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By Re (New Zealand), 2017
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After a recent Plant Based News facebook poll, Brian spoke to animal welfare expert Dr. Andrew Knight about the ethics around cultured / lab / clean meat.
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WARNING - This video contains distressing images of animal injury and animal distress.
Andrew Knight, Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics/Director at University of Winchester, gives an insight into the way the police react to and investigate illegal hunting in the UK and how these cases are treated in court.
This talk features police footage taken from a potential illegal hunt scene, from a case which went to court. In the footage, a witness claims a deer was attacked by hunting dogs but the Surrey Union Hunt claim the deer was injured by barbed wire fencing.
Andrew Knight was asked...
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This documentary focuses on Can Dog, an animal rescue centre on Ibiza, Spain.
Through the use of secret filming, contacting experts and former volunteers; the documentary breaks down the barriers of secrecy around Can Dog and exposes the issues inside.
Can Dog were asked for comment on multiple occasions... no response was ever received.
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In January 2019, two ecologists, Eleanor and Laura, attempted to become the first researchers to study the behaviour of the titan beetle in the rainforests of French Guiana. The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is the largest-bodied beetle in the world and is highly valued in the insect trade.
Despite being worth a lot of money, little is known of the beetle's natural history. Its larvae have never been found and males are much more commonly caught than females. As they are collected and often sold for commercial gain, learning about the behaviour and abundance of titans will help advise c...
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'Hammerhead sharks and sea turtles: globetrotting adventures in animal welfare', is my presentation about some of the amazing and wonderful places, my globetrotting career in animal welfare has led me to. At the end, I briefly review postgraduate qualifications in animal welfare, including the distance-learning University of Winchester MSc Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law, which I established in 2015. I also review pathways to veterinary specialisation in animal welfare, in various regions in the world. More information about these is at https://www.andrewknight.info/articles/educatio...
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Professor Andrew Knight, Animal Welfare Party's candidate for Maidenhead in the 2017 General Election
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This is a recording of an Enterprise lecture delivered at the University of Winchester by Philip Lymbery, the Chief Executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming (Compassion) and Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester.
The talk is titled 'Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were' and follows an illuminating investigative journey across the globe, focusing on a dozen iconic endangered species to understand the role that industrial farming is playing in their plight.
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How can we best speak for other animals in our anthropocentric human political systems? How can other animals' rights and interests be represented in local as well as national government? Jane Smith of the Animal Welfare Party – the UK's first elected animal rights councillor – discusses her experiences of speaking for other animals in local government and in parliamentary elections. Prof. Andrew Knight has also been a parliamentary candidate for the Animal Welfare Party. He provides brief insights into campaigning for animals within politics, and tips for media interviews. 09 Feb. 2022.
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On 25th August 2022 we launched our new 'Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare' at Confer-Karnac Books in London. There were around 40 attendees – a good number of an event of this kind, with some key people present. Speakers were co-editors Profs. Andrew Knight, Clive Phillips and Paula Sparks, and Dr Marc Abraham. Actor Dr Peter Egan was our MC. The event was a huge success and was greatly enjoyed by most. Book info including photos from this event: www.rebrand.ly/AW-book.
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“A new book about numerous aspects of animal welfare merits worldwide attention.” – Prof. Marc Bekoff, Psychology Today, 2022.
Combining the expertise of 50 authors – many of whom are world leaders in their fields, and Edited by U. Winchester Centre for Animal Welfare Profs. Andrew Knight and Paula Sparks, the Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare comprehensively covers animal welfare concerns associated with the farming of terrestrial species and fish, transportation, slaughter, the use of animals in laboratories, zoos, entertainment settings, and as companions, working animals, and more. ...
