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Climate Change is a key challenge for society IPCC presents report on impacts of climate change (Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany) No. 054/14 | Berlin, 31.03.2014 Joint press release with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research IPCC presents report on impacts of climate change The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the far-reaching impacts […]

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Death of young Sumatran rhino shouldn’t discourage captive breeding efforts say conservationists

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Just over two weeks ago, conservationists in the Malaysian state of Sabah managed to finally catch a wild Sumatran rhino female after months of failed attempts. But following such hopeful events, comes bad news thousands of miles away: a young female rhino, named Suci, died over the weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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Stop! Think before buying your child a mallard duck for Easter (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) I hope all you turkey hunters south of State Road 70 took a nice bird or two this year, as your season is coming to a close. For those of us in the rest of the state (excluding Holmes County), we still have until April 20 to bag […]

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A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda (South African National Parks)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: South African National Parks) A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda Date: 1st April 2014 A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda,outgoing CEO of South African National Parks (SANParks). Saying farewell is never considered to be a joyful thing to do and becomes even more difficult […]

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Magnetic Bricks Bring 3-D Interaction to Screens

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

GaussBricks lets tablet users create interactive shapes that bring digital drawings, animations and games to life Continue reading →

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Carolina Waterfowl Rescue Receives Grant to Improve Lives of Birds in Need

February 20, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The Carolina Waterfowl Rescue in Charlotte, N.C., received $5,000 for repair and improvements after heavy snow and ice destroyed three aviaries.

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Undercover Exposé: Animals Locked in Cramped Cages, Piglets Fed to their Mothers at Kentucky Pig Factory

February 20, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Sows confined in cramped cages known as gestation crates were fed ground up intestines from piglets who had recently succumbed to a highly contagious diarrheal disease, an undercover exposé of Iron Maiden Hog Farm in Owensboro, Kentucky revealed.

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Red-throated diver sees off consortium of energy firms as wind farm plan axed

February 20, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The red-throated diver has forced three state-backed energy companies to scrap a project to expand the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array.     

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Lessening liver damage

February 19, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Harvard stem cell scientists studying the effect of nitric oxide on liver growth and regeneration appear to have serendipitously discovered a markedly improved treatment for liver damage caused by acetaminophen toxicity, the root of half of the hospital visits involving acute liver failure in the United States. The human liver can safely process up to […]

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Black-Footed Ferret, on a Population Rebound, Faces New Threats From Prairie Dog Plague

February 19, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

New research suggests that the black-footed ferret has a chance to come back from the brink of extinction if the right conservation moves are made.

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WildLeaks: New Service Allows Anonymous Whistleblowers to Report Wildlife Crime

February 19, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The fight against animal poaching and wildlife criminals has a new high-tech ally in the form of WildLeaks, an online forum that lets individuals confidentially report instances of wildlife crime and allows whistleblowers anonymity through encrypted connections via the Tor anonymity network.

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A Child’s Message to the President: Please Stop the Killing of Whales

February 19, 2014 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

Within a folder on my desk sit nineteen hand-written letters to Obama from my daughter’s first grade class. Through scrawling penmanship and misspelled words, they plea for the President to do something about Iceland’s illegal whaling activities. Along with these letters, I am sending Obama one of my own, not on behalf of WWF, but […]

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Dam threatens survival of Mekong dolphins

February 19, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – The Lao government’s decision to forge ahead with the Don Sahong hydropower project in southern Laos, located just one kilometre upstream of the core habitat for Mekong dolphins, could precipitate the extinction of the species from the Mekong River, warns a new WWF brief. According to the WWF paper, the dam […]

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Curves alter crystallization, study finds

February 18, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Scientists have studied crystallization since the time of Galileo, so it’s easy to imagine there’s nothing new to learn about the process. Harvard researchers might beg to differ. A new study has uncovered a previously unseen phenomenon — that curved surfaces can dramatically alter the shape of crystals as they form. The finding could have […]

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Rhode Island Lawmakers Urged to Ban Abusive Elephant Training Devices

February 18, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

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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.

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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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