Animal welfare perceptions in different cultures: Collaborators sought

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17:37:39 -0700 Derek Haley

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Dear ISAE Members,

 

I am forwarding you the message below on behalf of ISAE member Dr.

Clive Philips. The original letter from Dr. Philips and his

colleagues should be available as a MS-Word document, by clicking the

link below. It is also scheduled to appear in the next ISAE

Newsletter.

 

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Derek Haley

 

ISAE Communications Officer

 

Provincial Livestock Welfare Specialist

Alberta Agriculture and Food

#301, 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer, AB Canada -- T4N 6K8

Telephone -- 403-340-5524, Facsimile -- 403-340-4896

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Collaborators Wanted:

For an international study investigating perceptions of animal

welfare issues across different cultures

 

We are currently seeking country representatives, i.e collaborators,

for a global animal welfare research project. This project is being

conducted by the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics at the

University of Queensland and will investigate differences in

perceptions of animal welfare issues of people from different

cultural backgrounds. It is anticipated that collaborators will be

included as co-authors in a major publication resulting from this

study as recognition and acknowledgement of their contribution to

this research.

 

What is this project about?

 

As globalisation increases, so does the importance of developing a

better understanding of the attitudes that people living within

different cultures have towards animals. Identification of

differences in these attitudes will promote understanding during

cross-cultural activities, such as international trade and animal

protection campaigns. Furthermore, increasing our knowledge and

understanding of welfare related issues should ultimately lead to a

global improvement in animal welfare.

 

University students are the target population for this research, and

opinions will be sought by use of an on-line survey. The reason this

research focuses on university students is because 1) they are going

to become the backbone of their own society in the next 5-10 years,

thus their attitude towards animals will be a useful measure of how

attitudes are evolving ; 2) university students have better computer

skills and easier access to facilities for. completing the web based

survey compared with the rest sector of general public. Respondents

to the survey will be asked to compare different scenarios and

practices (in relation to animal welfare and other ethical issues)

and provide information on their acceptance of each scenario.

Participants will be questioned on a broad variety of animal issues,

including welfare challenges, genetic changes, and opinions regarding

the rights to freedom of choice and rights to life. Respondents will

not be asked to provide opinions on culture-specific practices.

 

What does a collaborator do?

 

We require collaborators to recruit an unbiased sample of about 1000

university students to participate in the on-line survey in their

country. They will do this by organizing volunteers to randomly

approach students on selected campuses and ask those students to

provide their e-mail address to participate this survey. After

receiving these e-mail addresses collected, we will send the students

the web address and information on how to take part in the survey.

 

We would like to distribute this survey to participants in as many

countries as possible and therefore, participation from collaborators

worldwide is an extremely important part of this project and would be

welcomed and appreciated.

 

Contact

 

If you would like to apply be your country representative for this

project, we would be grateful if you could forward your curriculum

vitae to one of the project staff listed below. Should you need

further information regarding this project please do not hesitate to

contact us.

 

Miss Jia Meng (<j.mengj.meng)

Principal investigator

Tel +61 (0)7 3365 2940

 

Dr Nicki Cross (<n.crossn.cross)

Research Fellow

 

Prof. Clive Phillips (<c.phillipsc.phillips)

Project director

 

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