUR RESEARCH: ccsaw.uoguelph.ca/support-us/funding-priorities
