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Cyprus Mental Health Institute Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology 1302-7840 2667-8225 6 3 Turkish 6 N N Y 2024 09 25 Full Length Paper A New Perspective on Animal-Human Relationship: Traditional Review on Veterinary Social Work> Turkish Y 285 290 Seda Topgül Turkish Akdeniz University, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Department of Social Work, Manavgat/Antalya Turkey sedatopgul@akdeniz.edu.tr N 0000-0003-1649-1732 Emre Kol Turkish Turkey ekol@anadolu.edu.tr Y 0000-0002-3242-6925 Okan Beytaş Turkish Turkey okanbeyts@gmail.com N 0000-0001-9996-2370 10.35365/ctjpp.24.3.11 This study is one of the few conducted in our country on veterinary social work, a new field that intersects the profession of social work and veterinary medicine, providing a new perspective on human-animal interaction. The motivation of this study was to reflect the effects of animals, as “living beings”, on sensitive groups in the light of conducted studies while trying to shift the perception of animals being considered as Metas. This study discusses the conceptual framework of veterinary social work and its relationship with social work. This study also presents a general framework regarding the ethical issues of animal use in the field of social work. For this purpose, the study was carried out using the traditional review method. With the approach of individuals and their environment, social work has considered the environment in the context of people, human groups and systems, rather than the individual-nature or individual-animal relationships. However, anthropocentrism or the automatic privilege of human interests over all other animals, that is destroying the environment, reproduces social inequality not only between species but also between people. Change is a constant component of social work; therefore, the social work of the future does not have to be anthropocentric. Accordingly, animal-assisted interventions are expected to be covered to a further extent in the mainstream discussions of social work. In conclusion, this study aims to draw attention to the conjunction of veterinary and social work. English Veterinary Social Work, Animal-Human Relationship, Animal Assisted Interactions. https://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/11-A-New-Perspective-on-Animal-Human-Relationship_Traditional-Review-on-Veterinary-Social-Work.pdf https://www.ktppdergisi.com/a-new-perspective-on-animal-human-relationship-traditional-review-on-veterinary-social-work_abstract/?lang=en https://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/11-A-New-Perspective-on-Animal-Human-Relationship_Traditional-Review-on-Veterinary-Social-Work.pdf Turkish References 285 290