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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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San Diego Pet Store Drops Lawsuit Challenging Anti-Puppy Mill Ordinance

February 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

A San Diego pet store has abandoned its efforts to overturn a San Diego ordinance restricting the sale of puppies from large-scale commercial dog breeding operations.

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Earliest Camel Bones Contradict Bible, Archaeologists Say

February 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

Archaeologists from a leading university in Israel have used radiocarbon dating to pinpoint the moment when domesticated camels arrived in the southern Levant. They say their results directly contradict events described in the Bible.

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Mass Extinction of Large Ice Age Mammals Linked to Climate-Induced Vegetation Changes

February 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

It is generally accepted that climate change led to the extinction of the mammoth and other large mammals following the last Ice Age, but an international team of researchers behind a new report in the journal Nature claims to have found the smoking gun that pinpoints which of climate change’s myriad effects led to the […]

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Fruit Fly RNA Lends Insight to Aging Process

February 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

A study of fruit fly RNA molecules, recently published in Genes and Development, may have provided some clarity on the mechanism behind the apparent coupling of aging and neurodegeneration, according to researchers

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France destroys illegal ivory

February 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

France today destroyed three tonnes of seized ivory, two months since the announcement of its national action plan against poaching and illegal wildlife trade. The announcement came at the closure of the Elysee Summit for peace and security in Africa, where the President of France, Francois Hollande and nine African Heads of State gathered to […]

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Chicago Moves to Crack Down on Puppy Mills

February 5, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The Chicago City Council has introduced an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of dogs obtained from large-scale commercial breeders. Kristen Strawbridge, Illinois state director for The Humane Society of the United States issued the following statement:

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Appeals Court: Commercial Dog Breeders May Not Hide Information from Public

February 5, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Information submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by regulated commercial dog breeding operations must be released to the public, per an appeals court ruling. Jonathan R. Lovvorn, senior vice president & chief counsel for The Humane Society of the United States’ Animal Protection Litigation section, issued the following statement:

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Indiana Senate Votes Down Captive Hunting Bill

February 5, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The Indiana Senate shot down legislation that would legalize captive hunting operations. S.B. 404 would have allowed privately-owned facilities to stock deer and elk for trophy-seekers, letting them pay to shoot the semi-tame animals trapped in enclosures for guaranteed kills.

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Evolution: quantity over quality?

February 5, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

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Sharper image

February 4, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

A new microscopy method could enable scientists to generate snapshots of dozens of different biomolecules in a single human cell at once, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University reported Feb. 2 in Nature Methods. Such images could shed light on complex cellular pathways and potentially lead to new […]

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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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