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Animal Ethics

It was the first lecture series of its kind in german speaking world organized by the members of the Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tierethik (literally “Interdisciplinary Study Group on Animal Ethics”) – an initiative of students. The results of the lectures are written down in this book.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Common-sense, rational reforms reflect the emerging consensus of mainstream animal protection groups like the Humane Society of the United States and millions of Americans who care about animals. Hope Ferdowsian Director of Research Policy Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Washington, July 14, 2008

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Global Warming

Animal Ethics

Global warming is an animal ethics issue. As the planet warms, fragile habitats that countless animal species depend on for survival will be destroyed. Recently published research suggests that the situation is even more dire than previously predicted.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The use of chimpanzees for research has declined significantly in the last decade mostly because of high costs and growing public opposition to relying on these animals in invasive experiments. 13, 2007 The writer is a program director at the Humane Society of the United States. Kathleen Conlee Washington, Nov.

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Another Reason to Go Vegetarian

Animal Ethics

Woodard goes on to note: MRSA is so common in the United States that it accounts for more than half of all soft-tissue and skin infections in ERs. According to Stephanie Woodard's column in Prevention published today, the CDC reports that "certain types of MRSA infections kill 18,000 Americans per year—more than die from AIDS."

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Think Bush Is a Pro-Animal Environmentalist? Think Again!

Animal Ethics

Why does the Bush administration think that it is wrong for the Japanese to kill whales but permissible for the U.S.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

The researchers analyzed data from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health study cohort which consisted of approximately 500,000 people aged 50–71 years at baseline (1995–1996), none of whom had previously had cancer at the time they entered the study. The researchers used a Cox proportional hazards regression analysis to estimate hazard ratios.