What does positive animal welfare mean to you? What are animal flourishing and animal happiness, and can we achieve these in current farming systems?

Our first guest is Dr Laura Webb, Assistant Professor at Wageningen University and Vice Chair of the LIFT COST Action.

In this episode, Laura shares insights from her work in using concepts from positive psychology to inform animal welfare, and how working with different species like insects can help us rethink our understanding of other animals.

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:00:47) LIFT backstory

(00:01:57) Positive animal welfare (PAW) definition and flourishing

(00:04:23) PAW vs animal welfare

(00:06:10) Timescale of PAW

(00:09:43) Affect balance

(00:13:07) Individual differences

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