Podcast Episodes

Dr Paula Boyden - The Links Group and Freedom Project

Season 3 Episode 21

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 Trus…

Published on 9 months ago

Episode 20 - Dr Paula Boyden - Dogs Trust

Season 3 Episode 20

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 d…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

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

Season 3 Episode 19

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 …

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 18: Nora Smith and the work of the USPCA

Season 3 Episode 18

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 …

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Season 3 Episode 17

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 …

Published on 10 months ago

Episode 16 - Prof Stuart Carmichael - The impact of arthritis on animal welfare

Season 3 Episode 16

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 Carmi…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Announcing a new award for animal welfare

Season 2 Episode 17

Sneak preview!

We are still finalising things, but I wanted to let you know that Animal Welfare Conversations is launching a new award for Animal Welfare. 

The Alex Fraser Medal for Animal Welfare wi…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Episode 15 - Dr Bronwyn Orr - Animal Welfare Science

Season 2 Episode 16

Welcome to the next episode of the Animal Welfare conversation. This week we’re joined by Dr Bronwyn Orr, who is a veterinary surgeon in Australia.

Dr Bronwyn Orr has a particular interest in animal …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Episode 14 - Dr Marc Abraham OBE, Campaigning for lasting change

Season 2 Episode 15

In this episode we catch up with Dr Marc Abraham OBE, BVM&S MRCVS, or ‘Marc the Vet’ as he’s usually known, a multi-award-winning veterinary surgeon, author, broadcaster, and animal welfare campaigne…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Episode 12 - Beverley Cuddy, Editor, Dogs Today Magazine

Season 2 Episode 14

In this episode we catch up with Beverley Cuddy, editor of Dogs Today Magazine. 

Beverley Cuddy has been the editor of Dogs Today magazine since in launch in 1990 when it was part of the Daily Mail…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago