The Peter Stratton Memorial Lecture is annual event hosted by the UBC Animal Welfare Program and sponsored by the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada (AWFC).

The 2012 Stratton Lecture is by Dr. H.R. (Becky) Whay, Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Behaviour, Veterinary School, University of Bristol, UK.

The title of Dr Whay’s talk is "Improving the lives of working horses (and their owners) in the developing world".

Dr Whay’s research focuses on methods of animal welfare assessment and improvement, and has included conducting welfare assessments of cattle, laying hens and pigs for the RSPCA and initiating projects such as a dairy cattle lameness initiative to provide targeted welfare improvement. Dr Whay has also been working in collaboration with the Brooke Hospital for Animals, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Send a Cow on a number of projects aimed at facilitating welfare improvement among working equines and production animals in developing countries.

The 2012 Stratton Memorial Lecture is Monday, March 5 at 5pm in Lecture Theatre 166, H.R.MacMillan Building, 2357 Main Mall, UBC, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4.

This a free, public event. For more details e-mail animal.welfare@ubc.ca

Download event poster here