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A Mammoth’s Medieval History

Group Report By: Brittany Jette, Giahuy Lenguyen, Kaustubh Pandit, Rachael Zmich   Shapiro, Beth. How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction. Princeton University Press. Beth Shapiro is an evolutionary molecular biologist who teaches at the University of California. She is a professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and specializes in… Read more A Mammoth’s Medieval History

The Agricultural Yielding by Cows

Group Vivisection: Brittany Jette, Rachael Zmich, Group Report 3   Orland, Barbara. “Turbo-Cows: Producing a Competitive Animal in the Nineteenth and EarlyTwentieth Centuries.” Industrializing Organisms: Introducing Evolutionary History, Routledge, 2004, pp. 167–184.   Dr. Barbara Orland is a historian of science and technology and professor at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Based on her… Read more The Agricultural Yielding by Cows

Thousands of Greyhounds in Search for New Homes

This article is about GreyHounds in Florida needing new homes after racing has been banned completely by 2020. This relates to current animal activism and shows that animal rights are progressing during our time. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/us/greyhound-racing-florida-adoption.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FAnimals&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection

Zoos: Educational or Destructive.

Group Report 1: Brittany Jette, Giahuy Lenguyen, Kaustubh Pandit, Rachael Zmich   Parker, Ian. “Killing Animals at the Zoo.” The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2017, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/16/killing-animals-at-the-zoo.   Ian Parker contributed to his first article at the The New Yorker in 1994 and his first solo piece in 2000. He has been a… Read more Zoos: Educational or Destructive.

The Rights of Humans, Animals, and Vegetables: Joke or Global Issue?

  Group Report 1: Brittany Jette, Giahuy Lenguyen, Kaustubh Pandit, Rachael Zmich   Anker, Peder. “A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes.” Philosophy & Geography, vol. 7, no. 2, 2004, pp. 259–264., doi:10.1080/1090377042000285462.   The title of the piece that was read is “A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes” by Peder Anker. Professor Peder… Read more The Rights of Humans, Animals, and Vegetables: Joke or Global Issue?