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Welsh Report Shows Increased Animal Research at Cardiff University

Critter News

According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006. By comparison, Bangor University used 1,464 mice and 664 fish, Aberystwyth used 289 cattle, 153 mice and 102 sheep and Swansea used 1,208 fish.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

10,000 Birds

May 13, 2010 BP boss, Tony Hayward, labels the spill as “relatively tiny” in comparison to the ocean. July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. May 19, 2010 Oil washes ashore on mainland Louisiana.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

In a manner that’s Malcolm Gladwell meets Freakonomics, which is the fascinating part, Herzog investigates our beliefs and actions regarding nonhuman animals (anthrozoology). The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue). You’re right, it is horrible!

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On "Wild Justice"

Animal Person

The scientific investigation of morality, in humans and nonhumans alike, is in its infancy" (39). Despite some shared evolutionary history, wolf morality is different from human morality and also from elephant morality and chimpanzee morality" (19).

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A Question of Migration

10,000 Birds

Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. That’s because the two are related.

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