Knowing Animals

In this episode we are joined by Ruth Hatten. Ruth is a long-standing animal advocate who has worked as legal counsel for Voiceless, the animal protection institute. Ruth has also been involved with the Barristers Animal Welfare Panel. More recently, Ruth has established her own company in which she offers nutritional advice to people wishing to transition to a plant based diet, as well as complementally therapies for dogs and cats. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Anne Fawcett. Anne is a vet and veterinary scholar at the University of Sydney. We will discuss Anne's recent article 'Application of Fraser's "Practical" Ethic in Veterinary Practice, and Its Compatibility with a "One Welfare" Framework'. That article appeared in the journal Animals in 2018. We should acknowledge Anne's co-authors Siobhan Mullan and Paul McGreevy. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

This episode of Knowing Animals features Lynn Mowson. Lynn has a PhD in fine arts. Lynn helps manage the University of Melbourne's Human Rights and Animal Ethics Research Network (HRAE). She also runs their monthly 'Knowing Animals' reading group and is Vice Chair of AASA. We discuss Lynn's new book chapter. The chapter is titled 'Making and Unmaking Mammalian Bodies: Sculptural Practices as Traumatic Testimony'. That chapter will appear in the upcoming book 'Animaladies' which is co-edited by Lorri Gruen and Fiona Probyn-Rapsey. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Like AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/ and get ready for their 2019 conference by going to the conference website here: https://www.facebook.com/aasa2019/?hc_ref=ARRm4tWDV-X64Pl6ww4IOt7c8AcieWY3vLeV45GvbsYx1cCQP3WhtltpdiskacKkEWY&fref=nf This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. Go to MC Pony's website Veganthused: http://veganthused.com. Listen to some Mindful Rhymes for More Caring Times.

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Jeanette Young. Jeanette is a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia. We discuss her book J. Young and N. Carr (eds) (2018) Domestic Animals, Humans and Leisure – Rights, Welfare and Wellbeing, Routledge. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Claire Parkinson. Claire is professor of Film, Television and Digital Media and co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies at Edge Hill University. We discuss Claire's book chapter 'Dangerous Dogs and the Construction of Risk' which appeared in the 2011 book 'Human-Animal Studies : Theorizing Animals: Re-Thinking Humanimal Relations', Which was edited by Nik Taylor, and Tania Signal, and published by Brill. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

In this special episode of Knowing Animals we remember Karen Dalke. Karen sadly passed this week. Karen was a passionate animal lover and Animal Studies scholar. In particular Karen had a great passion for horses. Please enjoy this episode and help us celebrate the work of Karen Dalke.

This episode is from out Protecting Animals series. We speak to Mick McIntyre. Mick is the co-directors of the feature film 'Kangaroo, a love-hate story'. More information about 'Kangaroo' is available here: http://kangaroothemovie.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today!

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Elisa Aaltola from the University of East Finland. We discuss her latest book 'Varieties of Empathy: Moral Psychology and Animal Ethics' which is published by Rowman & Littlefield. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Andrew Gardiner. Andrew is Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. We discuss his article 'The 'Dangerous' Women of Animal Welfare: How British Veterinary Medicine Went to the Dogs' which appeared in the journal 'Social History of Medicine' in 2014. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Koh Samui, Thailand where I am attending the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival. I am lucky to be joined by Linda, one of the wonderful Samui Dog and Cat Foundation volunteers. To learn more about Samui Dog and Rescue, and to make a much needed donation, go to: http://www.samuidog.org/LatestNews_en.html This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.