Journals

AWSELVA invites peer commentaries on the draft paper. Commentaries should be no longer than 1000 words, in UK English, referenced as appropriate and sent to james.yeates@rspca.org.uk with the subject entitled "AWSELVA Journal [and the title of the paper]"  

One hardly needs to explain the significance of Ruth Harrison and her seminal book Animal Machines to an animal welfare oriented audience. Ruth Harrison’s book marked a change in the language surrounding animals. She argued that the animal cruelty vocabulary could not articulate the ways in which animals suffered in intensive production systems and as a consequence “Animal Welfare” entered the vocabulary. She also provided a...

A lot has happened since the last AWSELVA Journal issue. Most notably, we have seen the formation of the European specialisation centre for animal welfare science, ethics and law as part of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine. AWSELVA members were central to this success, not least Dr Mullan, Professor Morton and Dr Main, just as AWSELVA was vital in setting up the RCVS Certificate and Diploma. The college provides a...

The Bristol meeting in May, which included a well attended AGM, was an excellently conceived and organised scientific meeting with an added bonus package. Combining our meeting with the Bristol Festival of Ideas was a master stroke by the meeting conveners which enabled us to benefit from the opportunity to hear from Peter Singer 35 years on from the publication of his book ‘Animal Liberation’. There is detailed comment elsewhere in this edition...