International Society for Applied Ethology
TheInternational Society for Applied Ethologyis the leadingnon-profitprofessional organizationfor academics and scientists interested in the behaviour andwelfareof confined or domesticated animals, includingcompanion,farm,laboratoryandzooanimalspecies.
The Society was created inEdinburghin 1966, as the Society for Veterinary Ethology (SVE). It rapidly expanded to cover all applied aspects ofEthologyand otherBehavioural Sciences,which are relevant to manyhuman-animal interactions,such as farming, wildlife management, the keeping of companion and laboratory animals, and the control of pests. The Society also quickly became increasingly international: it now has a federal, international structure as well as regional representatives around the world. In 1991, on the 25th anniversary of the SVE, the society was renamed the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE). At the International Congress that year a paper was presented by Carol Petherick and Ian Duncan entitled "The Society for Veterinary Ethology 1966-1991 the 25th Anniversary Review".[1]
Administration of the Society is the responsibility of a Council. The council also provides technical evidence on topics relating to animal behaviour and animal welfare during the committee stages of government legislation, for example, by discussion with groups such as the UK'sFarm Animal Welfare Council.TheEuropean Parliamentand theCouncil of Europealso consult council on such matters.
The membership is drawn from all areas of the world and is divided into 11 regions based on geography. ISAE encourages academic activity within the regions, including support of regional meetings, and also holds an annualCongressbased, in alternate years, inEuropeand elsewhere in the world. The 50th Anniversary Congress was held back inEdinburghin July 2016 and commemorated with the publication of the book "Animals and Us: 50 Years and More of Applied Ethology."[2]The congress was not held in 2020 due to COVID and was hosted virtually in 2021. In 2022 the congress took place in North Macedonia.[3]
ISAE's officialscientific journalisApplied Animal Behaviour Science(AABS),[4]a monthly publication, originally established asApplied Animal Ethologyin 1974. AABS continues to be published byElsevier.
Honorary Fellows of the society includeRuth Harrison,Donald BroomandMichael C. Appleby.[5]Another notable member isTemple Grandin.
References
[edit]- ^SVE 25th Anniversary ReviewAccessed 31 Aug 2011
- ^Animals and Us at Wageningen Academic PressAccessed 10 Feb 2017
- ^ISAE 2022 ProceedingsAccessed 15 Jan 2024
- ^AABS HomepageAccessed 31 Aug 2011
- ^ISAE Honorary FellowsAccessed 31 Aug 2011
