In Episode 116, Ben chats with Mel Trueblood-Stimpson of Ludar Animal Behavior.  We get into Mel's passion of decolonizing animal welfare while delving in their intersecting identities of being Roma, Indigenous, Jewish, Queer, Neurodivergent, Disabled, and Multilingual.    Continuing Education Credits (https://www.cbiconsultants.com/shop) BACB: 1.5 EthicsIBAO: 1.5 Cultural/EthicsQABA: 1.5 Ethics Contact: Ludar Animal Behavior https://ludaranimalbehavior.com/   Links: Interview with Dog at Heart Podcast #17 – Colonialism and Animal Welfare with Mel Trueblood-Stimpson https://dogatheart.co.uk/woofworks-17/   International Society for Applied Ethology https://www.applied-ethology.org/   World Roma Congress https://worldromacongress.org/   Articles: Bueno-Guerra N. (2021). Where Is Ethology Heading? An Invitation for Collective Metadisciplinary Discussion. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 11(9), 2520. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092520   Ethology Journal https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ethology/about