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A key aspect of the Inaugural Minding Animals Conference was the Protecting the Animals Seminar Series. The Seminars was run by animal advocacy and environmental organisations. The seminars considered such varied topics as protecting marine mammals, moon bears and kangaroos, the commercialisation of wildlife, animal advocacy, veterinary practices, and animals and the law.
The Seminar Series was designed to increase the dialogue between environmental and animal groups, and with the academy, something that has been lacking and at times has led to tension at the expense of animals.
Seminars ran for one hour. They took the form of a lecture, a panel discussion, a general forum for discussion, or an interactive workshop. Participating groups also had access to a display table for the duration of the conference and an approved complimentary satchel insert.
Participating Groups
AAHR (Australian Association for Humane Research Inc.)
ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society)
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Group Leader
Louis Ng, Founder & Executive Director, ACRES, Singapore
"The Art of Campaigning - Getting the Most out of your Campaigns" |
Animals Asia Foundation
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Group Leader
Jill Robinson MBE, Founder & CEO, Animals Asia Foundation, China
"Minding Bears, Dogs and Cats in Asia" |
Animal Liberation NSW
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Group Leader
Lynda Stoner, Communications Manager for Animal Liberation, NSW, Australia
"Advocacy for all animals and the environmentalist policy to exterminate wild feral animals"
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Animals Australia
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Group Leader
Glenys Oogjes, Executive Director, Animals Australia, Australia
"Farming: Exploitation of Sentient Animals for Meat" |
Animal Welfare Institute and Project Coyote (a project of Earth Island Institute)
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Group Leader
Camilla Fox, Animal Welfare Institute and Founding Director, Project Coyote, USA (with Marc Bekoff, Project Coyote Board Member)
"Integrating Values and Ethics into Wildlife Policy and Management - Lessons from North America"
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Animal Welfare League of QLD
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Group Leader
Joy Verrinder, Strategic Development Officer, Animal Welfare League of Queensland, Australia
"Key Actions and Developments in Ending Pet Overpopulation in Australia" |
AVA (Australian Veterinary Association)
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Group Leader
Dr Kevin Doyle, National Veterinary Director, Australian Veterinary Association, Australia
"Using Veterinarians to achieve better outcomes in Animal Welfare" |
Compassion in World Farming
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Group Leader
Carole de Fraga, Australian Regional Representative, Compassion in World Farming, United Kingdom
"Agriculture and Climate Change: how are we to protect animals and the environment?" |
Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project
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Group Leader
Paula Lewis, Former Project Director, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, USA
"Restoring the Balance: Bringing Wolves Home to the Grand Canyon" |
HSI (Humane Society International)
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Group Leader
Nicola Beynon, Senior Program Manager - Wildlife and Habitats, Humane Society International, Australia
"A Campaign Perspective from Humane Society International"
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Invasive Animals CRC
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Group Leader
Tony Peacock, Chief Executive, Invasive Animals CRC, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia
"Role of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre"
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MAWA Trust
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Group Leader
Professor Anne Keogh, Trustee and Board Member, Professor of Medicine, University of NSW, Australia (with Ms Sharyn Watson, Dr Andrew Knight and Dr Brett Lidbury) "The MAWA Trust Initiatives and Non-Animal Methodologies within Biomedical Research"
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SAFE NZ
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Group Leader
Hans Kriek, Campaigns Director of SAFE (Save the Animals from Exploitation NZ), New Zealand (with Ms Nichola Kriek and Ms Tanja Schwalm)
"Mainstreaming animal rights: Campaigning for animal rights in an animal welfare world"
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Voiceless
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Group Leader
Ondine Sherman, Voiceless, Australia
"Lifting the Veil of Secrecy on Factory Farming"
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The Wildlife Trust of India
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Group Leader
Vivek Menon, Wildlife Trust of India, Uttar Pradesh, India
"10 years of Conservation Action - the story of the Wildlife Trust of India"
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WLPA (World League for the Protection of Animals)
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Group Leader
Dr Teresa Buss-Carden, WLPA Committee Member, Australia
"Kangaroo - 'Protected' Wildlife Betrayed" and "Free Living Cat Colonies – Part of the Cityscape. Tolerant Co-existence"
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Protecting the Animals Seminar Series 
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