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Animal Vulnerability and its Ethical Implications: An Exploration
The author argues many groups of animals are especially vulnerable and therefore deserve special protection.
More DetailsFlorida State Constitutional Provision Regarding Pig Welfare
This provision of the Florida state constitution requires that confinement allow the pig to sit-down, stand-up, and turn around freely while providing for exceptions.
More DetailsOregon State Law on Egg-Laying Hen Welfare (SB 805, Amended by SB 1019)
This law from Oregon sets the confinement standards for egg-laying hens kept in the state.
More Details‘Landing’ Salmon Aquaculture: Ecologies, Infrastructures and the Promise of Sustainability
This paper critically analyzes two factors affecting the salmon industry. Firstly, there has been a notable increase in large-scale salmon production facilities located on land instead of in the sea. Secondly, there is a growing trend of using land-based commodity crops as a major component of salmon feed.
More DetailsThe Broiler Chicken and the Anthropocene: Using Critical Nexus Thinking to Unpack the Geographies of Gallus Gallus Domesticus
This Brazilian study, which according to the authors “is derived from a decade’s worth of qualitative and quantitative research in Brazil, with intensive periods of fieldwork spanning 2015–2019”, uses “critical nexus thinking (CNT)” to explain how the broiler chicken (Gallus Gallus domesticus) is a signifier of the Anthropocene.
More DetailsA Debunking Argument Against Speciesism
The author argues that since the motivation for speciesism doesn’t follow from moral truth, the view has no justification.
More DetailsAnimal Geographies II: Killing and Caring (In Times of Crisis)
This 2020 report analyzes the themes of ‘killing’ and ‘caring’ for animals within the context of animal geographies research.
More DetailsGeographies of Conservation III: Nature’s Spaces
This article recognises the political influence on conservation, which has occurred for many years.
More DetailsCombining Camera-Trap Surveys and Hunter Interviews to Determine the Status of Mammals in Protected Rainforests and Rubber Plantations of Menglun, Xishuangbanna, SW China
57 camera traps in forest reserves and 52 in rubber plantations within the region of Xishuangbanna, southwest China, found that there are 44% less mammal species residing in these areas compared to those recorded from 1954-1985.
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Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Local Communities
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Animals in Transport
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