Episodes 41
Avg. Duration 38m
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Since Dec 2023
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

Join us as we talk to people working towards a common goal - to improve animal welfare. We’ll chat to veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, animal owners, conservationists and others who have an important part to play in care and decision making about the lives of pets, domestic, farm or zoo animals and wildlife. We’re not afraid to challenge assumptions and question current beliefs. To keep up to date join our mailing list at https://www.animalwelfareconversation.com/

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Recent Episodes

S5E39 From Vet to Visionary: Manda Scott on Healing, Hope, and Systemic Change

Mar 13, 2026 1h 12m

In this expansive and deeply grounded conversation, we hear from Manda Scott, to explore why personal healing and systemic change must go hand in hand if we want to leave a healthy planet for future…

S5E38 Making room for small ethical breeders

Mar 06, 2026 36m

With Crufts taking place this weekend, we explore the future of dog breeding. Recent media attention has focused on breeding practices, conformation, the Innate Health Assessment Tool, and the Royal…

S5E37 Assessing Pain, Improving Welfare: Insights from Dr Beatriz Monteiro

Feb 27, 2026 55m

In this episode we are joined by Dr Beatriz Monteiro, to discuss in more depth the impact of pain on animal welfare. We consider the differences between acute and chronic pain, how pain impacts on…

S5E36 2026: New Animal welfare conversations

Feb 23, 2026 6m

Welcome to 2026, and new episodes of the Animal Welfare Conversation.  In this introductory episode we have a sneak preview of the new interviews, covering a broad range of topics including animal…

S4E35 Veterinary Controversies & Ethical Dilemmas

Dec 15, 2025 54m

This week, we had the privilege of speaking with Professor Eddie Clutton and Dr Polly Taylor, both distinguished anaesthetists and two of the co-editors of Veterinary Controversies and Ethical…

S4E34 Epilepsy in Veterinary and Human Healthcare

Dec 07, 2025 42m

This week we catch up with Dr Jos Bongers, a veterinary neurologist from Glasgow Vet School, and Professor Sameer Zuberi, a paediatric neurologist at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. They…

S4E33 Clinical Biases

Oct 01, 2025 22m

Decision making mini-series - episode 3 - Bias In this episode we discuss the complexities of decision-making in veterinary medicine, focusing on biases that can impact clinical reasoning and client…

S4E32 Clinical Reasoning and Animal Welfare

Sep 22, 2025 20m

In the second episode focussing on Clinical Decision Making, this week we look at clinical reasoning. Last week we discussed the way in which vets make decisions and all of the things that they are…

S4E31 Animal Welfare and Decision Making

Sep 15, 2025 16m

In this episode of the Animal Welfare Conversation podcast, we take a break from the interviews, and will spend the next few weeks looking at the complexities of decision-making in veterinary…

S4E30 The Impact of Human Bias on Animal Welfare

Sep 08, 2025 53m

Welcome to the next episode of The Animal Welfare Conversation.  This week we meet Dr Rowena Packer, of the RVC. Rowena is the Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science at the…

S4E29 Prof Andrew Knight - Animal Welfare, Livestock Farming and Vegan Pet Diets

Sep 01, 2025 46m

Professor Andrew Knight BVMS BSc PhD PFHEA DipECAWBM DipACAW MANZCVS FRCVS Welcome to the next episode of the Animal Welfare Conversation. And this week we caught up with Prof Andrew Knight, animal…

S4E28 Dr Dan O'Neill - What makes a good life - part 2

Aug 25, 2025 29m

What makes a good life? Part 2 In this episode of the Animal Welfare Conversation, we continue the conversation with Dr Dan O’Neill of the RVC. Dan is well known in the veterinary profession for his…

S4E27 Dr Dan O'Neill - What makes a good life? Part 1

Aug 25, 2025 30m

What makes a good life? Part 1 In this episode of the Animal Welfare Conversation, we meet Dr Dan O’Neill of the RVC. Dan is well known in the veterinary profession for his work with VetCompass and…

S4E26 Education and Animal Welfare with Dr Toby Trimble

May 16, 2025 47m

Welcome back!  In this episode we catch up with Dr Toby Trimble, the founder of Trimble Group, a film production company, reinventing education for animal health. Listeners to the podcast will know…

S4E25 2025 - Looking Forward

May 11, 2025 7m

After a slightly longer break than we had anticipated, I'm really happy to let everyone know that we're back! With so much happening in the world of animal welfare it's difficult to know where to…

S3E24 2024 - Reviewing the Animal Welfare Conversation

Dec 31, 2024 14m

It’s the end of the year, so we took the chance to review the podcast. I still can’t believe that we’ve being doing this for a year now and had the chance to talk to so many people, about the great…

S3E23 Prof Simon Girling - Reintroducing native species

Dec 24, 2024 33m

Welcome to the next episode of The Animal Welfare Conversation. This week we are joined by Prof Simon Girling. Simon has worked with zoological collections for the past 15 years, and has been…

S3E22 Mike Flynn MBE - A career in animal welfare

Dec 14, 2024 43m

In this episode we were lucky enough to catch up, earlier this year, with Mike Flynn MBE, Chief Superintendent of the Scottish SPCA, and we caught up just before he retired, to find out more about…

S3E21 Dr Paula Boyden - The Links Group and Freedom Project

Dec 09, 2024 29m

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…

S3E20 Episode 20 - Dr Paula Boyden - Dogs Trust

Dec 06, 2024 52m

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…

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Animal Welfare Conversations is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 38m.

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