Prof. Dr. Maria José Hötzel is a Full Professor of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), where she develops teaching, research and extension activities in the area of applied ethology and animal welfare. She works in the Department of Animal Science and Rural Development and in the Graduate Program in Agroecosystems, and collaborates with national and international scientists. She is a PQ-1A fellow at CNPq, where she participated in two research groups: Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare Laboratory – LETA and One Health UFSC. She has an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and a PhD at the University of Western Australia. Her work aims at investigating the development of sustainable agroecosystems, through the understanding and improvement of animal welfare, considering the various ethical, environmental, social and economic implications of practices and breeding and animal production systems. Letícia B. Nogueira is a veterinarian pursuing a PhD in agroecosystems at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, with a focus on applying a "One Health/Welfare" framework to assess the ongoing changes of animal production systems. She is motivated to find ways to promote a harmonic coexistence between living beings and their environment, viewing the food chain as a core point to work on. Her research interests include human-animal relationships, animal ethics, animal-environment dynam