Insect Welfare in Farmed, Wild, and Research Contexts

Organizer(s)

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  Bob Fischer

  Associate Professor
  Philosophy
  Texas State University
  San Marcos, Texas
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  Meghan Barrett

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Biology
  California State University
  Pasadena, California

Insects are managed in farmed, research, and wild contexts, but their welfare is rarely considered. Philosophers, welfare scientists, entomologists, and industry professionals will share different perspectives on insect welfare challenges in a variety of contexts, as well as policy implications.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM PT

  Extending standard approaches in animal welfare science to insects
  

  Presenting Author: Bob Fischer – Texas State University
• 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM PT

  Welfare considerations for farming black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): A model for the insects as food and feed industry
  

  Presenting Author: Meghan Barrett – California State University

  Co-author: Shaphan Yong Chia – Wageningen University

  Co-author: Bob Fischer – Texas State University

  Co-author: Jeffery K. Tomberlin – Texas A&M University
• 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  Ethical use of insect bycatch
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan E. Christman – The Ohio State University

  Co-author: Lori Spears – Utah State University

  Co-author: Ricardo Ramirez – Utah State University

  Co-author: James P. Strange (he/him/his) – Ohio State University
• 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM PT

  Break
• 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM PT

  The benefits of integrating insect welfare standards into research programs and protocols: Neuroethological and conservation perspectives
  

  Presenting Author: R. Keating Godfrey – University of Florida

  Co-author: Chelsea Skojec – University of Florida
• 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM PT

  Bee sentience and its welfare implications
  

  Presenting Author: Lars Chittka – Queen Mary University of London

  Co-author: Matilda Gibbons – Queen Mary University of London

  Co-author: Cwyn Solvi – Queen Mary University of London
• 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT

  Hindsight is 20/20: What entomologists can learn from the field of fish welfare
  

  Presenting Author: Leigh P. Gaffney (she/her/hers) – University of Victoria

  Co-author: J. Michelle Lavery – University of Guelph
• 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM PT

  Insect sentience and policy implications
  

  Presenting Author: Heather Browning – University of Southampton