Tuesday, 3rd July The International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ): 27th Annual Conference 2018

Light Breakfast available between 7:30 am and 8:40 am

Includes: Tea/coffee/juice/pastry

Welcome to Country

ISAZ2018 Organisers welcome and housekeeping (Anthony Podberscek)

CPC Director (Prof. Steve Simpson) welcome

ISAZ President (Cheryl A. Krause-Parello) welcome

Platinum sponsor (Mars/WALTHAM) welcome

• Sniffing solutions to enhance koala conservation. - Romane Cristescu

• Managing human-wildlife interactions: conflicts and communication. - Neil Jordan

• Social rivalry triggers visual attention in children with autism spectrum disorders during sessions of animal-assisted intervention. - Marine Grandgeorge
• Animal assisted intervention in pediatric dentistry for children with dental fear and anxiety. - Minal Kavishwar
• The effect of an animal-assisted intervention on biological stress indicators in children undergoing forensic interview for child sexual abuse allegations. - Cheryl A Krause-Parello

• Zoo visitor attitudes towards little penguins.  - Samantha J Chiew
• Tigers and elephants are people too! The effects of forest loss and international poaching on relations between Bateks and keystone species in Malaysia. - Ivan Tacey
• Human-Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) co-existence in Jhalana Nature Reserve (JNR), Jaipur, North West India. - Swapnil Kumbhojkar

• Translating the animal in literature: How can the language employed in literature affect the interpretation and perception of nonhuman animals? - Katherine FitzHywel
• Animated animal nativity tales. - Emily Plec
• Lingering perceptions of non-human animals as property and toys: The role of animated media. - Vicki E Hutton

• Veterinarians, veterinary nurses and anthrozoology. - Anthony Podberscek, Patrick Flynn, Anne Fawcett, Imke Tammen and Paul McGreevy

• The influence of interaction with a dog on mood, anxiety, and arousal in children. - Angela Matijczak
• In the eye of the parent: The potential of dogs to improve the acceptability of trauma-focused therapies for sexually abused children.   - Tania Signal

• The scale and impact of wildlife rehabilitation on the West-European hedgehog (Erinaceus europeaus). - Lucy E. Bearman-Brown
• Human-macaque conflict in Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP), Philippines. - Lief Erikson D Gamalo

• What’s in a (pet) name? - Bradley P Smith
• The life of the author: sentience, creativity, and agency in the animal before the law. - Johanna Gibson

Quadrangle – Animal-themed tunes will be played on the University Carillon from 1:00PM - 1:45PM

ANIMALIA PROGRAM - Amy Johansen, University Organist and Carillonist

Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo | Eric Jupp (1922-2003)

All creatures great and small | English Folksong

Born Free | Johrn Barry (1933-2011)

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer | Johnny Marks (1909-1985)

How much is that doggie in the window? | Bob Merrill (1921-1998)

The lion sleeps tonight | Salomon Linda (1909-1962)

Theme from Black Beauty | Denis King (b. 1939)

Hakuna Matata from The Lion King | Elton John (b. 1947)

Beauty & the Beast| Alan Menken (b. 1949)

Alley Cat | Bent Fabric 

Tie me Kangaroo down, sport | Rolgf Harris (b. 1930)

Eye at the tiger | Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik 

Hungry like the wolf | Duran Duran

Everybody wants to be a cat | Floyd Huddleston (1918–1991)

The Bare Necessities form The Jungle Book | Terry Gilkyson (1916-1999)

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• Four year longitudinal study of the relationship between pet ownership, internalizing symptoms, and social support in a cohort of college students. - Sandra B Barker
• Effect of pet interaction on stress reduction and positive mood enhancement among pet-owners and non-owners. - Aliya Khalid

• Gender differences in Mauritanian children’s anthrozooic attitudes. - Stephen Albone
• Why Diapers for dogs sell well in Japan?: Research on nursing homes for elderly dogs and cats in Japan. - Noriko Niijima

• IAHAIO Symposium: Perspectives on Bridging the Gap between Researchers and Practitioners in HAI: Current Challenges and Future Pathways in Animal-Assisted Interventions. - Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers and Brinda Jegatheesan

• Human-wildlife conflict: Rebuilding conscious co-existence. - Bradley Smith, Neil Jordan, Cathy Herbert, Alex Mayers and Casey O'Brien

• Does pet ownership affect how well Vietnamese people adjust to living in Australia? - Dac Loc Mai
• Dog owners are more likely to meet physical activity guidelines. - Carri Westgarth

• The politics of private pig slaughter in northern Romania. - Alexandra Onofrei
• Bird narratives of Polynesia: a study of human–bird interactions through the analysis of traditional Polynesian stories.    - Raphael Richter-Gravier
• Utilising participatory reflection and action to facilitate rabies awareness in a rural community in South Africa. - Quixi Sonntag

• Cultural connections: Understanding the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and animals, and the implications for delivery of dog health and community wellbeing programs in these communities. - Ted Donelan and Christine Ross

• Veterinarian attitudes and behaviours to prepubertal desexing in the Australian Capital Territory  - Bronwyn Orr
• Incidence of health and behavior problems in service dog candidates neutered at various ages. - Marta Zlotnick

• Compassion fatigue in people who care for animals: An investigation of risk and protective factors. - Pauleen C Bennett
• A review of roadkill rescue: who cares for the mental, physical and financial welfare of Australian wildlife carers? - Bruce Englefield

• The shepherd as a model for human–animal interaction on small farms. - Philip Marriott
• Farmer attitudes and its relationship with sheep welfare. - Carolina A Munoz

• From playing frog baseball to anthropomorphizing them: searching for predictors in human–animal interactions that went wrong; a systematic review. - Lisa Emmett
• Does successful participation in activities with a dog during a nursing home visit affect the subjective assessment of the residents’ experience? - Karen Thodberg

Emily Kieson
Equine-human interactions in therapy: A lack of research in horse-human bonding abs# 230

Melissa Laing
Social work with vulnerable groups and their companion animals abs# 232

Tomoha Mikayama
The effects of animal-assisted interventions using dogs on first-year university students in Japan abs# 235

Rachel Yerbury
Human-dolphin interactions: Relationships, connections and the reinforcement of an ongoing nature relationship abs# 255

The posters will be relocated to the Kookaburra Room for Wednesday and Thursday of the conference.

• The influence of an animal assisted therapy-mindfulness based intervention on anxiety in college students. - W. Leigh Atherton
• Attitudes of residents to feral wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Forest of Dean, England. - Lucy Bearman-brown
• Animals on prescription the effect of animal handling sessions on student wellbeing. - Lucy Bearman-Brown
• Considering Canines - The role of regulation in producing companions not commodities. - Simone A Blackman
• The development of a unique multidisciplinary service combining occupational therapy with existing equine therapeutic practices, showing improved outcomes in children between 2 and 18 years of age with a diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder. - Terri Brosnan
• Dog rescue journeys in Romania as flows within a system: a schematic approach. - Chris Calvert
• Do you see what I see? Subjective assessment of nursing home visits with and without dogs by visitors and observers. - Janne W Christensen
• Pet demographic data analysis in a social survey in Korea. - Myung Sun Chun
• Sit stay support dogs in court. - Kristy Donaldson
• Distract more – Ruminate less! Coping strategies in female vets. - Lisa Emmett
• Animal stories - learning with animals. - Maija Esko
• The painted dog (African wild dog); Painted into a corner. - Naroa Etxebarria
• Isolating the role of the animal: Experimental investigation of species in animal-assisted intervention. - Angela Fournier
• Dying before your pet: A legal literature review. - Monica Anne Hamilton-Bruce
• Animal assisted education - or just "hygge"-dogs – in Danish primary schools. - Tia Gitte Bondesen Hansen
• Dealing with a canine companion’s most disgusting behavior: dogs eating stools of other dogs or their own. - Benjamin L Hart
• Dogs placed by ADI or IGDF accredited facilities in North America and non-accredited U.S. facilities emphasizing history and roles. - Lynette A Hart
• Psychological and behavioural disorders in ex-pet Capuchin monkeys: should primates be kept as pets? - Roxanne Hawkins
• Interactions between Singapore’s wild smooth-coated otters and people. - Mei-Mei Heng Yee Tan
• Factors predicting whether Australian cat owners keep their cat indoors: A Theory of planned behaviour study. - Tiffani J Howell
• Human-monkey conflicts in the Shoushan National Nature Park, Taiwan. - Minna J Hsu
• The behavioural and working impacts of changing a dog’s handler. - La Toya Jamieson
• The effects of animal-assisted activities on college students before and after a final exam. - JoAnn Jarolmen
• Animal affiliations, martin houses, and the making of backyard conservationists. - Lori L. Jervis
• Can attitudes towards Atlantic marine mammal species conservation be manipulated? - Erin Jones
• Canine-assisted therapy in adolescent mental health treatment – Current perspectives and future directions. - Melanie G Jones
• Social Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Effects of Animal Assisted Therapy. - Karen S Jove
• Ambivalent Responses of Pet Owners to the Animal Rescue Volunteers in Fukushima, Japan. - Hazuki Kajiwara
• Equine-human interactions in therapy:  A lack of research in horse-human bonding. - Emily Kieson
• Does the flight response to human resemble between cow and calf? - Daisuke Kohari
• Social work with vulnerable groups and their companion animals. - Melissa Laing
• Examining the role of metaphor in animal-assisted learning: Human-horse interaction in eagala-model EAP. - Elizabeth Letson, MS, LPCC
• Parent and child perspectives on child-dog physical activity programs and the child-dog relationship. - Deborah E Linder
• Contextualizing children’s maltreatment of companion animals in violent households: learning from children’s explanations of their behavior. - Shelby E McDonald
• Public attitudes to animal sentience and welfare. - Alan G McElligott
• The effects of animal-assisted interventions using dogs on first-year university students in Japan. - Tomoha Mikayama
• Association between population of free-roaming cats and implementation status of subsidy project for neutering by local government in an urban city area in Tokyo. - Kana Mitsui
• Efficacy of trap-neuter-return (TNR) on population control, complaints and welfare of free-roaming cats. - Mitsue Motomura
• Native or nuisance? Landholder perceptions of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons). - Casey O'Brien
• Investigating performance on the Kong test with domestic dogs. - Tania C Plueckhahn
• Training volunteer dog-owner teams to detect conservation targets - Nicholas J Rutter
• Giving and receiving on the street an ethnography of greyhound street collections in South Wales UK. - Kerry Sands
• Current standards and practices within the therapy dog industry: Results of a randomized survey of US therapy dog organizations. - James A Serpell
• Vegan pets exploring the discourses and motivations behind plant based companion animal diets. - Emily Stone
• Children’s mental state talk about companion animals: associations with gender and empathy. - Christine y Tardif-Williams
• Critical review of the potential influence of animal-assisted interventions on development of executive functioning. - Deanna L Tepper
• How does a handler affect a participant in an activity with an animal. - Asami Tsuchida
• Canine-Assisted work in child welfare in Finland. - Vilja Vähä-Aho
• Imported rescue dogs: Reasons, methods and welfare. - Carri Westgarth
• A behavioural methodology evaluation of Human-Animal-Relationship assessments in zoos. - Katherine Whitehouse-Tedd
• Perceptions of dog breeding practices, breeding dog welfare and companion dog acquisition in a self-selected sample of Australian adults. - Jessica K Woodhead
• Influence of dog ownership on physical activity and social interaction of children attending special schools. - Mariko Yamamoto
• Human-dolphin interactions: Relationships, connections and the reinforcement of an ongoing nature relationship. - Rachel Yerbury
• Animal Abuse and Cruelty in daily life. - Silke Zeller