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Animal Rights Academy Free University Lecture Series Jan
Animal Rights Academy Free University lecture series Jan. 10– June 27, 2013 (6 months) *** 24 weeks of films and lectures and discussion in review Goals of this course/film, lecture series • To provide an opportunity for sustained reflection on AR issues • To remedy the absence of a course on AR philosophy in Toronto • To provide free education to the public • To encourage independent rational thought on controversial issues • To strengthen and broaden the local AR community • To provide an opportunity for local thinkers to disseminate their views Films shown • The Witness (must see, Youtube) • Peaceable Kingdom (must see) • Earthlings (must see) • The Call of Life (must see) • The Plague Dogs (animation, fiction, Youtube) • Ikiru (by Kurosawae, fiction) • Fantastic Planet (animation, fiction, Youtube) • The Superior Human (must see, Youtube) • Distrinct 9 (fiction) • I Am an Animal (about PETA, Youtube) • Project Nim • A Delicate Balance: Deep Trouble (fish) • The Rise of the Planet of the Apes (fiction) • Maximum Tolerated Dose (must see) • Cat City (feral cats) • Behind the Mask (must see) • The Mad Cowboy, (must see, Youtube) • Cave of Forgotten Dreams • Star Trek Voyager episode: Scientific Method • River of Waste (environment, Youtube) • Our Daily Bread (factory farm documentary, Youtube) • Vegucated (must see) • Bold Native (fiction, Youtube) • The Meatrix (short animation, Youtube) • The Stork is a Bird of War (short animation, Youtube) Films we did not see but should have • The Skin Trade (fur trade) • Lolita (about marine mammal captivity) • Moon Bear (Animals Asia) • The Ghosts in Our Machine (just came out) • The Animals Film (similar to Earthlings, Youtube) • Speciesism (not out yet) • Animals are not ours to eat (Peta) Films we did not see (cont’d) • How I Became an Elephant • Green: the Movie (online) • Sharkwater • The Cove • selected short videos on the theme of non- violence (e.g. -
Enacted and Vetoed State Laws Affecting Animals for the Year 2003
ENACTED AND VETOED STATE LAWS AFFECTING ANIMALS FOR THE YEAR 2003 The following list is a compilation of laws and resolutions that were passed by state legislatures in 2003 and then signed into law or vetoed. The list includes legislation that had a positive, negative, or neutral impact on animals. Please e-mail Julie Janovsky at [email protected] , to obtain a copy of these bills, or if you have any questions, additions or corrections to the list. ALABAMA H.B. 37 (Buskey) - Greyhound Euthanasia Requires that the only method allowed for euthanasia of greyhounds is by lethal injection and makes it a crime to remove greyhounds from the state for the purpose of euthanizing. Signed into law on 6/20/03. ALASKA H.B. 208 (Fate) & S.B. 155 (Seekins) - Airborne Shooting Allows the Department of Game and Fish to authorize a predator control program involving airborne or same day airborne shooting of wolves. Signed into law on 6/18/03 S.B. 147 (Green) - NWCO BILL Provides for licensing and regulating of nuisance wildlife control operators. Signed into law on 6/28/03. ARIZONA H.B. 2121 (Carruthers) - Dogs Changes the minimum age for a dog to be considered a stray from four months to three months, and adds an additional $10 to the $2 late payment fee for a dog license if more than a year late, or an additional $20 if more than 2 years late. Signed into law on 5/6/03. S.B. 1351 (Weiers) - Pet Trusts Creates trusts for pets. Signed into law on 5/12/03. -
Meat and Morality: Alternatives to Factory Farming
J Agric Environ Ethics (2010) 23:455–468 DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9226-x Meat and Morality: Alternatives to Factory Farming Evelyn B. Pluhar Accepted: 30 November 2009 / Published online: 18 December 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract Scientists have shown that the practice of factory farming is an increasingly urgent danger to human health, the environment, and nonhuman animal welfare. For all these reasons, moral agents must consider alternatives. Vegetarian food production, humane food animal farming, and in-vitro meat production are all explored from a variety of ethical perspectives, especially utilitarian and rights- based viewpoints, all in the light of current U.S. and European initiatives in the public and private sectors. It is concluded that vegetarianism and potentially in-vitro meat production are the best-justified options. Keywords Factory farming Á Humane farming Á In-vitro meat production Á Rights theory Á Utilitarianism Á Vegetarianism factory farming (FAK-tuh-ree FAHR-ming) noun: an industrialized system of producing meat, eggs, and milk in large-scale facilities where the animal is treated as a machine (Wordsmith 2008) After several years of receiving ‘‘A Word for the Day’’ from a dictionary service, the author was interested to see the above definition pop up in the email inbox. The timing was perhaps not coincidental. In spring 2008, the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production completed a two-year investigation of factory- farming practices in the United States. At the end of its 1,100-page report, the Commission recommended a ten-year timeline for the termination of the most intensive production techniques, including battery cages, gestation crates, and force- feeding birds to harvest their fatty livers for foie gras (Hunger Notes 2008). -
Animal People News
European Commission votes to ban dog &cat fur B R U S S E L S ––The European Commis- sion on November 20 adopted a proposal to ban the import, export, and sale of cat and dog fur throughout the European Union. “The draft regulation will now be considered by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers for adoption by the co- decision procedure,” explained the EC Asian dog. (Kim Bartlett) announcement. “There is evidence that cat and dog fur been found not just on clothing, but also on a is being placed on the European market, usually number of personal accessories, as well as chil- dren’s soft toys.” Asian rabbits. (Kim Bartlett) undeclared as such or disguised as synthetic and other types of fur,” the EC announcement sum- “Just the idea of young children playing marized. “The vast majority of the cat and dog with toys which have been made with dog and Olympics to showcase growing fur is believed to be imported from third coun- cat fur is really something we cannot accept,” tries, notably China.” European Consumer Protection Commissioner Fifteen of the 25 EU member nations Markos Kyprianou said. Chinese animal testing industry have already individually introduced legislation “Kyprianou stopped short of calling B E I J I N G ––The 2008 Olympic Glenn Rice, chief executive of Bridge against cat and dog fur. “The proposed regula- for every product containing fur to have a label Games in Beijing will showcase the fast- Pharmaceuticals Inc., is outsourcing the tion adopted today addresses EU citizens con- detailing its exact origin,” wrote London Times growing Chinese animal testing industry, work to China, where scientists are cheap cerns, and creates a harmonized approach,” the European correspondent David Charter, the official Xinhua news agency disclosed and plentiful and animal-rights activists are EC announcement stipulated. -
Framing Farming: Communication Strategies for Animal Rights Critical Animal Studies 2
Framing Farming: Communication Strategies for Animal Rights Critical Animal Studies 2 General Editors: Helena Pedersen, Stockholm University (Sweden) Vasile Stănescu, Mercer University (U.S.) Editorial Board: Stephen R.L. Clark, University of Liverpool (U.K.) Amy J. Fitzgerald, University of Windsor (Canada) Anthony J. Nocella, II, Hamline University (U.S.) John Sorenson, Brock University (Canada) Richard Twine, University of London and Edge Hill University (U.K.) Richard J. White, Sheffield Hallam University (U.K.) Framing Farming: Communication Strategies for Animal Rights Carrie P. Freeman Amsterdam - New York, NY 2014 Critical Animal Studies 2. Carrie P. Freeman, Framing Farming: Communication Strategies for Animal Rights. 1. Kim Socha, Women, Destruction, and the Avant-Garde. A Paradigm for Animal Liberation. This book is printed on recycled paper. Cover photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals The paper on which this book is printed meets the requirements of “ISO 9706:1994, Information and documentation - Paper for documents - Requirements for permanence”. ISBN: 978-90-420-3892-9 E-Book ISBN: 978-94-012-1174-1 © Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam – New York, NY 2014 Printed in The Netherlands Table of Contents List of Images 9 Foreword 11 Author’s perspective and background 11 Acknowledgements 14 Dedication 15 Chapter 1: Introduction 17 Themes and Theses in This Book 19 The Unique Contributions of This Book 20 Social Significance of Vegetarianism & Animal Rights 22 The Structure and Content of This Book 26 Word Choice 29 PART I OVERVIEW OF ANIMAL RIGHTS, VEGETARIANISM, AND COMMUNICATION Chapter 2: Ethical Views on Animals as Fellows & as Food 33 Development of Animal Activism in the United States 34 Western Thought on Other Animals 36 Western Vegetarian Ethics 43 Human Eating Habits 62 Chapter 3: Activist Communication Strategy & Debates 67 Communication and the Social Construction of Reality 68 Strategies for Social Movement Organizations 75 Ideological Framing Debates in U.S. -
AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition*
AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition* Members of the Panel on Euthanasia Steven Leary, DVM, DACLAM (Chair); Fidelis Pharmaceuticals, High Ridge, Missouri Wendy Underwood, DVM (Vice Chair); Indianapolis, Indiana Raymond Anthony, PhD (Ethicist); University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska Samuel Cartner, DVM, MPH, PhD, DACLAM (Lead, Laboratory Animals Working Group); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Temple Grandin, PhD (Lead, Physical Methods Working Group); Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Cheryl Greenacre, DVM, DABVP (Lead, Avian Working Group); University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee Sharon Gwaltney-Brant, DVM, PhD, DABVT, DABT (Lead, Noninhaled Agents Working Group); Veterinary Information Network, Mahomet, Illinois Mary Ann McCrackin, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACLAM (Lead, Companion Animals Working Group); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Robert Meyer, DVM, DACVAA (Lead, Inhaled Agents Working Group); Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi David Miller, DVM, PhD, DACZM, DACAW (Lead, Reptiles, Zoo and Wildlife Working Group); Loveland, Colorado Jan Shearer, DVM, MS, DACAW (Lead, Animals Farmed for Food and Fiber Working Group); Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Tracy Turner, DVM, MS, DACVS, DACVSMR (Lead, Equine Working Group); Turner Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Stillwater, Minnesota Roy Yanong, VMD (Lead, Aquatics Working Group); University of Florida, Ruskin, Florida AVMA Staff Consultants Cia L. Johnson, DVM, MS, MSc; Director, -
Report on Legislation by the Animal Law Committee A. 142
REPORT ON LEGISLATION BY THE ANIMAL LAW COMMITTEE A. 142 M. of A. L. Rosenthal AN ACT to amend the Education Law, in relation to animal hatching projects. THIS LEGISLATION IS APPROVED WITH A RECOMMENDATION I. SUMMARY OF PROPOSED LAW Assembly Bill No. 1421 would amend the Education Law to add a new paragraph 5 to subdivision c of section 809 to prohibit school districts, school principals, administrators, and teachers from requiring, permitting, or conducting a lesson or experimental study “using an animal in a hatching project in any such school or during any activity conducted under the auspices of such school whether or not the activity takes place on the premises of such school.” II. BACKGROUND A “hatching project” refers to an educational lesson in which fertilized chicken or duckling eggs are kept by students, usually in classroom incubators, to be hatched within one to four weeks. Teachers use school hatching projects as a way to teach students about life cycles of birds and embryonic development.2 Fertilized eggs for school hatching projects are sold, rented, or donated to schools from various sources, including some local offices of Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York,3 1 The full text of the bill, with accompanying memorandum, is available at https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/? default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A00142&term=&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y. (All websites last February 15, 2021.) 2 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County, Incubation & Embryology, http://westchester.cce.cornell.edu/4-h-youth-development/incubation-embryology. 3 E.g., Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Incubation & Embryology (Jan. -
The Brain That Changes Itself
The Brain That Changes Itself Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science NORMAN DOIDGE, M.D. For Eugene L. Goldberg, M.D., because you said you might like to read it Contents 1 A Woman Perpetually Falling . Rescued by the Man Who Discovered the Plasticity of Our Senses 2 Building Herself a Better Brain A Woman Labeled "Retarded" Discovers How to Heal Herself 3 Redesigning the Brain A Scientist Changes Brains to Sharpen Perception and Memory, Increase Speed of Thought, and Heal Learning Problems 4 Acquiring Tastes and Loves What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love 5 Midnight Resurrections Stroke Victims Learn to Move and Speak Again 6 Brain Lock Unlocked Using Plasticity to Stop Worries, OPsessions, Compulsions, and Bad Habits 7 Pain The Dark Side of Plasticity 8 Imagination How Thinking Makes It So 9 Turning Our Ghosts into Ancestors Psychoanalysis as a Neuroplastic Therapy 10 Rejuvenation The Discovery of the Neuronal Stem Cell and Lessons for Preserving Our Brains 11 More than the Sum of Her Parts A Woman Shows Us How Radically Plastic the Brain Can Be Appendix 1 The Culturally Modified Brain Appendix 2 Plasticity and the Idea of Progress Note to the Reader All the names of people who have undergone neuroplastic transformations are real, except in the few places indicated, and in the cases of children and their families. The Notes and References section at the end of the book includes comments on both the chapters and the appendices. Preface This book is about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself, as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together brought about these astonishing transformations. -
The Book Collection at the Veggie Center FAR from COMPLETE, THIS LIBRARY of VEGETARIAN SOURCES SHOWS the BREADTH of OUR CULTURE
2 WHAT YOU’LL FIND AT THE VEGETARIAN CENTER OF NYC: A RESOURCE GUIDE The Vegetarian Center is the If you’re a vegetarian, we’ve brightest jewel in VivaVegie’s got the answers! education and outreach crown. The Vegetarian Center of NYC is a unique clearinghouse for information. On a daily basis, it receives numerous The VivaVegie Society has a solid history of service to phone calls and walk-in visits from inquisitive people in- the vegetarian community. Since 1991 it has distributed terested in the vegetarian lifestyle. People are always tens of thousands of copies of its hallmark publication, grateful for what the center has to offer them, usually “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela free of charge. Rice. It has continuously published its journal, The Viva- Vine, for over 10 years. It has been tireless in its dedication This place is here for you. to creative and effective vegetarian street outreach. Hun- Today we vegetarians have a place to call home—a fa- dreds of people, and perhaps thousands, have adopted cility that is there strictly on our behalf. In the long run, the vegetarian lifestyle because of the efforts of the group. the center will grow into whatever the vegetarian com- VivaVegie’s proudest accomplishment, however, has munity of New York City decides it should be. VivaVegie been the opening of its Vegetarian Center. Here is a has laid a foundation. The challenge for us as a com- place that focuses on projecting the vegetarian point of munity is to come together and build this center into a view as its primary mission. -
Edward Taub ADDRESS: Department of Psychology 712 CPM University
CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: Edward Taub ADDRESS: Department of Psychology 712 CPM University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294-0018 Tel. No.: (205) 934-2471 Fax: (205) 975-6140 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION: B.A., Brooklyn College M.A., Columbia University Ph.D., New York University HONORS: 2012. The Estabrook Distinguished Research Scientist Award, Kessler Foundation. 2011, B.F. Skinner Lecture, Assoc. for Behavioral Analysis International (ABAI) President – Section J (Psychology), AAAS, 2009 CI therapy named by Soc. Neuroscience as 1 of 10 most exciting current lines of research in neuroscience (2005) Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology of the American Psychological Association (2004) CI therapy named by Soc. Neuroscience as 1 of top 10 Translational Neuroscience Accomplishments of 20th century (2003) Neal Miller Distinguished Research Lecture, American Psychological Association (2003) Leonard Diller Award, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology American Psychological Association (2001) Humboldt Fellow, Germany (2000 - 2005) William James Award, Amer. Psychol. Soc. (1997) Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction, Annual Award at Univ. Alabama at Birmingham (1997) Distinguished Scientist of 1996 Award, Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Scientist of Year Award – National Animal Interest Alliance (1993) Pioneering Research Contributions Award (1989), Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Distinguished Research Award, Biofeedback Society of America (1988) Guggenheim Fellow (1983-1985) President, Biofeedback Society of America (1978) Fellow, five societies Executive Board, four societies PROFESSIONAL HISTORY: Professor to University Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1986-present Guest Professor to Standing Guest Professor, University of Konstanz, 1995-2004 1 Guest Professor to Standing Guest Professor, University of Jena, 1996-2004 Visiting Professor - Universities of Tuebingen, Muenster, Hamburg, Humboldt Univ.1993-2002. -
ARC News a Newsletter from the Animal Rights Coalition
AARRCC NNEEWWSS The Poultry Issue The Poultry Issue Fall 2007 A publication of the Animal Rights Coalition to promote a compassionate world A Day in a Life in the City with Chickens by Mary Britton Clouse, Chicken Run Rescue It’s just before sunrise. Classical music seeps softly from the clock radio. The floor creaks as I step out of bed and the roosters stir from their sleep just below in our basement. Wings slap a warning that the first crow will come from Roseman – ARK-A-ARK-A-ARKGGG in his old, gravelly voice. We’ve been hearing that crow for almost five years now. Young Bing, named after Bing Crosby, chimes in with a melodious and melancholy greeting that sounds much like the first few notes of the Air Force anthem “Off We Go” – an appropriate way to start a day. I dress and pad downstairs. I sing a good morning song A beautiful day at Chicken Run Rescue to my beautiful birds as I tug on the lights. All seven girls are already up and pacing at their pen door, anxious to Rosco gets his eye drops for a slight infection. Roseman trundle up the stairs to the shed door and outside and see gets a half tablet of Baytril for a persistent foot infection. what garden snacks are left from yesterday’s treats. They Bing has just recovered from a very serious and unsolved have been thinking about them all night. Several also illness, perhaps from some toxic berry he found in the have plans to lay eggs in a little while. -
Advice on Euthanasia Techniques for Small and Large Cetaceans
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Research Document 2014/111 National Capital Region Advice on Euthanasia Techniques for Small and Large Cetaceans Pierre-Yves Daoust1 and Arthur Ortenburger2 1 Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative Department of Pathology & Microbiology Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island 550 University Avenue Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3 2 Department of Health Management Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island 550 University Avenue Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3 January 2015 Foreword This series documents the scientific basis for the evaluation of aquatic resources and ecosystems in Canada. As such, it addresses the issues of the day in the time frames required and the documents it contains are not intended as definitive statements on the subjects addressed but rather as progress reports on ongoing investigations. Research documents are produced in the official language in which they are provided to the Secretariat. Published by: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat 200 Kent Street Ottawa ON K1A 0E6 http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/ [email protected] © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2015 ISSN 1919-5044 Correct citation for this publication: Daoust, P.-Y., Ortenburger, A. 2015. Advice on Euthanasia Techniques for Small and Large Cetaceans. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2014/111. v + 36 p. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................................