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‘Would you eat an alien?’
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.i6452
Subject(s) - alien , animal welfare , human animal , sociology , environmental ethics , media studies , ecology , biology , philosophy , demography , population , livestock , census
A novel way of exploring comparative cognition, animal welfare ethics and human‐animal relations formed the basis of this year's Wooldridge Memorial Lecture, held during the BVA Congress at the London Vet Show last month. Christine Nicol, of the University of Bristol, shared her experiences of making the BBC Radio 4 series ‘Would you eat an alien?’ and gave an insight into the ethical dilemmas that formed the basis of the programme. Laura Honey reports