Portrait of Bergljot Børresen on radio program Ekko

On the Norwegian radio program Ekko (NRK P2) this Saturday, May 2nd, a portrait of Bergljot Børresen was aired, after she received the Minding Animals award 2015 (see blog post) - a fact that was mentioned in the program.

See also the webpage of Minding Animals Norway (post about the award here, in Norwegian).

MA press release composed and distributed

This night I composed and distributed a press release from Minding Animals Norway, announcing that Bergljot Børresen was given the Minding Animals Norway Award 2015 at Dyreverndagen (the Norwegian Animal Protection Day). Cf. also yesterday´s post.

Minding Animals Award 2015 to Bergljot Børresen

On Saturday March 21st, during Dyreverndagen (the Norwegian Animal Protection Day) at DogA in Oslo, the Norwegian Minding Animals Award 2015 was presented. Being the Chair of Minding Animals Norway, I was presenting the award on behalf of the jury. The prize, which consisted of an artwork by Ksenia Aksenova and a diploma, was awarded to Bergljot Børresen, a Norwegian veterinarian who has written extensively about human-animal relations, particularly on domestic animals, and challenged anthropocentric notions. The prize was received by Marianne Melgaard on Børresen´s behalf.

Børresen has published e.g. on Gyldendal (see author page).