• Conference Presentations

  The results of the National Survey were presented at the following venues:

  “Ethical Analysis in One Health and Emergency Zoonotic Disease Preparedness: A US Perspective,” 8th Global One Health Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 20-23 September, 2024.

  “US Public Attitudes on Farm Animal Welfare During a Disease Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness,” Back to the future: Sustainable innovations for ethical food production and consumption, 2024 Congress of the European Society for Agriculture and Food Ethics (EurSafe), Ede, The Netherlands, September 11-14, 2024 (with Pedro Cerquiera).

  “WellAnimal – Promoting Farm Animal Welfare and Preparing for the Next Novel Pandemic: Applying Values- Aware Research and Better Science-Ethics Communication to Animal Agriculture and the New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) – Annual Report,” 2024 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)/AFRI Project Directors Meeting A1261, July 10-11, 2024 (with Pedro Cerquiera).
  
  The results of the Expert Panel focus groups were presented at the following venues:
  
  " Animal Disaster Management Decision-Making: Applying an Animal Welfare Science-Ethics Guided Framework within One Health,” 4th FSVO/UFAW Symposium - Humanely ending the lives of animals, Bern, Switzerland, 6-7 March 2024 (with Andreia de Paula Vieira).

  “Emerging stronger from COVID: A Thematic Analysis of US Veterinarians’ Perspectives on Pandemic Preparedness, Animal Welfare and Ethics,” Veterinary Ethic Conference, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, scheduled 27-29 September 2023.
   
  “WellAnimal – Promoting Farm Animal Welfare and Preparing for the Next Novel Pandemic: Applying Values- Aware Research and Better Science-Ethics Communication to Animal Agriculture and the New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) – Annual Report,” 2023 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)/AFRI Project Directors Meeting A1261, May 20, 2023.

  “More-Than-Human-Solidarity: Expert Panel Results from the Wellanimal Project,” One Health Symposium: Zoonotic Pathogens in Alaska, University of Alaska Anchorage, 28 October, 2022.

   

  “Advancing Farm Animal Welfare and Preparing for the Next Novel Pandemic: A Preliminary Analysis,” 2022 Congress of the European Society for Agriculture and Food Ethics (EurSafe) - Transforming Food Systems: Ethics, Innovation and Responsibility, Edinburgh, September 7-10, 2022.

   
  “WellAnimal – Promoting Farm Animal Welfare and Preparing for the Next Novel Pandemic: Applying Values- Aware Research and Better Science-Ethics Communication to Animal Agriculture and the New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) – Annual Report,” 2022 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)/AFRI Virtual Project Directors Meeting A1261, August 16-17, 2022.

   

  “Peacebuilding through the Ethic of Sharing: Recalibrating Regenerative Relationships with Food Animals to Advance Food Security,” New Philosophical Work on Food Justice-Culinary Mind: Center for the Philosophy of Food, 2022 Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Athens, Georgia, 18-24 May, 2022.
• Related Publications

  Journal Publications

  • Millar, K. and Anthony, R. 2024. Examining moral stress and moral distress through the lens of non-human animal clinicians: Understanding challenges in animal healthcare systems-Peer Commentary, The American Journal of Bioethics, 24:12, 68-70, https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2416168.

  • Anthony, R., Miller, D.S., Hoenig, D.E., Millar, K.M., Goodwin, J., Dean, W.R., Grimm, H., Meijboom, F.L.M., Murphy, J., Persico Murphy, E., Scott, H.M., and De Paula Vieira, A. 2024. Incorporate ethics into US public health plans.Science 383,1066-1067. DOI:10.1126/science.adn7640.

   

  Proceedings

  • Anthony, R. 2023. “Emerging Stronger from COVID: A Thematic Analysis of US Veterinarians’ and Food Bioethicists’ Perspectives on Pandemic Preparedness, Animal Welfare and Ethics, Proceedings of the Veterinary Ethics Conference 2023, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, pp. 91-93.
  • Anthony, R. 2022. “Advancing Farm Animal Welfare and Preparing for the Next Novel Pandemic: A Preliminary Analysis,” 2022 Congress of the European Society for Agriculture and Food Ethics (EurSafe) - Transforming Food Systems: Ethics, Innovation and Responsibility.
  • Anthony, R. 2021. “The Eclipse of Sharing within Food Ethics: Unearthing Blind Spots during the Covid-19 Pandemic,” Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the European Society for Agriculture and Food Ethics (EurSafe) Justice and Food Security in a Changing Climate. University Wageningen Academic Publishers.

National Survey Results are Currently Being Analyzed

Key Objectives

1. Investigate subject expert and layperson concerns and perceptions towards animals and disease risk assessment during a novel pandemic.

2. Explore barriers to communication and sources of misinformation regarding animal health and welfare during a novel pandemic.

3. Lay the groundwork for the development of a collaborative agenda for values-aware practice and research for animal welfare science and ethics within One Health.

Primary Outcomes

1. Addressing how values and ethical assessment/decision-making can strengthen national pandemic plans and international and multidisciplinary collaborations to promote animal welfare

2. Providing insight on evaluating the impact of disasters on the livestock sector, public health, food safety and security and mechanisms of animal care and risk management in disasters.