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Financial Operations Report

HSUS Annual Reports 2005-18

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The Medicalization Of Nonhuman Animal Rights: Frame Contestation And The Exploitation Of Disability, Corey Lee Wrenn, Joanne Clark, Maddie Judge, Katharine A. Gilchrist, Delanie Woodlock, Katherine Dotson, Riva Spanos, Jonothan Wrenn

Animal Rights Movement Collection

Nonhuman Animal rights activists are sometimes dismissed as ‘crazy’ or irrational by countermovements seeking to protect status quo social structures. Social movements themselves often utilize disability narratives in their claims-making as well. In this article, we argue that Nonhuman Animal exploitation and Nonhuman Animal rights activism are sometimes medicalized in frame disputes. The contestation over mental ability ultimately exploits humans with disabilities. The medicalization of Nonhuman Animal rights activism diminishes activists’ social justice claims, but the movement’s medicalization of Nonhuman Animal use unfairly otherizes its target population and treats disability identity as a pejorative. Utilizing a content analysis of major …

Baseline Survey For Street Dogs In Guam, John D. Boone

Stray and Feral Animal Populations Collection

As is the case for many inhabited islands in Pacific region, dogs are common, including freeroaming street dogs that may be owned or unowned. Reproduction among dogs is largely unchecked, and many owned dogs do not receive adequate levels of basic care in the home or veterinary care when needed. For all of these reasons, Humane Society International (HSI) is exploring options for improving the management of street dog populations and promoting better treatment and care of all dogs on Guam and on the nearby islands of Rota and Saipan. One of the initial steps in this process was to …

Five Questions That Reveal How Much You Care About Animals, Harold Herzog

'Animals and Us' Blog Posts

This new 5-item scale measures attitudes toward the use of animals.

84% Of Vegetarians And Vegans Return To Meat. Why?, Harold Herzog

'Animals and Us' Blog Posts

Animal activists should emphasize reduction, not elimination, of eating meat.

The Ethics Of Animal Research: A Survey Of Pediatric Health Care Workers, Ari Joffe, Meredith Bara, Natalie Anton, Nathan Nobis

Experimentation Collection

Introduction: Pediatric health care workers (HCW) often perform, promote, and advocate use of public funds for animal research (AR). We aim to determine whether HCW consider common arguments (and counterarguments) in support (or not) of AR convincing.

Design: After development and validation, an e-mail survey was sent to all pediatricians and pediatric intensive care unit nurses and respiratory therapists (RTs) affiliated with a Canadian University. We presented questions about demographics, support for AR, and common arguments (with their counterarguments) to justify the moral permissibility (or not) of AR. Responses are reported using standard tabulations. Responses of pediatricians and nurses/RTs were …

Biomarkers Of Inflammation, Metabolism, And Oxidative Stress In Blood, Liver, And Milk Reveal A Better Immunometabolic Status In Peripartal Cows Supplemented With Smartamine M Or Metasmart, J. S. Osorio, E. Trevisi, P. Ji, J. K. Drackley, D. Luchini, G. Bertoni, J. J. Loor

Physiology Collection

The peripartal dairy cow experiences a state of reduced liver function coupled with increased inflammation and oxidative stress. This study evaluated the effect of supplementing basal diets with rumen-protected Met in the form of MetaSmart (MS) or Smartamine M (SM) (both from Adisseo Inc., Antony, France) during the peripartal period on blood and hepatic biomarkers of liver function, inflammation, and oxidative stress. Thirty-seven multiparous Holstein cows were fed the same basal diet from −50 to −21 d relative to expected calving [1.24 Mcal/kg of dry matter (DM); no Met supplementation]. From −21 d to calving, the cows received diets …

Does Animal-Assisted Therapy Really Work?, Harold Herzog

'Animals and Us' Blog Posts

What clinical trials reveal about the effectiveness of four-legged therapists

Baseline Survey For Street Dogs In Haryana State, India, Amit Chaudhari

Stray and Feral Animal Populations Collection

This report describes a systematic dog survey program that was performed by Humane Society International (HSI) in Haryana state, India, in June and October 2014. This survey was conducted in support of the National Rabies Control (NRC) program, with its primary goals being to:

(1) Collect baseline data prior to initiation of a program of humane dog population management (DPM) and rabies control,

(2) Establish a standardized survey framework for future monitoring of DPM program impact, and

(3) Generate a population size estimate for street dogs to assist in strategic and logistic planning for the DPM and NRC programs in …

Defining And Assessing Animal Pain, Lynne U. Sneddon, Robert W. Elwood, Shelley A. Adamo, Matthew C. Leach

Experimentation Collection

The detection and assessment of pain in animals is crucial to improving their welfare in a variety of contexts in which humans are ethically or legally bound to do so. Thus clear standards to judge whether pain is likely to occur in any animal species is vital to inform whether to alleviate pain or to drive the refinement of procedures to reduce invasiveness, thereby minimizing pain. We define two key concepts that can be used to evaluate the potential for pain in both invertebrate and vertebrate taxa. First, responses to noxious, potentially painful events should affect neurobiology, physiology and behaviour …

Monkey-Based Research On Human Disease: The Implications Of Genetic Differences, Jarrod Bailey

Laboratory Experiments Collection

Assertions that the use of monkeys to investigate human diseases is valid scientifically are frequently based on a reported 90–93% genetic similarity between the species. Critical analyses of the relevance of monkey studies to human biology, however, indicate that this genetic similarity does not result in sufficient physiological similarity for monkeys to constitute good models for research, and that monkey data do not translate well to progress in clinical practice for humans. Salient examples include the failure of new drugs in clinical trials, the highly different infectivity and pathology of SIV/HIV, and poor extrapolation of research on Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s …

President's Note

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

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To The Rescue

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Animal hoarding through a rescuer’s eyes; opossum sprung from jewelry store, trading shiny swag for freedom.

Community

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

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We Are The Hsus

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

High school senior builds international group for young vegetarians.

A New Route To Adoption, Karen E. Lange

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Across the country, pet stores are switching from selling dogs to adopting out shelter pets. Follow the journey of a group of rescued pups as they travel toward a new home.

At The Care Centers

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Tigers settle into new habitat; injured squirrel regains use of her legs.

A World Transformed, Emily Smith

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

We draw on the tremendous success of our first 60 years to inspire our vision of the future, where the humananimal bond is strong and enduring. Can you picture it?

Perspective

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

CLOSING THE CAT GAP

A shelter veterinarian highlights new ways of helping community cats.

Rethinking The Roundups, Karen E. Lange, Ruthanne Johnson

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

A new form of wildlife contraception could revolutionize the way the Bureau of Land Management maintains wild horse populations in the West. Meanwhile, an HSUS project helps find homes for displaced burros.

In The Kitchen

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

EAT, BREATHE, LIVE

Chef Chad Sarno shares his recipe for vanilla french toast.

Humane Backyard

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

FIRST, DO NO HARM

There’s a dark side to a summertime garden favorite: the sunflower.

Front Lines

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

SAFEGUARDS FOR SHARKS, RAYS FACTORY FARM WAKE-UP CALL RURAL SHELTER PHOTO PROJECT

In The Limelight

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Actress Alicia Silverstone; reviews.

Hometown Heroes

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

A MISSION WITH WINGS

Carolina group flies to the rescue of domesticated and wild waterfowl.

Your Pet

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

ENERGY TO BURN

Canine performance sports can turn a hyper pup into a star athlete.

Celebrating Animals

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Photos from our readers.

Fish Cognition, Redouan Bshary, Culum Brown

Social Cognition Collection

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Annotated Bibliography: Attitudes Toward Animals (1998-2013), Erich Yahner

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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Annotated Bibliography: Cruelty To Animals And Violence To Humans (1998-2013), Erich Yahner

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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