Animal Rights 2008

AltWeb Informative site devoted to finding alternatives to animal research. "Reduce, replace, refine," they say, but don't end animal experimentation.

Animal Research(overview article from Harvard Magazine)

MORE MICHAEL POLLAN

Power Steer The story of a steer's life. A very informative article by Michael Pollan. New York Times Magazine, March 31, 2002.

The Modern Hunter-Gatherer Michael Pollan goes hunting. New York Times Magazine, March 26 2006. Q&A

ANIMAL SHELTERS

New Tricks New York Times article about Austin animal shelter

ANIMAL LAW

Texas Animal Cruelty Statutes

AWA Highlights

Animal Law Center

Animal Welfare Institute Legislative issues

Animal Legal and Historical Web Center

ETC

Temple Grandin (Slaughterhouse info.)

Eskimo Whale Hunting

HANDOUTS ETC.

April 16

Handout 7 (hunting)

March 19

Paper Topic (due 3/26)

March 5

Exam II Questions (you need this!)

Handout 5 (chart)

Handout 6 (Rachels)

February 20

Handout 4 (Peter Singer)

February 13

Handout 3 (Morality in Animals)

FYI (optional!) Here's the Church article about empathy in rats -- Emotional reactions of rats to the pain of others. (just 3 pages, but technical). As you'll see, the experiment was quite complicated and open to interpretation. You'll also find that the rats were subjected to high volt shocks. Might there be a better way to find out about the minds of rats?

February 6

Exam I Questions (you need this!)

Handout 2 (Animal Minds)

January 30

Presentation Assignments

January 23

Handout 1 (Bible)

January 16

Animals in Western Thought (7 pages of readings for next week. Print this out!)

Presentation Topics

Syllabus

EXTRA READING

Matthew Scully, Dominion (my top recommendation)

Peter Singer & Jim Mason, The Ethics of What We Eat

Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma (food, ethics, farming, etc)

Stephen Budiansky, Covenant of the Wild (against animal rights)

Temple Grandin, Animals in Translation (animal psychology, by an autistic woman involved in slaughterhouse design)

Peter Carruthers, The Animals Issue (against animal rights, a bit difficult)

Steven Wise, Drawing the Line (animals and the law)

Ruth Ozeki My Year of Meats (a novel)

MORE...

Bruce Barcott, The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw (new, looks interesting!)

VISUALS + LINKS

April 23

Circus Video

April 16

Michael Vick

NFL Star's Dogs Find Reprieve (just for fun)

April 9

The Blue Planet, Ocean World, chap. 9-10 (DVD at Fondren)

Animal Agriculture and the Environment

Rethinking the Meat Guzzler

April 2

Humane Society Position

Harry Harlow:

Harry Harlow's Attachment Studies

Harry Harlow Defense (you tube)

Animal Welfare Act Highlights

PETA investigation

Great Ape Project

March 26

Five farms

March 5

The Meatrix (must watch)

Meet Your Meat (must watch)

The Veal Question (watch "Veal Farm Tour")

Vegetarian Diet (have a look)

Temple Grandin (slaughter house facts)

Power Steer (beef cattle facts)

February 27

Four Stages of Cruelty (Hogarth)

February 20

None

February 13

Inside the Animal Mind (video at Fondren)--section on insight (chimpanzees, crows), plus the clip of gorilla and child we saw before. In honor of Valentine's Day we watched clip of artistic bower birds from The Life of Birds.

February 6

Inside the Animal Mind (video at Fondren)--sections on awareness (unconscious driving and blind-sight, monkey, pigeons, bees), self-awareness (mirror test), pain (fish, vet with dog), language (meerkats, chickens, etc).

The life of birds (video at Fondren)-- Section on mating--the monogamous birds (albatross)

January 30

January 23

Bible Visual

January 16

SLIDE SHOW

AnimalAnimal (powerpoint slide show minus music)

John Fahey music from slide show

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Visuals from last year

Herring Bonanza (from The Blue Planet, Ocean World)

Killer Whale (from The Blue Planet, Ocean World)