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Fish Encounters: Aquariums And Their Veterinarians In A Rapidly Changing World, Irus Braverman
Fish Encounters: Aquariums And Their Veterinarians In A Rapidly Changing World, Irus Braverman
Journal Articles
The extensive body of social science and humanities scholarship on zoos rarely discusses aquariums. Despite their independent historical trajectory and unique characteristics and challenges, aquariums are typically considered the younger sister to the more established terrestrial zoo institutions. This article is an initial exploration of modern public aquariums through the eyes of these institutions’ veterinarians, a small but rapidly growing, and quite influential, professional cohort. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a handful of aquarium veterinarians in various sites — including the United States, Canada, Israel, Portugal, Denmark, and Germany — the article documents some of the everyday challenges that these …
Saving Species, One Individual At A Time: Zoo Veterinarians Between Welfare And Conservation, Irus Braverman
Saving Species, One Individual At A Time: Zoo Veterinarians Between Welfare And Conservation, Irus Braverman
Journal Articles
The role of zoo veterinarians has changed significantly in the last several decades, reflecting and revealing broader transformations in zoo culture, especially among North American accredited zoos. This article draws on several interviews with prominent zoo vets, as well as on regulations that pertain to their work, to highlight their current position at the nexus of animal health and welfare, on the one hand, and of species conservation, on the other hand. The transformation of zoos into conservation institutions in particular has resulted in the vets’ novel focus on the sustainability of populations and their intensified involvement in in situ …
Animal Rights Unraveled: Why Abolitionism Collapses Into Welfarism And What It Means For Animal Ethics, Luis E. Chiesa
Animal Rights Unraveled: Why Abolitionism Collapses Into Welfarism And What It Means For Animal Ethics, Luis E. Chiesa
Journal Articles
Most people support laws that seek to reduce the suffering of animals. Yet animal cruelty statutes and other kinds of animal welfare laws are under sustained attack by the so-called abolitionists. Animal rights abolitionists claim that it is categorically wrong to treat animals as commodities, and animal welfare laws should be opposed because they do not alter the property status of animals. Abolitionists also claim that animal welfare regulations do not meaningfully reduce animal suffering. In fact, abolitionists argue that such statutes likely increase future animal suffering, either by delaying the advent of abolition or by soothing the conscience of …
Animal Salvage: Cost-Effective Methods For The Preservation Of Marine Life, Jason Parent
Animal Salvage: Cost-Effective Methods For The Preservation Of Marine Life, Jason Parent
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
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Giving A Voice To Those Who Can't Speak For Themselves: Toward Greater Regulation Of Animal Experimentation, Lauren Magnotti
Giving A Voice To Those Who Can't Speak For Themselves: Toward Greater Regulation Of Animal Experimentation, Lauren Magnotti
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
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The Law Of Peoples Or A Law For People: Consumers, Boycotts, And Non-Human Animals, Gary Chartier
The Law Of Peoples Or A Law For People: Consumers, Boycotts, And Non-Human Animals, Gary Chartier
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
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With Best Friends Like Us Who Needs Enemies? The Phenomenon Of The Puppy Mill, The Failure Of Legal Regimes To Manage It, And The Positive Prospects Of Animal Rights, Adam J. Fumarola
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
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Animal Liberation And The Law: Animals Board The Underground Railroad, Laura G. Kniaz
Animal Liberation And The Law: Animals Board The Underground Railroad, Laura G. Kniaz
Buffalo Law Review
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Scratching The Belly Of The Beast, Elizabeth B. Mensch, Alan David Freeman
Scratching The Belly Of The Beast, Elizabeth B. Mensch, Alan David Freeman
Other Scholarship
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