Introduction to links between human and animal-directed violence with Dr. Nik Taylor and Dr. Heather Fraser
Thursday, March 21, 2024
3:00 PM 4:30 PM
Description:
RACE-Approved for 1.5 CE Credits, Course #20-1158650
This 1.5-hour workshop will introduce participants to the idea of "the Link" between human and animal violence. We will then move on to a discussion of the utility of this knowledge in the veterinary profession. Following this, we will broaden the definition of links between human and animal-directed violence in order to move beyond interpersonal understandings and consider socially sanctioned violent practices to other animals. We then turn to a discussion of what it might mean to help humans and other animals who are victims of violence and how we might include this in our advocacy for change.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will:
Gain an understanding of links between human and animal-directed abuse
Consider how veterinarians might help human and animal victims of violence
Consider the links between socially sanctioned violence to animals and other forms of abuse
Reflect on the connections between human and animal rights and ethics.
90 minutes lecture time.