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China sex-expert to help Taiwan pandas to breed
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China sex-expert to help Taiwan pandas to breed November 4, 2009 TAIPEI – A Chinese panda expert has vowed to lend Taiwan a helping hand after two members of the low-libido species spent nearly a year at Taipei Zoo showing no inclination to breed, local media said Wednesday. Zhang Hemin, director of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Research... more »
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Food industry dictates nutrition policy
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Food industry dictates nutrition policy By Jonathan Safran Foer, Special to CNN October 30, 2009 New York (CNN) -- Beyond the unhealthy influence that our demand for factory-farmed meat has in the area of food-borne illness and communicable diseases, we could cite many other influences on public health, most obviously... more »
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Review: "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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(New Yorker) - The task "Eating Animals" (Amazon.com: [link] ) sets itself is less to make sense of our behavior than to show how, when our stomachs are involved, it is often senseless. “Food choices are determined by many factors, but reason (even consciousness) is not generally high on the list,” Foer writes..... more »
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Experts plea for global action to save tigers
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Experts plea for global action to save tigers November 1, 2009 Dismayed by dwindling numbers, some experts say tiger farming can stem the burgeoning illegal trade in the endangered cat's pelts, bones and body parts but others argue that this will only fuel demand. Dismayed by dwindling numbers, some experts say tiger farming can stem... more »
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Canada to sign polar bear protection treaty
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Canada to sign polar bear protection treaty October 29, 2009 (Picture) A mother polar bear and her cub share a tender moment. Canada will sign a new agreement on Friday with the governments of Greenland and Nunavut to protect polar bear populations in their overlapping regions. Photograph by: Yvette Cardozo, CNS... more »
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An indicator of how Obamacare will work
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:20:07 -0700, Wilson Woods ... Some people have to work harder to be stupid than you do Goo. We've seen how easy it is for you to be stupid and display your stupidity Goob, but that doesn't mean you should insult other people who have to work harder to be stupid than you do. I... more »
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BANK FEE: For paying off credit card on time every month
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:48:08 -0700, Wilson Woods ... LOL! Well Goo, I don't recall you lying about being Peter Franks before, but I know you're lying about being Wilson Woods. ... You've outstupided yourself enough to have earned the title Goobernicus, you goober, so you don't have much if any room to... more »
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appel à textes : humanité et animalité
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Appel à textes La revue philosophique Klesis ([link]) publiera au printemps un numéro sur le thème « Humanité et animalité », coordonné par Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer. S’agissant d’une revue de philosophie, les contributions attendues doivent rester dans le champ de la philosophie animale et/ou de... more »
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