Animal Welfare Conversations
Episodes
Veterinary Controversies & Ethical Dilemmas
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the privilege of speaking with Professor Eddie Clutton and Dr Polly Taylor, both distinguished anaesthetists and two of the co-edito...
Epilepsy in Veterinary and Human Healthcare
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Dr Joss Bongers, a veterinary neurologist from Glasgow Vet School, and Professor Sameer Zuberi, a paediatric neurologist at...
Clinical Biases
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Decision making mini-series - episode 3 - Bias In this episode we discuss the complexities of decision-making in veterinary medicine, focusing on bias...
Clinical Reasoning and Animal Welfare
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 mak...
Animal Welfare and Decision Making
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 comp...
The Impact of Human Bias on Animal Welfare
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Com...
Prof Andrew Knight - Animal Welfare, Livestock Farming and Vegan Pet Diets
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Andrew Knight BVMS BSc PhD PFHEA DipECAWBM DipACAW MANZCVS FRCVS Welcome to the next episode of the Animal Welfare Conversation. And this we...
Dr Dan O'Neill - What makes a good life - part 2
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Dr Dan O'Neill - What makes a good life? Part 1
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 vete...
Education and Animal Welfare with Dr Toby Trimble
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! In this episode we catch up with Dr Toby Trimble, the founder of Trimble Group, a film production company, reinventing education for a...
2025 - Looking Forward
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
2024 - Reviewing the Animal Welfare Conversation
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Prof Simon Girling - Reintroducing native species
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the next episode of The Animal Welfare Conversation. This week we are joined by Prof Simon Girling. Simon has worked with zoological collec...
Mike Flynn MBE - A career in animal welfare
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Dr Paula Boyden - The Links Group and Freedom Project
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 20 - Dr Paula Boyden - Dogs Trust
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 19: Prof Cathy Dwyer - Using the Evidence to Support Animal Welfare
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we sit down with Professor Cathy Dwyer of SRUC and Edinburgh University. Prof Dwyer will be known already, to many of our listeners,...
Episode 18: Nora Smith and the work of the USPCA
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we focus on the work of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, otherwise known as the USPCA. Established in 18...
Episode 17 - What impact does behaviour have on animal welfare? With Nikki McLeod
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 17 - What impact does behaviour have on animal welfare? With Nikki McLeod BSc(Hons) PGDip(CAB) NCert(Behav) RVN ISFM CertFN & AdvCertFB...
Episode 16 - Prof Stuart Carmichael - The impact of arthritis on animal welfare
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the latest collection of conversations, focussing on the world of animal welfare. We’re going to start this season by considering pain, a...
Announcing a new award for animal welfare
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sneak preview! We are still finalising things, but I wanted to let you know that Animal Welfare Conversations is launching a new award for Animal Welf...
Episode 15 - Dr Bronwyn Orr - Animal Welfare Science
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the next episode of the Animal Welfare conversation. This week we’re joined by Dr Bronwyn Orr, who is a veterinary surgeon in Australia. ...
Episode 14 - Dr Marc Abraham OBE, Campaigning for lasting change
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with Dr Marc Abraham OBE, BVM&S MRCVS, or ‘Marc the Vet’ as he’s usually known, a multi-award-winning veterinar...
Episode 12 - Beverley Cuddy, Editor, Dogs Today Magazine
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with Beverley Cuddy, editor of Dogs Today Magazine. Beverley Cuddy has been the editor of Dogs Today magazine since i...
Episode 11 Sam Fontaine RVN - Giving Vet Nurses a Seat at the Table
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Sam Fontaine MSc PGCAP BSc DipAVN(Med) RVN FHEA SFRET Sam qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2002 and after a short time in ge...
Episode 10 - Emma Ruggles RVN - Hydrotherapy and Animal Welfare
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Emma Ruggles RVN CertVNECC APVN (Wildlife and Zoo Animals) L3CertSAHydro. Emma has worked in the veterinary industry for 10 ...
Episode 9 - Veterinary Nursing with Lacey Pitcher
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we chat to Lacey Pitcher RVN about the world of veterinary nursing, and that impact of that on animal welfare. We consider the impor...
Sneak Preview - Vet Nursing Awareness Month
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this short intro episode, we highlight new episodes for May, otherwise known as Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month. So, we're focussing on the impa...
Episode 8 - Animal welfare and the CMA report
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a break from interviews, and Mary considers the impact of the CMA report on animal welfare. Recent years have seen many chan...
Episode 7 - Dr Tanya Stephens FRCVS
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Animal Welfare Conversations focusses on veterinary life in Australia. We’re joined by Dr Tanya Stephens BVSc, MSc, IAWEL, MANZCVS, ...
Episode 6 - Joe Bailey -The Humanimal Trust
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Animal Welfare Conversation we are joined by Joe Bailey, CEO of the Humanimal Trust, a charity set up in 2014 by Professor Noel...
Episode 5 - Dr Matt Morgan - One Medicine
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with Dr Matt Morgan, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, adjunct Professor, regular BMJ columnist and author of One Med...
Episode 4 - Dr Simon Doherty - Livestock Health & Welfare, Sustainability & One Health
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we chat to Dr Simon Doherty. With experience in veterinary practice, industry, academia and professional representation there is a lot...
Episode 3 - Dr Sean Wensley - Animal Welfare Science
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Animal Welfare Conversations, I’m delighted to chat to Dr Sean Wensley. We discuss a diverse range of topics starting with what a...
Episode 2 - Emma Onyejekwe - The Wildlife Vet Nurse
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of AWC focusses on wildlife with Veterinary Nurse Emma Onyejekwe. Many of you will know Emma as The Wildlife Vet Nurse and I’m su...
Episode 1 - Amy Lyons - Veterinary Nursing in Australia
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We were delighted to chat with Amy Lyons in our more recent edition of Animal Welfare Conversations. Working as a veterinary nurse in Australia Am...
AWC_Introduction
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Animal Welfare Conversations A podcast for veterinary nurses, vets, vet students, and anyone who just loves working with animals. This podc...