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Whale Encounter Illustrates Urgent Need to Keep Waters Healthy

August 15, 2012 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

We hit the trifecta. After an 18-hour boat ride through the wild waters of the Pacific, we reached Magdalena Bay, Mexico. The water was still. The sky was solid blue. We were told by our guides that dozens of gray whales, each just a few weeks old, were in this part of the bay and […]

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Monks Rally for Mekong Dolphins

August 15, 2012 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

Saffron clad Buddhist monks lead a pilgrimage through Koh Pdao, a small village along the Mekong River in Cambodia. Dozens of villagers follow, displaying banners and posters of the rare Irrawaddy dolphin. The rare dolphins, characterized by rounded heads and no beak, are getting increasingly harder to spot: Just 85 are estimated to exist in […]

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A Pivotal Moment for Commercial Whaling

August 15, 2012 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

      Since 1986, there has been an internationally agreed upon moratorium on commercial whaling. This ban, imposed by the intergovernmental International Whaling Commission (IWC) has been hugely important to stabilizing whale populations worldwide. But a few countries have elected to ignore, or find ways around the ban. Now, the U.S. Government is considering […]

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WWF Mourns Death of Virunga National Park Ranger

August 15, 2012 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

WWF is saddened by the death of Magayane Bazirushaka, a Virunga National Park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was killed when a foot patrol was ambushed on Friday, April 8. The 15-member patrol was on the lookout for illegal charcoal production in the national park, famed as one of the last refuges […]

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Identifying UK birds of prey

May 31, 2012 / Angela Cave / News

How to identify common UK birds of prey

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Identifying UK birds of prey

May 31, 2012 / Angela Cave / News

How to identify common UK birds of prey

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Protecting tropical trees in Sumatra

January 1, 1970 / Angela Cave / News

A series of biodiversity surveys in Indonesia’s Kerinci Seblat National Park are helping scientists develop conservation action plans to protect endemic species. Fauna & Flora International’s Indonesian team are conducting a series of biodiversity surveys in the tropical forests of Kerinci Seblat National Park near Jambi, on the island of Sumatra. The lush, tropical national […]

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About The Politics of Species

The assumption that humans are cognitively and morally superior to other animals is fundamental to social democracies and legal systems worldwide. It legitimises treating members of other animal species as inferior to humans. The last few decades have seen a growing awareness of this issue, as evidence continues to show that individuals of many other species have rich mental, emotional and social lives. Bringing together leading experts from a range of disciplines, this volume identifies the key barriers to a definition of moral respect that includes nonhuman animals.

To purchase The Politics of Species

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Themes

  • The Road to Respectful Coexistence

  • Carnal Desires

  • An Animal Bill of Rights?

  • Turning a Whale into a Killer

  • Apeism and Racism

  • What is a Person?

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