The flyer below provides a brief overview of the effects of factory farming along with simple solutions and questions to consider. Many people experience a disconnect between meat and the animal. This is due to the lack of accessible education from ethical, environmental, and health perspectives. This flyer asks you to think about questions you… Read more Factory Farming: Your Choices, Your Impact
Written by: Achu Balasubramanian, Saniya Syeda, Mackenzie Warren, Claire Lungwitz Ritvo, Harriet. “Animal Planet.” Environmental History, vol. 9, no. 2, 2004, pp. 204–220., doi:10.2307/3986084. Compared to: Singer, P. 1975. Animal Liberation. HarperCollins. [Preface and Chapter 1: All Animals Are Equal] The author of Animal Planet, Dr. Harriet Ritvo, is a historian who studies and teaches courses… Read more The Reciprocity of Human-Animal Influence Throughout History
Written by: Achu Balasubramanian, Saniya Syeda, Mackenzie Warren, Claire Lungwitz Rader, Karen Ann. “Why Mice?” Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical Research, 1900-1955, Princeton University Press, 2004, pp. 1–24. Compared to: DeGrazia, David. Animal Rights: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2002. The author of Making Mice, Dr. Karen Rader, is a historian who… Read more AN ANALYSIS OF THE USAGE OF MICE IN ANIMAL RESEARCH
Nominated reading by Rights Group. Chan, Calvin. “Behind Closed Doors: A Hidden Legacy of Animal Experimentation.” The Gateway, University of Alberta, 26 Oct. 2018, www.thegatewayonline.ca/2018/10/behind-closed-doors-a-hidden-legacy-of-animal-experimentation/. This article discusses the implementation of animal experimentation at the University of Alberta. Our group has nominated this article because the piece interviews people, including scientists and students, whose beliefs… Read more Nominated Reading: “Behind closed doors: A hidden legacy of animal experimentation”
Written by: Achu Balasubramanian, Saniya Syeda, Mackenzie Warren, Claire Lungwitz Miller, Ian Jared. The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo. University of California Press, 2013. The author of The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo, Ian Jared Miller, is a historian of Japan and… Read more An Analysis of the Natural and Societal Impacts Caused by Japan’s Ueno Zoo
Written by: Achu Balasubramanian, Saniya Syeda, Mackenzie Warren, Claire Lungwitz “Chapter 5: Man’s Dominion.” Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer, HarperCollins, 1975. The author of Animal Liberation, Peter Singer, is an Australian moral philosopher. Having worked in institutions like Oxford and Princeton, Singer is a highly reputed philosopher in applied ethics and uses his knowledge to… Read more The Effects of Speciesism on Western Culture Through the Rise of Christianity