2016 Animal Matters Series Lectures
Changing Perspectives on Rehoming and Retention of Dogs and Cats: Keeping Fluffy Home
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
noon-1pm, Varis Lecture Hall, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton
Margaret R. Slater, DVM, PhD
Senior Director of Veterinary Epidemiology
Research & Development
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
If you are unable to join us in person, join us remotely!
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Members of the public are invited to this free seminar.
Made possible by the generous support of:
Elizabeth A. Lawrence Endowed Fund
The Power of Entangled Empathy, and its Challenges
Present with Tufts Student Association for Veterinary Ethics (SAVE)
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
noon-1pm, Varis Lecture Hall,
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton
Lori Gruen, PhD
William Griffin Professor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University
Made possible by the generous support of:
Elizabeth A. Lawrence Endowed Fund
Search and Rescue Dogs: Veterinarians, the Rise of the Working Dog, and the Human-Animal Bond
Presented with Cummings School’s Veterinary Disaster Response Club
Thursday, April 14, 2016
at 12-1pm, Varis Lecture Hall,
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton
Lori E. Gordon, DVM
Urban Search and Rescue, Massachusetts Task Force 1,
Owner, Veterinary Surgical Care in Atkinson, NH
Made possible by the generous support of:
Elizabeth A. Lawrence Endowed Fund
The Healing Power of Pets: Fact, Fiction or Somewhere In Between?
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
noon-1pm, Varis Lecture Hall, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton
Hal Herzog, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Western Carolina University
Made possible by the generous support of:
Elizabeth A. Lawrence Endowed Fund
Farmed Animal Welfare: Changing Laws, Changing Public Perceptions and the Massachusetts Ballot Initiative
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Noon-1pm, Varis Lecture Hall
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton
David J. Wolfson, J.D.
Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Law
Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
David J. Wolfson is a partner in the Global Corporate Department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, and an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Law where he teaches a seminar in Animal Law, and NYU where he teaches animal protection and public policy to undergraduates as part of the Animal Studies Initiative at NYU. He has also taught animal law at Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School, and will be teaching a Farmed Animal Law class at Harvard Law School in the Fall of 2016. He is a graduate of Columbia School of Law where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is the author of a number of articles on animal law, with a focus on farmed animal issues, and was involved in ballot initiatives on farmed animal issues in Florida, Arizona and California. He currently represents The Humane Society of the United States, Compassion in World Farming and Mercy For Animals, among other public interest organizations.
Made possible by the generous support of: Elizabeth A. Lawrence Endowed Fund