Wild animal lives through a welfare lens

Our in-person and online Seminar Series on Wild Animal Lives Through a Welfare Lens is delivered in partnership with the Royal Veterinary College and the Institute of Zoology (Zoological Society of London) as part of the MSc Wild Animal Biology.

Seminar 1

Seminar 2

Seminar 2  |  November 20, 2024

Animal behavior and welfare

This seminar features Michaella Andrade from Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) who discusses Wild Octopus welfare: what we know and what we still need to know.

Janire Castellano Bueno from Wild Animal Initiative presents Decoding Wild Animal Experiences Through Observations.

A panel discussion follows with Michaella Andrade and Janire Castellano Bueno, chaired by María Díez León.

All sessions of this seminar series are hybrid events. You can attend online via Zoom or in-person.

Date

November 20, 2024

Time

3-5 pm

In-person location:

Great Hall, Royal Veterinary College
Royal College Street
London
NW1 0TU
United Kingdom

The Great Hall is directly in front of the entrance. Please ask at reception if you need assistance.

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Speakers and panelists

Michaella Andrade

Speaker

Wild Octopus welfare: what we know and what we still need to know

Michaella’s research at Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) focuses on the evolution of animal sentience and non-invasive methods to assess affective states in non-human animals, especially Octopus insularis. Interested in Comparative Biology, Evolution, Cognitive Ethology, Free-living Animal Welfare, Phylogenetics, Zoology, and Biology Education.

Janire Castellano Bueno

Organizer & speaker

Decoding Wild Animal Experiences Through Observations

Janire Castellano Bueno is Wild Animal Initiative’s Outreach Manager. She completed her PhD in Animal Welfare and Affective Neuroscience at Newcastle University. During her doctoral research, she focused on the assessment of long-term welfare of laboratory macaques using a multidisciplinary approach. She has extensive experience in primate welfare and behavior as well as in statistical modeling. Janire is located in Newcastle (UK).
Janire is a member of Wild Animal Initiative’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee.
janire.castellanobueno@wildanimalinitiative.org

María Díez-León

Organizer & chair

María is a zoologist focused on animal behaviour and welfare, with degrees in Biology (University of Navarra), Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare (University of Edinburgh), and a PhD from the University of Guelph. Her research, supervised by Professor Georgia Mason, explored how housing affects carnivore behaviour and welfare, relevant to conservation breeding. Now faculty at RVC, she investigates animal welfare indicators and the impact of captivity on conservation.