Close up of two squirrel monkeys sitting on a gnarly tree. The photo was taken in the late afternoon when the sunlight is emphasizes yellow fur of the monkeys. Credit:  Zocha_K, courtesy of Getty Images

The Plymouth Animal Welfare Lecture 2018

Professor Christine Nicol – Alien Encounters – reflections on the relevance of animal welfare science.
Using the analogy of an alien species to explore ethical issues surrounding the captivity, farming and breeding of an organism as a food source.
Empty Dinner Plate, Knife, and Fork

The Plymouth Animal Behaviour Lecture 2017

Dr Nichola Raihani – Doing good, looking good – evidence that reputation benefit underpins apparently altruistic behaviour.
The evidence that many examples of human, and cleaner fish, cooperation can be explained by the reputation benefits.
Closeup of a pufferfish (diodon hystrix) being cleaned by cleaner fish (labroides dimidiatus) at a cleaning station. Bunaken Island, Indonesia

The Plymouth Animal Behaviour Lecture 2016 – cancelled

Professor Nicola Clayton – Ways of thinking from crows to children and back again.
The remarkable cognitive capacities of food-caching corvids.
Crow - corvid (Shutterstock image)

The Plymouth Animal Welfare Lecture 2015

Dr John Bradshaw – Dogs and cats: the animals among us.
The ways in which domestic dogs and domestic cats have evolved from their origins as wild animals.
Group of cats and dogs. Courtesy of Shutterstock

The Plymouth Animal Welfare Lecture 2015

Mr Stephen Wotton MBE – Slaughterhouse welfare: how is animal welfare maintained at slaughter?
The role of Animal Welfare Officers in upholding animal welfare in slaughterhouses.
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