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Dr Paola Sobbrio, PhD

19th April 2019

Paola Sobbrio has a degree in Law, a PhD in Animal Welfare and Protection in EEC countries. Her PhD thesis focused on the ethical and legal aspects of xenotransplantation. Paola participated in the European project “Xenome”. In the last eighteen years, she has been teaching courses in legislation bioethics and biotechnology in several Italian universities. Paola held several seminars on animal law and bioethics and has participated as a speaker in various conferences concerning the relationship between law, ethics and animals. She is author of many scientific publications on these subjects. The following is a selected list of her most recent contributions: The relationship between Humans and other animals in European animal welfare legislation; Xenotransplantation and Human Rights; An overview of the role of society and risk in xenotransplantation (with Maria Jorquì); translation from American to Italian of the Melanie Joy book Why we love dogs, eat pigs and wear cows (with Alma Massaro); Translation from American to Italian of the Peter Singer book: The most good you can do. How effective altruism is changing ideas about living ethically; and  Gli animali da produzione alimentare come esseri senzienti: considerazioni giuridiche e veterinarie (with Michela Pettorali).