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A Strategic Review Of International Animal Protection, Paul G. Irwin

State of the Animals 2003

The level of animal protection activity varies substantially around the world. To some extent, the variation parallels the level of economic development, as countries with high per capita incomes and democratic political structures have better financed and better developed animal protection organizations. However there is not a one-to-one correlation between economic development and animal protection activity. Japan and Saudi Arabia, for example, have high per capita incomes but low or nonexistent levels of animal protection activity, while India has a relatively low per capita income but a fairly large number of animal protection groups.

Companion Animal Demographics In The United States: A Historical Perspective, Elizabeth A. Clancy, Andrew N. Rowan

State of the Animals 2003

Modern American society recognizes the crucial role of data and information in evaluating and effectively addressing societal problems. Americans are bombarded with information on the economy, public health, social and psychological attitude trends, and other matters that are considered important. For example, no self-respecting politician would think of launching a political campaign or initiative without some sense of what the public might be worrying about. Addressing pet population issues should be no different. Data are needed in order to define the nature and scope of the dog and cat demographic challenge. Data can help people to understand the impact of …

Humane Education Past, Present, And Future, Bernard Unti, Bill Derosa

State of the Animals 2003

From the earliest years of organized animal protection in North America, humane education— the attempt to inculcate the kindness-to-animals ethic through formal or informal instruction of children— has been cast as a fruitful response to the challenge of reducing the abuse and neglect of animals. Yet, almost 140 years after the movement’s formation, humane education remains largely the province of local societies for the prevention of cruelty and their educational divisions—if they have such divisions. Efforts to institutionalize the teaching of humane treatment of animals within the larger framework of the American educational establishment have had only limited success. Moreover, …

The State Of Wild Animals In The Minds And Households Of A Neotropical Society: The Costa Rican Case Study, Carlos Drews

State of the Animals 2003

The study of attitudes in a society provides insight into variables that may be pertinent to people’s everyday decisions and practices involving animals. This essay addresses the relationship between attitudes, knowledge, and behavior in the context of the protection of wild animals in the Neotropics and ventures to draw some conclusions about the state of wild animals from this perspective. The Neotropics, a biogeographical region that extends from the Yucatan peninsula to the southern tip of South America, includes some of the most biodiverse countries of the world. Its nations share a common history of Iberian colonization but are nonetheless …

Farm Disease Crises In The United Kingdom: Lessons To Be Learned, Michael C. Appleby

State of the Animals 2003

Over the last fifteen years, a diverse succession of disease-related crises has befallen farm animal and food industries in the United Kingdom. Some have involved animal health, with little risk to humans. Some have involved human health, with animals acting as a reservoir for infection but little affected themselves. Some, however— including the most alarming— have involved both animal and human health through zoonoses, diseases transmittable from animal to human. All of these crises are linked in the public mind and in many commentaries, and indeed there are issues that many of them share. The most common of these is …

Wild Horses And Burros In The United States, Allen T. Rutberg

State of the Animals 2003

Treatment of wild horses and burros has improved remarkably over the last fifty years. In the mid-twentieth century, free-ranging horses and burros suffered horribly at the hands of “mustangers” who captured them at will and whim, sometimes using the most brutal of techniques, including aerial pursuit and shooting or crippling key herd members. The horses were packed into livestock trucks hurt, bleeding, and exhausted, and shipped to slaughter without stopping for rest or watering (Ryden 1999). Unprotected by law, only the good will of a few ranchers protected these abused animals. Public awareness of the plight of the wild horses …

The Science And Sociology Of Hunting: Shifting Practices And Perceptions In The United States And Great Britain, John W. Grandy, Elizabeth Stallman, David W. Macdonald

State of the Animals 2003

Between the late nineteenth and early twenty-first centuries, both the rationale for and perception of hunting shifted in the United States, coinciding with demographic changes in the U.S. population (Duda 1993). Similar changes in attitude, though largely undocumented, probably occurred in the United Kingdom. (For example, foxhunting did not emerge as a substantial sport until the second half of the eighteenth century; before that, foxes were widely perceived as pests and killed whenever the opportunity arose [Marvin 2000]). Our purpose in this chapter is to compare these two countries in order to reveal some of the science and the sociology …

Pain And Distress Associated With Polyclonal Antibody Production: Discussion And Recommendations, The Humane Society Of The United States

ANIMAL RESEARCH

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) held a workshop in August 2002 in order to develop recommendations for minimizing pain and distress associated with polyclonal antibody (Pab) production. A small group of experts in the fields of antibody production, animal welfare, in vitro alternatives, and/or regulatory compliance participated in the roundtable discussion. The workshop was a scientifically based meeting, and recommendations were based on the extensive experience of the workshop participants as well as published literature regarding the relevant issues.

Participants recognized that insufficient attention has been paid to animal welfare aspects of Pab production, in part because …

Nest Building In Captive Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla, Kristen E. Lukas, Tara S. Stoinski, Kyle Burks, Rebecca Snyder, Sarah Bexell, Terry L. Maple

Sentience Collection

Although various aspects of gorilla nest building have been described in wild populations, nest-building behavior of captive gorillas has not been subject to much scientific review. We observed nest building in 17 gorillas during three periods: summer baseline, winter baseline, and winter treatment, in which the amount of available nesting material was doubled. We conducted observations exclusively in the indoor holding area in the hour following evening departure of animal care staff. During baseline, gorillas engaged in nest-building on 3.1% of scans and were on a constructed nest on 27.9% of scans. Overall, gorillas spent significantly more time on elevated …

What It Is To Be A Dog: A Qualitative Method For The Study Of Animals Other Than Humans, Kenneth J. Shapiro

Experimentation Collection

No abstract provided.

Toxicology And New Social Ethics For Animals, Bernard E. Rollin

Experimentation Collection

The issue of animal treatment has emerged as a major social concern over the past three decades. This ramified in a new ethic for animal treatment that goes beyond concern about cruelty and attempts to eliminate animal pain and suffering, whatever its source. This is evidenced by laws governing animal research in many countries. Insofar as toxicology can entail significant and prolonged animal suffering, it is at loggerheads with this new ethic. Ways are suggested for the toxicological community to put itself in harmony with the ethic and thereby preserve its autonomy.

Minding Animals, Minding Earth: Science, Nature, Kinship, And Heart, Marc Bekoff

Sentience Collection

This paper emphasizes the importance of broadening behavioral, ecological, and conservation science into a more integrative, interdisciplinary, socially responsible, compassionate, spiritual, and holistic endeavor.2,3 I will stress the significance of studies of animal behavior, especially ethological research concerned with animal emotions, in which individuals are named and recognized for their own personalities and temperaments, for helping us not only to learn about the nonhuman animal beings (hereafter animals) with whom we share Earth, but also for learning about who we are, our place in Nature, our humanness. We can be best understood in relationship to others. I will also develop …

The State Of The Animals Ii: 2003, Deborah J. Salem

In this all new volume in the State of the Animals series, internationally known scholars and distinguished experts examine the challenges facing farm animals, shelter animals, and wildlife worldwide from religious, legal, educational, and strategic perspectives.

Ethanol: A Better Preservation Technique For Daphnia, A. Ross Black, Stanley I. Dodson

Biology Faculty Publications

A 4% formalin-40% sucrose solution has been used by limnologists for three decades as the preferred freshwater zooplankton preservative because it kills and fixes cladocera (Branchiopoda) with relatively little distortion. Because of the increasing evidence of health hazards related to formalin, we sought an alternative, safer preservative that satisfies the need for low distortion. Our results suggest the ethanol preservative methods (70% and 95% treatments) are as good or better as using 4% sugar formalin to fix and store samples. Our results indicate the best method is to fix samples in 95% EtOH followed by storage in 70% EtOH. This …

2002-03 Panther Wrestling, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Season Preview --2-3
--Coaching Staff --4-6
--Meet the Panthers --7-15
--UNI --16-18
--Flashback --19-23
--Records --24-36
--Miscellaneous --37-IBC

2003 Volleyball, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--2003 Schedule --1
--2003 Roster --2
--Panther Volleyball Tradition --3
--2003 Outlook --4-5
--Coaching Staff --6-7
--Player Profiles --8-16
--2002 Statistics/Match Results --17-18
--2002 Recap --19
--University of Northern Iowa --20
--UNI Athletic Administration --21
--Missouri Valley Conference --22
--Record Book --22-28
--UNI Volleyball Honors & Awards •• 29
--The West Gym --30
--Year-by-Year Results --31-35
--Series History --37
--Opponent Information --38-40
--Panthers Step Up --40

University Of Northern Iowa Basketball (Men's) 2002-2003, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

Covering the Panthers
--Media Information --2-3
--Media Outlets --4
--MVC --5-6
Why UNI
--Facilities --8
--Strength & Conditioning --9
--Academics --10
--Sports Medicine --11
--Alumni --12
--The Campus --102
--Administration --103
The Staff
--Coach McDermott --14-16
--Assistants --17-19
--Support Staff --20
2002-03
--Rosters --22-23
--Outlook --24-25
--Bios --26-43
Opponents
--Non-Conference --45-48
--Conference --49-53
--MVC Composite Schedule --54-55
--Series Records --56
--Records vs. 2002-03 Opponents --57
The Review
--The Review --59-60
--Stats --61-66
--MVC Stats --67-71
--Game Summaries --72-75
History
--Coaches --77-78
--Honor Roll --79-80
--Yearly Stats --81
--Records --82-86
--Annual Leaders --87-88
--UNI-Dome Records --89
--Post-Season --90-94
--Year-by-Year --95-100

Gyratrix Hermaphroditus: A State Record For Arkansas, Jane Dunn

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Environmental Photochemistry: An Interview With Noble Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland, F. Sherwood Rowland, Spectrum Editors

The Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Using Stark Spectroscopy To Probe Disorder In Polymers Important For Molecular Electronics, Linda A. Peteanu

The Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Volume 16 Issue 2, Spectrum Editors

The Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Organic Photochemistry An Interview With Renowned Photochemistry J. C. "Tito" Scaiano, Juan Cesar Scaiano, Spectrum Editors

The Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Course And Curricular Updates To The California Polytechnic State University 2003-2005 Catalog, Academic Affairs, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Macalester Today Winter 2002-2003, Macalester College

Macalester Today

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Temperatures At A Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, Nazli Yesiller, James L. Hanson

Civil and Environmental Engineering

A study is conducted to determine the thermal regime within and around a municipal solid waste landfill located in midwestern U.S.A. Spatial distributions of temperatures have been determined over time since 1999 within the waste mass, liner and cover systems, and surrounding subgrade. Seasonal variations, placement of waste, age of waste, depth and location of waste, and available moisture have significant effects on temperatures. Temperatures of wastes at shallow depths, bottom liner systems prior to waste placement, and final cover systems conform to seasonal temperature variations. Steady elevated temperatures are reached with respect to air and ground temperatures at central …

Small Heat Shock Protein Responses Of A Closely Related Pair Of Desert And Coastal Encelia, Charles A. Knight, David D. Ackerly

Biological Sciences

Evolutionary variation for accumulation of small heat shock protein (sHsp) may contribute to thermal niche differentiation between species. Here we examine temperature and time-course-dependent variation for sHsp accumulation in a recently diverged pair of Encelia raised in a common environment: Encelia farinosa, common in the Mojave desert, and Encelia californica, which is found along the cool coastal bluffs of southern North America. Both species exhibit peak sHsp accumulation at 42^oC. Encelia californica accumulated greater levels of sHsp at temperatures below 42^oC, while E. farinosa had greater levels above 42^oC. Encelia farinosa accumulates …

Index For The Journal Of The Iowa Academy Of Science Volume 110 And Change Of Editor

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

Checklist Of Instructions For Authors

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

2003-04 Uni Men's Basketball, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--2003-04 Panther Basketball --2
--Media Information --3-4
--The Missouri Valley Conference --5-6
--Students First --8
--Administration --9
--Athletic Highlights from 2002-03 --10
--Life After Basketball --11
--Commitment to Facilities --12-13
--Strength and Conditioning --14
--Sports Medicine --15
--Academic Support --16
--Meet the Staff --18-24
--Behind the Scenes --25
--UNI Rosters --26
--2003-04 Outlook --28-29
--Seniors --30-33
--Juniors --34-41
--Sophomores --42-45
--Newcomers --46-49
--Active Players Career Game-by-Game --50-52
--2003-04 Non-Conference Opponents --54-57
--2003-04 MVC Opponents --58-62
--Records vs. 2003-04 Opponents --63
--MVC Composite Schedule --64-65
--Record Against Opponents --66
--2002-03 Review --68-69
--2002-03 Senior Class --70
--2002-03 Statistics --71-84
--Program …

Dairy Digest 2003, South Dakota State University Dairy Club

Dairy Digest

No abstract provided.