Animal Welfare

10 Apr 2012
There have been very few human societies in which no meat or fish are eaten, although in some parts of the world the normal diet is made up largely of staple...
26 Jan 2012
Zoos are premises for the captivity of animals, often in urban areas where many of the animals would not otherwise be found, with the intention of studying the...
26 Jan 2012
Humans, as a natural part of the animal kingdom, have interacted with the animals around them for the entirety of their existence. One of the defining...
26 Jan 2012
In 1930, there were between five and ten million wild African elephants; by 1990, when they were added to the list of critically endangered species, only about...
26 Jan 2012
The claim that animals have 'rights' was first put forward by the Australian philosopher Peter Singer in the 1970s and has been the subject of heated...
13 Sep 2011
Zoos are premises for the captivity of animals, often in urban areas where many of the animals would not otherwise be found, with the intention of studying the...
13 Sep 2011
In 1930, there were between five and ten million wild African elephants; by 1990, when they were added to the list of critically endangered species, only about...
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