Animal Rights

Factory Farming: Your Choices, Your Impact

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

Cetaceans in Captivity

Whales and dolphins, generally known as cetaceans, have had a long and controversial history in captivity. Most facilities that keep cetaceans captive argue that their services still hold some type of value; however, evidence from numerous cases has demonstrated that life in captivity simply cannot fulfill the needs of these complex creatures. Click this link to view the infographic where you can learn more about this issue and how to join the cause.

The Potential of Computer Science in Supporting Animal Rights

The following website is about some of the applications of computer science in animal rights and wildlife conservation. As WPI students, we actively look for avenues to apply our learning to novel areas, and this is one such example. Learn more about how new developments in computer science are capable of supporting animal rights movements… Read more The Potential of Computer Science in Supporting Animal Rights

The Modernization of Cuban Agriculture and Politics

Citation: Funes Monzote, Reinaldo. (2016). The Rise and Fall of Dairy Cows in Socialist Cuba. Global Environment. 9. 342-375. 10.3197/ge.2016.090203.   In The Rise and Fall of Dairy Cows in Socialist Cuba, a comprehensive historical account of the environmental history of Cuba and the shift in the agricultural industry from cattle raising for meat consumption… Read more The Modernization of Cuban Agriculture and Politics

An Analysis of the Natural and Societal Impacts Caused by Japan’s Ueno Zoo

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