Abstract: This presentation explores street-living feline welfare in Saudi Arabia. While many felines in Saudi Arabia are in human homes, a great number of cats live in the streets. This presentation frames the effects upon cats living and being abandoned on the streets, through the Five Animal Welfare Needs.

Abstract: The act of fishing for nonhuman-animal bodies for entertainment is an accepted and popular part of humananimal recreational tourist activities.This paper discussed how the anthropocentric attitudes of human-animal families completely dismiss the trauma brought upon their nonhuman-animal targets.

Abstract The relatively new academic discipline of anthrozoology adopts, adapts, and devises new methodological approaches to address questions concerning interactions between humans and other animals. Anthrozoology is inherently multi-disciplinary (encompassing methods and theories from more than one discipline) because the first generation of researchers were trained in a range of traditional disciplines, including anthropology, ethnology, sociology, psychology, ethology, biology, and zoology. Exeter is the first university in the world to establish an Anthrozoology PhD programme, with the first doctorate being awarded in 2017. As researchers coordinate their efforts, research becomes more cross-disciplinary (drawing upon knowledge and insights from two or more disciplines). Interdisciplinary research involves an integrative and reciprocally interactive approach that leads to a new level of thinking within each discipline.

Abstract: Shark watching is a global business. However, what happens when shark watching operators fail to consider individual shark protection in the process of making money and entertaining guests? The global shark diving industry generated an estimate of 314 million USD across 20 countries in 2013 (Cisneros-Montemayor et al. 2013), with this ‘blue economy’ expecting to rise to twice that amount in by 2033. In 2020 at least 42 countries (Healy et al. 2020) and 500,000 divers (Topelko and Dearden 2005) took part in shark watching. Although shark protection due to this ‘blue’ economy is still difficult to monitor globally (Topelko and Dearden 2005), shark watching has contributed to their increased shielding from anthropocentric killings (Topelko and Dearden 2005). However, what happens when shark watching operators fail to consider individual shark protection in the process of making money and entertaining guests?

Abstract: Much academic literature looks at domestic cats outside home environments through an anthropocentric lens, as objects categorised for human control purposes.  This paper, in line with EASE aim iii attempts to consider the perspective of cats through their experiences as street-living cats. This article questions how human-constructed cat categories fail to consider cat biographies, personalities, agencies ...

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Abstract: This presentation explores street-living feline welfare in Saudi Arabia. While many felines in Saudi Arabia are in human homes, a great number of cats live in the streets. This presentation frames the effects upon cats living and being abandoned on the streets, through the Five Animal Welfare Needs.