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The Politics of Animal Rights
Submitted on Dec 02, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Advocacy Strategies | General Animal Protection
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This article from the journal British Politics presents an overview of animal protection-related politics in Great Britain. The author supports the "philosophical validity" of at least part of animal rights, while also suggesting that animal "welfare" embodies more realistic goals.
OPINION: Chinese Farms a Growing Challenge
Submitted on Nov 27, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Farmed Animals
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This report describes the trend of increasing per capita meat consumption in China and its environmental impacts. The authors suggest undertaking a critical examination of industrial animal agriculture to help prevent large-scale environmental issues. The report includes statistics describing China's factory farming industry.
An Assessment of the Role of Chimpanzees in AIDS Vaccine Research
Submitted on Nov 22, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Animal Experimentation
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This research describes the role of chimpanzees in AIDS vaccine research, starting in the early 1990s, and argues that a return to vaccine development using these animals is scientifically unjustifiable based on a comparison of AIDS vaccine trials in chimpanzees and humans.
Custom Search Engines with Google
Submitted by Che on Nov 21, 2008 General Animal Protection | Research Tools and MethodsWith a share of about 60% of all online searches, Google is easily the world's most-used search engine. And I would say with good reason, because they offer a wide variety of topic-specific searches and the ability to create "custom search engines." HRC has now harnessed the power of Google by creating two custom search engines, one on farm animals searching sites related to the U.S. Department Agriculture and another that searches the abstracts and full texts of major animal-related journals. We're considering other custom search engine ideas and would also welcome suggestions.