Anthrozooogy as International Practice (AIP)

Save the date for #AIP2026 (a free, online, student conference in human-animal studies) Call for submissions opens beginning April (closing end of May 2026). anthrozoologyconference.com
#Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies #AnimalStudies

SCAS-Funded Research: Past, Present and Future Presenters: Dr Kris Hill & Dr Clare Thomas-Pino

The call for applications for the 2026 round of SCAS-funded research projects open on 9 Feb, and the next SCAS Webinar will be invaluable to anyone considering applying. Recording available. FREE to non-members (our Webinars are always free to members).

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975236742...

The (first ever) Monthly eCATT Bulletin 2026-2 The eCATT BulletinDownload

Check out the first ever monthly eCATT bulletin! Big News in the Small Cat World: catacademicthinktankorg.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/t...

A French chateau and gardens.

Elephants Call Each Other By Unique Names, Study Finds A new study has shone light on the complex social lives of elephants, finding that they appear to use names to address each other

Elephants appear to call each other by names that they invent, just like humans do 🐘

Cat Cafe with Daniel Mills Cat to owner bonds – let’s talk about attachment! Professor Daniel Mills will join the Critical Cat Café to talk about the bonds cats form with their humans. Tuesday 27 January 2026(13:30-15:0…

Professor Daniel Mills will be joining us for the 5th Critical Cat Caféto talk about cat to owner bonds and attachment.
Online: Tuesday 27 January 2026 (13:30-15:00, UK time)
Register here: forms.gle/AEHEYUD8fsCS...
NOT RECRORDED. catacademicthinktankorg.wordpress.com/the-critical...

With the new year I want to bump this starter pack up for anyone who might be interested in following a bunch of awesome folks in #HAI! As always, if you would like to be added, don't hesitate to reach out to me. #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalInteraction

Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers

Research shows some dogs "can learn the names of new toys not only through direct instruction but also by eavesdropping on the conversations of their owners." Study by Shany Dror et al., scicomm by @emilyanthes.bsky.social #dogs #animalcognition #animalcommunication #language #anthrozoology

Cat Cafe with Daniel Mills Cat to owner bonds – let’s talk about attachment! Professor Daniel Mills will join the Critical Cat Café to talk about the bonds cats form with their humans. Tuesday 27 January 2026(13:30-15:0…

Organised by the Cat Academic Think Tank (e-CATT), the fifth Café welcomes special guest Professor Daniel Mills who will be talking about cat to owner bonds and attachment.
Tuesday 27 January 2026 (13:30-15:00, UK time)
catacademicthinktankorg.wordpress.com/the-critical...

1 Postdoc – Cats, Rural Populism, & Multispecies Governance - ERC-CoG (5 years) This 5-year postdoctoral position forms part of the ERC Consolidator project FRONTCAT (Frontier Cats: Reimagining Multispecies Governance and Care Ethics beyond Post-politics) and leads Subproject 1: ...

5yr postdoc studying Cats, Rural Populism, & Multispecies Governance - wonderful opportunity for an ECR cat scholar. As part of the ERC Consolidator project FRONTCAT this is also great news for cat-related research more broadly!!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/396735

e-CATT Cat Academic Think Tank

Cat scholars & anyone interested in the study of human interactions w/ domestic cats & small cat species are welcome to join this LinkedIn group associated the Cat Academic Think Tank (e-CATT). www.linkedin.com/groups/16098...
Check out the e-CATT website too: catacademicthinktankorg.wordpress.com

Essay competition — Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law

The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law organises an annual essay competition in the field of animal rights law. The aim of this competition is to encourage students to explore the fascinating questions that animals rights raise.. animalrightslaw.org/essaycompeti...

Black and white photo of the Eiffel Tower.

Black and white photo of a bridge in Paris.

Jes stands at the plinth speaking to the audience

A dirty cage is shown on the PowerPoint slide along with a summary of the key findings of Jes' 2023-3024 research

The PowerPoint screen displays a civet in a tree caught on camera with the words 'Civet One Health: Protecting Civets, People and the Planet'

Jes stands next to the PowerPoint presentation whilst it shows a film of wild Owstons civet

Today I spoke at @zslofficial.bsky.social about the commercial trade of civets in Vietnam, it's One Health implications and the power of bridging Insitu and Exsitu conservation. #civets #wildlifetrade #MultiSpeciesFutures @biaza.bsky.social

Animal Assisted Interventions Webinar Series - Human-Animal Interaction Thu, Dec 11, 2025 MST @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - The Science and Ethics of Sentience: Shaping the Future of Animal-Assisted Services This panel brings together leading experts in Human–Animal Interaction (...

The Science and Ethics of Sentience: Shaping the Future of Animal-Assisted Services. Dec 11, 1-3 PM Mountain Time
From the Human Animal Interaction (HAI) Division of the American Psychological Association
www.human-animal-interaction.org/events/anima...
#AnimalAssisted #AnimalAssistedServices #AAS

Cats, community, and tourism on the Costa del Sol: a transspecies ethnography Situated at the intersection of tourism, migration, and human-animal studies, this paper is based on a transspecies ethnographic study of a colony of cats (Felis catus) living on the Costa del Sol,...

Recent publication by AIP founder & organiser @academiccatlady.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies #AnimalsinTourism #Cats

Human-Animal Interactions - Special Issues: The intersection of companion animal and human welfare | CABI Digital Library Human—Animal Interactions is an open access interdisciplinary journal devoted to the dissemination of research in all fields related to interactions between non-human animals and their human counterpa...

Call for papers for a Special Issue of Human-Animal Interactions: The intersection of companion animal and human welfare.
www.cabidigitallibrary.org/journal/hai/...
#CompanionAnimals #OneWelfare

Unhousing the Norm: Disability, Pets, and the Politics of Home Presenter: Anita Franklin, PhD Candidate, Flinders University

Register for our webinar with Anita Franklin on ‘Unhousing the Norm: Disability, Pets, and the Politics of Home.’ Recordings available. FREE for SCAS members & small fee (£6.13) for non-members. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1866276787...
#HumanAnimalBond #CompanionAnimal #Disability #PetFriendlyHousing

Please note this event is actually 12 November (not 26 November as previously listed). Sorry for any confusion. Recordings available to all registered participants. Free registration for SCAS members!! (join SCAS now to claim this offer). www.scas.org.uk

YouTube video by SCAS SCAS Webinar May 2025

Watch the recording of Professor Carri Westgarth's SCAS webinar about the development and use of the BSAVA Ageing Canine Toolkit here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SElO...

The Influence of Cognitive Vulnerabilities and Attributions of Animal Sentience on Willingness to Own Pets The biophilia hypothesis proposes that humans have an innate emotional connection with other living organisms. Willingness to own (WTO) animals as pets could thus be explained by anthropomorphic at...

‼️New Research ‼️

In this new article, Dr. Denise Dillon and colleagues at @jcuofficial.bsky.social assess how fear and affect influence our willingness to own different species of pets.

#humananimalinteraction #anthrozoology #research #animalsentience

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Episode 46 - Altamush Saeed: Interspecies Justice, Animals in Islam, and Disaster Relief, pt 2/2 In this episode, we continue our conversation with Altamush Saeed, an interspecies justice lawyer, educator, and nonprofit leader redefining how Pakistan prepares for and responds to crises. From liv...

we continue our conversation with Altamush Saeed, an interspecies justice lawyer, educator, & nonprofit leader exploring how Pakistan prepares for & responds to crises.
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#AnimalLaw #InterspeciesJustice #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies #AnimalStudies

Another wonderful anthrozoology conference (+ free & online) with a great group of likeminded individuals. It is not recorded, but the organisers contact email is on the website if you are interested in joining. anthrozoology.acadiasi.org/2025-3/

AIP2025 Conference - YouTube Thank you to all our organisers, supporters, chairs, presenters, workshop hosts, and participants for coming together as a community and making AIP2025 a suc...

Watch the recording here:
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Home - Anthrozoology as International Practice Conference Welcome to Anthrozoology as International Practice   Announcing the AIP2025 Awards! Thanks to support from a Wenner-Gren Foundation Conference Grant, we were able to offer monetary prizes for several ...

We are delighted to announce the #AIP2025 award winners! The selection criteria were based on both delivery and alignment with our ethos. Well done to Ave, Maria, Natalie, Victoria, Danial, and Marilyn.
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#Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies #AnimalStudies