Travis died for your sins

Travis the chimpanzee, a veteran of TV commercials, was the constant companion of a lonely Connecticut widow who fed him steak, lobster and ice cream. He could eat at the table, drink wine from a stemmed glass, use the toilet, and dress and bathe himself. He brushed his teeth with a Water Pik, logged on to a computer to look at photos and channel-surfed television with the remote control. But on Monday, the wild animal in him came out with a vengeance. The 200-pound animal viciously mauled a friend of his owner before being shot to death by police... Read the full article...

Παγίδα για τα άγρια ζώα η Εγνατία

Παγίδα θανάτου για τα άγρια ζώα αποδεικνύεται η Εγνατία. Μετά τις αρκούδες που πέφτουν θύματα τροχαίων, ένας λύκος χτυπήθηκε επίσης από διερχόμενο αυτοκίνητο στην περιοχή Γρεβενών. Διαβάστε όλο το άρθρο...

Zoo chimp 'planned' stone attacks

BBC News, March 09, 2009

A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers. Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles.
Further, the chimp learned to recognise how and when parts of his concrete enclosure could be pulled apart to fashion further projectiles. The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology. Read more...

End the Use of Chimps in Research

The Humane Society of US, March 05, 2009

A nine-month-long undercover investigation by The HSUS has exposed the mistreatment of nearly 300 chimpanzees and other primates at the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana. These chimps, living lives of deprivation and misery, are among the more than 1,000 chimps languishing in laboratories across the United States. Chimps, our closet genetic relative, are complex, social, and long-lived creatures. Many chimps currently warehoused in research facilities have lived for decades behind bars. Especially heartbreaking are stories of the 26 elder chimps at NIRC, who were taken from their mothers in the wild. Read more...

Eating less meat could cut climate costs

Cutting back on beefburgers and bacon could wipe $20 trillion off the cost of fighting climate change. That's the dramatic conclusion of a study that totted up the economic costs of modern meat-heavy diets.

The researchers involved say that reducing our intake of beef and pork would lead to the creation of a huge new carbon sink, as vegetation would thrive on unused farmland.

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Arne Naess, Norwegian Philosopher, Dies at 96

NY Times, January 14, 2009

Arne Naess, a Norwegian philosopher whose ideas about promoting an intimate and all-embracing relationship between the earth and the human species inspired environmentalists and Green political activists around the world, died Monday. He was 96. Read more...

CONFERENCE: Animals: Past, Present and Future. April 16-18, 2009

Animals: Past, Present and Future. April 16-18, 2009
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Questions? Contact Georgina Montgomery, Conference Organizer, at animalsmsu@gmail.com

This conference will explore past, present, and future human-animal relationships from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. Speakers from both the humanities and sciences will present research concerning issues such as animal husbandry, pet keeping, animal experimentation, environmental ethics, and anthropomorphism. The conference promises to provide an intellectually rich and diverse discourse in human-animal relationships and an opportunity for community-building within the interdisciplinary field of animal studies. Keynote SpeakerHarriet Ritvo, Department of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Guest SpeakersTom Tyler, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Culture, Oxford Brookes University, United KingdomTerry O'Connor, Department of Zooarchaeology, York University, United Kingdom.

The registration form and the preliminary program are now available.
Information for presenters can be found here.

This conference is a sponsored event. Thank you for your help!