Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk titled "Taking Feline Well-Being Seriously" at the Cat/People Symposium at Southern Methodist University. In this talk, Abbate argued that promoting animal well-being (human and nonhuman, felines included) involves more than just promoting happiness; it also involves treating and viewing animals in ways that acknowledge and respect their inherent value and species-normal capacities. This implies that animals, felines included, can be subject to dignity harms, such as when they are instrumentalized or misrepresented in literature, art, and every-day conversation.