“Here for the animals”: Observations from a conference on Veterinary Ethics
<p>Veterinary practitioners are routinely faced with ethical quandaries within their profession. At the recent <a href="https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/veterinaryethics2023/background" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Veterinary Ethics Conference in Vienna</a> from 27–29 September 2023, veterinary practitioners and ethicists grappled with challenges in teaching, practicing, and regulating the profession.</p>
<p>Arguably one of the key themes throughout the conference was a discussion as to what constituted veterinary ethics and the directions it should be heading. For <a href="https://ifro.ku.dk/english/staff/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2Fpeter-sandoee%281e8ff72f-573c-4453-9c10-e6e09658b1ed%29%2Fpublications.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Sandøe</a>, a researcher of animal welfare at the University of Copenhagen, veterinary ethics can best be thought of as both a form of applied ethics and a form of professional ethics. It is a growing field of study and a professional practice. However, what makes veterinary ethics distinctive is, Sandøe argues, that it shapes the professional identity. “We are” he says, “here for the animals.”</p>
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