Miss Heather Bacon
Welfare Education & Outreach Manager
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Using her veterinary skills and overseas experience (developed through her previous work with Animals Asia), Heather works with our partner organisations in India and China in providing animal welfare education and practical skills training to vets and veterinary undergraduates as well as to those responsible for animal care.
She has successfully run workshops in both China and India, and has worked hard to develop essential partnerships with the relevant local veterinary associations and NGO's, to further develop greater awareness, of the important role of the veterinarian, in promoting and advising on animal welfare in all industries.
Heather is also actively involved in both our post-graduate and undergraduate teaching here at the R(D)SVS, where students benefit from her international animal welfare experience and expertise.
Teaching
Heather is responsible for developing and coordinating the undergraduate veterinary animal welfare and ethics teaching, pluse course organisation and lecturing for some postgraduate courses in the MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law, MVetSci, and MSc clinical animal behaviour as well as lecturing on the MSc Applied Animal behaviour and welfare
Clinical Expertise and Specialisation
RCVS Advanced practitioner Zoological medicine
Responsibilities & affiliations
JMICAWE, Human ethical review committee
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Exploration of cultural norms and behavioural beliefs about zoo animal behaviour, welfare, ethics and husbandry practices in a sample of the international zoo community
In:
Zoo Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21749
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The Modern Zoo: Demographics and Perceptions of Two International Groups of Zoo Staff
In:
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg2040046
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
In:
Animals, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113090
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Is Animal Welfare an Internationally Understood Concept in the Zoo World?: Thematic Analysis of Two Regional Groups of Zoo Staff
In:
Animals, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11072059
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Prioritisation of animal welfare issues in the UK using expert consensus
In:
Veterinary Record
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105964
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Animal Welfare Worldwide, the Opinion of Practicing Veterinarians
(23 pages)
In:
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, pp. 1-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2020.1717340
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Prioritization of Farm Animal Welfare Issues Using Expert Consensus
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 6, pp. 495
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00495
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Rabbit welfare : determining priority welfare issues for pet rabbits using a modified Delphi method
In:
Veterinary Record Open
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreco-2019-000363
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Development of a Robust Canine Welfare Assessment Protocol for Use in Dog (Canis Familiaris) Catch-Neuter-Return (CNR) Programmes
In:
Animals, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9080564
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The recognition of canine pain behaviours, and potentially hazardous Catch-Neuter-Return practices by animal care professionals
(8 pages)
In:
Animal Welfare Journal, vol. 28, pp. 299-306
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.28.3.299
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published)