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Course Links (day by day, as shown in class)

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And a compilation of my bookmarks here

Class Links for Sept 7

Paul Nicklen's photojournalistic encounter with a leopard seal for NatGeo in Antarctica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxa6P73Awcg
Video from the Onion News Network: http://www.theonion.com/video/study-multiple-stab-wounds-may-be-harmful-to-monke,14150/
In a Chinese zoo, "five Euros will buy you the chance to feed one animal to another": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LeuQcsj-2w
"The Meatrix": http://www.themeatrix.com/
On a lighter note: BBC's 'walk on the wild side' excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hwLbhpatJo

Links on companion animals (for Sept 9)

Thought-provoking article on 'the little dog lost at sea': http://theweek.com/article/index/106310/The_little_dog_lost_at_sea
"Good Dog, Smart Dog" (NYT), on canine cognition: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/weekinreview/01kershaw.html?_r=2&emc=eta1
"The Ethical Dog" (Mark Bekoff in SciAm): http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-ethical-dog
"What it's like to think with a dog's brain": http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/inside-dog-dog/story?id=10494333
"China Accused of Skinning live animals for fur": http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/291483
(graphic) example of an undercover PETA vid on mice handling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT8lxLX3u_c&feature=player_embedded#!
'blind dog has her own seeing eye dog': http://www.pawnation.com/2010/06/11/blind-dog-has-her-own-seeing-eye-dog/
Danish rabbit-jumping championships: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1307036/The-Danish-craze-growing-numbers-animal-lovers-hopping-bandwagon.html
'Animal hoarding on the rise': http://www.newser.com/article/d9hvvg380/pet-experts-25-percent-of-animal-hoarders-were-once-rescuers-and-trend-growing-across-country.html
On a PETA undercover video at a puppy mill: http://www.newser.com/story/87705/video-of-animal-abuse-prompts-raid-of-pet-supplier.html
'dog's Anglican communion leaves tongues wagging': http://life.nationalpost.com/2010/07/26/dog%E2%80%99s-anglican-communion-leaves-tongues-wagging/
On Obama's recent 'they talk about me like a dog' comment: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/09/obama-dog.html

And in other news...

To be entirely honest, I'm really not sure what to make of this ('beer to be sold in dead animals'): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7904698/Beer-to-be-sold-in-dead-animals.html
a (involuntarily) parasailing donkey: http://www.mn.ru/russia/20100723/187947742.html
"Poisoning rhino horns to keep poachers away": http://tinyurl.com/rhinohorns

Public Policy

Maxwell Stearns on public choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfuuqz_veo
Introducing the prisoner's dilemma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&v=IotsMu1J8fA&annotation_id=annotation_867313

Understanding Nash equilibrium and the prisoner's dilemma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4n-Eg6UAw8&feature=related

On human rights and social movements: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKrfwqHsYI

On the role of collective behavior: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQXr4hTRHwg

On the policy cycle: http://www.stats.govt.nz/sitecore/content/population/Home/tools-and-resources/policy-development-cycle.aspx, http://www.peopleandparticipation.net/display/ProcessPlanner/Using+Your+Results, http://www.geostrategis.com/p_policy.htm
A very basic but handy overview on 'what is public policy?': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoNNIPC0Euc&feature=related

On social capital and social movements

Bowling Alone website: http://www.bowlingalone.com/
Facebook and social capital video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFTL8PBomUE
Clay Shirky at TED, 'How social media can make history': http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html
Seth Godin at TED, on 'the tribes we lead': http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html
Social capital as viewed through the cartoons of Pierre Bourdeau: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tPQ-xOLSSE (this is an overly simplistic view of social capital...but is meaningful nonetheless)
"How to create a grassroots movement using social networking sites": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQpULpHpFmo

On political psychology and related issues

On Animals and Ethics

Carl Sagan (audio from Pale Blue Dot): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shUTJAwWmsE
Excellent three-part interview with Peter Singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bi81JcddWc
"What is the Value of a Human Life" (re. differential payouts for 9/11 victims): http://thisibelieve.org/essay/45426/
An example of framing in the 'rights v. welfare' debate: http://www.animalsuffering.com/resources/photos/images/Animal-Rights-vs-Animal-Welfare.gif
One (of many) example of anthropocentrism: http://xkcd.com/731/
The anthropomorphic 'cheezburger empire' I mentioned in class today: http://icanhascheezburger.com/

On Animal consciousness

TED video: Jane Goodall on what separates us from the apes: http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_on_what_separates_us_from_the_apes.html

Gombe chimp 'outtakes': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXXCAGOQGBk
mother and child in Gombe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmcNWJpIXp8
Gary Larson cartoon about Jane Goodall: http://www.lessonsforhope.org/scrapbook1.asp?sec=5&pgid=205

more on chimp intelligence: http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=zmetizm0yc
A case of chimp problem-solving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySMh1mBi3cI&feature=player_embedded
Kanzi the bonobo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dhc2zePJFE, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRM7vTrIIis
Monkeys and the mirror test, in the news: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/09/29/for.first.time.monkeys.recognize.themselves.mirror.indicating.self.awareness?

Other relevant TED talks -- Jane Goodall 4 years later (in 2007): http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_at_tedglobal_07.html
TED - the amazing intelligence of crows: http://playstopgo.com/video/885

more on crow tool use: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8631486.stm
more on bird intelligence: http://pogpog.com/v/bird-fishes-like-a-human/

Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes: http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write.html

'rats laugh when you tickle them': http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/04/rats_laugh_when_you_tickle_the.html
"12 artsy animals that paint": http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/pets-animals/photos/12-artsy-animals-that-paint/dolphins
"Swimming with dolphins traumatizes them, scientists claim": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7456102/Swimming-with-dolphins-traumatises-them.html

biologists assert that 'whales can feel and suffer as humans do': http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7841882/Whales-can-feel-and-suffer-as-humans-do.html
"Like chimps, whales and dolphins found to possess qualities of personhood": http://bluelivingideas.com/topics/marine-ocean-sea-life/chimps-whales-dolphins-possess-qualities-personhood/
Video of dolphin bubble rings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q
Swimming with sperm whales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HggHr21Z6kU&feature=related
more on personhood: http://philosophybites.com/2009/06/paul-snowdon-on-persons-and-animals.html

Dan Dennett on consciousness: http://tinyurl.com/2chm3hp (and a very different perspective is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=genaPkf99bY )

Understanding theory of mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDtjLSa50uk
"Can Monkeys Talk" (Robert Seyfarth): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lsF83rHKFc&feature=channel

Interview with cognitive ethologist Marc Bekoff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWnXJW9LjI

Link for the Great Ape Project (referenced by Bekoff): http://www.greatapeproject.org/

life on earth chart: http://evogeneao.com/images/Evolution_poster_lg.gif
Inevitably, PETA's two cents on paul the octopus...: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/PETA-Demands-Soccer-Octopus-Released-1578

more on cephalopod consciousness: http://io9.com/5626679/three-arguments-for-the-consciousness-of-cephalopods

And in other news...: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11433539

On primates

TED video: Jane Goodall on what separates us from the apes: http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_on_what_separates_us_from_the_apes.html

On Goodall's Roots and Shoots organization: http://www.rootsandshoots.org/

One of many videos on the organization's work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6qd2VQ6M_I

Gombe chimp 'outtakes': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXXCAGOQGBk
mother and child in Gombe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmcNWJpIXp8
Other relevant TED talks -- Jane Goodall 4 years later (in 2007): http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_at_tedglobal_07.html
Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes: http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write.html
"What Chimp warfare reveals about humans": http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/What-Chimpanzee-Warfare-Reveals-About-Humans-4076
Recent WBUR program (On Point with Tom Ashbrook) about chimps and humans: http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/09/chimps-humans

Interview with cognitive ethologist Marc Bekoff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOWnXJW9LjI

Link for the Great Ape Project (referenced by Bekoff): http://www.greatapeproject.org/

A good documentary on monkeys by Sir David Attenborough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSVF4CuXYno&feature=player_embedded
On a controversial editorial cartoon from 2009: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/18/new-york-post-chimp-carto_n_167841.html

Also on the mauling in Connecticut last year: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/opinion/06siebert.html?_r=3

On the bushmeat trade (in this case in Cameroon): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMFuOGyLsw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQQ6k4JUlQ, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogsg8SRAGJc
The effect of the recent global food crisis on the bushmeat market: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KfUTLf3HHc
The lighter side of bushmeat: http://www.mentalfloss.com/store/product_image.php?imageid=107

On Cetaceans

"Swimming with dolphins traumatizes them, scientists claim": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7456102/Swimming-with-dolphins-traumatises-them.html

biologists assert that 'whales can feel and suffer as humans do': http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7841882/Whales-can-feel-and-suffer-as-humans-do.html
"Like chimps, whales and dolphins found to possess qualities of personhood": http://bluelivingideas.com/topics/marine-ocean-sea-life/chimps-whales-dolphins-possess-qualities-personhood/
Video of dolphin bubble rings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q
Swimming with sperm whales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HggHr21Z6kU&feature=related
more on personhood: http://philosophybites.com/2009/06/paul-snowdon-on-persons-and-animals.html

Local news clip on orca attack, trainer death, and PETA involvement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoCYZSWsyDk&feature=related

Jean-Michel Cousteau's take on the issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp8MkPyBE5A

On marine mammals in captivity in general, from Naomi Rose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhM8y0sxqL4&feature=PlayList&p=E6973725DDC30648&playnext=1&index=5

Modest Mouse music video directed by Heath Ledger, "King Rat": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7KDOAj4Xo

Navy Sonar and Whales (we'll revisit this issue later in the semester)

One kind of response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcKArYkq9rs
A similarly angry 'environmentalists hate America' view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2KCSBEF2s
"NRDC to take its sonar fight to the Supreme Court": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4gy54vzgSI
"Lethal Sonar": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jshn7qpss
"Sonar Victims": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TpLUx2d_qU
"Sonar and Whales" (the govt's take): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxLaXmVX6QA
More on regulating ocean noise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOeKP7ixryk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IckY44UE4A4
On beaked whales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtEHjPb18ps

Links on Wild Animals

Pieter Hugo photoessay, "The Hyena and Other Men": http://www.pieterhugo.com/selected-work/the-hyena-other-men/2.jpg/
Clip from Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7wCqlcdRm0
A Kalahari 'persistence hunt' (with Sir David Attenborough): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wI-9RJi0Qo
on shooting a lion...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CNgwZgoKFc
on shooting an '8 point buck': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPNBynsVHAc
Some (politicized) comic relief: Lewis black on hunting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ene75RM3w
On aerial wolf hunting (note the creator -- Defenders of Wildlife...i.e., not without bias, obviously): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr183lk-wQk

a very different perspective on helicopter hunting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiHmYsyVniE

A hunter's view (in Leopold's tradition...a blend of Kheel's holist/holy hunter): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcabnNjd1I
Only semi-related...trailer for Inuit film Ataranjuat ('the fast runner'): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u30kkn3FUHo
Richard Louv on biophilia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeOSzDUCPkA
David Attenborough BBC special on Darwin bicentennial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz7U4k522Pg
Flashy vid on urban sprawl and the 'new urbanism': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJt_YXIoJI
On habitat fragmentation and the edge effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGWFh6vCd7I
Eagle cam (one of many): http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html
On bear baiting...(not pleasant): http://www.wspa-usa.org/pages/391_bear_baiting.cfm, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7013650950411952306#, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qG3lYWnuD0
"Operation Wild" episode on alligator feeding in the Everglades: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/the-operation-wild/
"Goose crashes video shoot, becomes a celebrity": http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/goose-crashes-video-shoot-becomes-a-celebrity.php
"Wild turkeys attack hapless porsche driver": http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/08/video-wild-turkeys-attack-hapless-porsche-driver/
On the asian carp isue: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/us-asian-carp-czar-poison-ge.php
Antarctic Krill and oceanic acidification: http://e360.yale.edu/digest/antarctic_krill_embryos_severely_affected_by_ocean_acidification/2639/
"Help save tigers with one text": http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/help-save-tigers-with-one-text-and-10.html
"50 Cent invited to be godfather to a rhino": http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/rapper-50-cent-invited-to-be-godfather-to-a-rhino.php
"Stephen Fry watches rare bird hump zoologist": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7uFSbRJ5w
At the intersection of food policy and wild animals (a greenpeace ad on Fonterra milk): http://www.vegan.com/blog/2010/10/11/best-milk-commercial-ever

Links on Hunting

A Kalahari 'persistence hunt' (with Sir David Attenborough): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wI-9RJi0Qo
on shooting a lion...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CNgwZgoKFc
on shooting an '8 point buck': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPNBynsVHAc
Some (politicized) comic relief: Lewis black on hunting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ene75RM3w
A hunter's view (in Leopold's tradition...a blend of Kheel's holist/holy hunter): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcabnNjd1I

More Links on Wild Animals

David Attenborough BBC special on Darwin bicentennial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz7U4k522Pg
On "rewilding": http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug05/rewilding.kr.html
"Milking the Rhino" (PBS documentary): http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/milkingtherhino/
On migratory birds and urban lights: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11141196
A more radical position on deer management: http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/2010/september/neither-hunting-nor-.html
On the impact of wolf hunting: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/the-impact-of-wolf-hunting-much-greater-than-commonly-assumed.php
Regarding the methods of managing aggressive wildlife: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/mountain-goat-kills-hiker-hazing-park-ranger.php
On wildlife, law, citizen ballot initiatives, and Wayne Pacelle: http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2010/10/arizona-prop-109.html

Collected food policy and animal ag links from my firefox bookmarks here

Links on Animal Experimentation

One view 'pro': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGy1QHPyvtM

Not your usual march: defending research at UCLA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RALTi42h0k

and a lecture from what appears to be the same event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JftURPWzvY

Another view pro (from Frankie Trull's Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR)): http://www.fbresearch.org/

An example of the tactics used by the Foundation for Biomedical Research: http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/animal-testing/

One view 'con' (graphic!) (slideshow set to emotional music...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJh_YO7i18

Another (graphic) view con ("good science or pointless cruelty?") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgFWIh71KjY
Antivivisectionist advertisement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__-uVG53ieo
PETA ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COmiFdu61Js&feature=related
Website for 'stop huntington animal cruelty': http://www.shac.net/

On Huntington Life Sciences and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqT1FR1XxPo
SHAC 7 website: http://www.shac7.com/ (and wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Huntingdon_Animal_Cruelty)
One lecturer's view on ecoterrorism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teb5A08o5-Q

Understanding the "3Rs': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26E4-qd1tys
On alternatives to animal use in toxicity testing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPrjfdyszgc
Information on prominent antivivisectionist Henry Spira: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5iWnvtbtz8, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0maTqPxKOI
On Class 'B' Dealers: http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pets_experiments/
For reference: the veterinarian's oath: http://netvet.wustl.edu/vetoath.htm
Harlow's maternal deprivation experiment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLrBrk9DXVk
Good overview on the state of alternatives to whole-animal tests in the US: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103733.html?referrer=emailarticle
And on a lighter note: http://www.theonion.com/articles/sonofabitch-mouse-solves-maze-researchers-spent-mo,2432/

On Zoos and Aquariums

Cheetah sets a record...(but so what?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-za0uk158FE
Australia zoo tour with Steve Irwin (portraying his signature 'hands on' technique...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlDXZywedvc
An odd sight: a cartoon of animals visiting a zoo. Strange, if you think about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXpx2OEWBdA
A recent case of a trainer being hurt by an elephant (with PETA being ready to put in their two cents, of course): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8267P1cXdt8
I can't understand this, but the message is pretty clear: against Moscow-area zoos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Fx88f7f1k
Local news clip on orca attack, trainer death, and PETA involvement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoCYZSWsyDk&feature=related

Jean-Michel Cousteau's take on the issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp8MkPyBE5A

On marine mammals in captivity in general, from Naomi Rose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhM8y0sxqL4&feature=PlayList&p=E6973725DDC30648&playnext=1&index=5

Series of videos of forced circus-like behavior at Chinese zoos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmvTIkG5xpM
"Sad Eyes and Empty Lives": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuMy_hTYXOU
Jane Goodall on the merits of what zoos can do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9eqh_kGg-Q&feature=related
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), 'what we do' clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz7tQIV3Jro&feature=related
Examples of stereotypies: (in circuses) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq1Yw2ebE0o, at a Basel zoo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLmrG2Xr55I
An example of how zoo keepers really do care a lot for the animals (re. Galapagos tortoises, in this case): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXljBRVIO1w
We're not focusing on circuses, but there's lots of videos about these kinds of things...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wjb3HjAYUY&feature=related
On the San Diego Zoo's california condor restoration efforts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ootHa9RX4CM
Video rendition of (the gist of) a well-known essay by John Lilly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l6z4BUUR1Y
On the victims of war--claimed Israeli attack on a zoo in Gaza (I don't know all the details here, to be honest): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9vhmaqAEHA (Some news coverage: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/june162009/idf_zoo_kill_gaza_6-16-09.php) (and some accompanying propaganda, of course....: http://www.americanfreepress.net/Supplements/NEW_Gaza_Zoo_Color_Flyer.pdf)
Local zoo (and other) news: http://bostonist.com/2010/11/05/animal_news_k-9_hoarders.php

In the news...

(wildlife) on the apparent death of the 'emperor of Exmoor': http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/emperor-of-exmoor-death.php
McDonald's manager successfully company for weight gain: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/28/mcdonalds-manager-brazil-weight-gain
MA student suspended for riding horse to school: http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/11/02/student_gets_the_gate_for_riding_horse_to_school/
Fallout from Missouri's puppy mill ban, which passed by a hair: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Missouri-Breeders-Howl-Over-Puppy-Mill-Ban-2449
Diwali and owls: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827852.900-diwali-is-a-dark-time-for-indias-owls.html
Recent op-ed by Nicollete Hahn Niman on eating pigs vs. eating dogs: http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/11/dogs-arent-dinner-the-flaws-in-an-argument-for-veganism/66095/

and a response by Erik Marcus of vegan.com here: http://www.vegan.com/blog/2010/11/04/niman-on-eating-pigs-vs-dogs/

A curious--if a bit odd--article about diet and technology in the future: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/11/alt-text-technivores-dilemma

Animals as Symbols

John Berger's famous Ways of Seeing (not specifically about animals, but parallels can be drawn): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnfB-pUm3eI
Feng Shui and animal guardians: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhKVyW_0au4
On Wiccans and animal symbolism...: http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin
A (cheesy) vid on animal totems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2hC66InqnA&feature=related
"King Tut's Shrine: Animal Iconography": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDGp6BZz2pQ
A very different--and quite odd--form of symbolism: the 'cheezburger empire': http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Website of Boria Sax: http://www.boriasax.com/

An intreresting ppt, 'animals in human civilization' (with audio by Boria Sax): http://webcast.uis.edu/impatica/bsax2/AnimalsInHuman/player.html

An odd assortment of photoshopped animals: http://www.worth1000.com/contests/25501/animal-proportions-4
Planned city in Sudan 'in the shape of a Rhino': http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/turn-left-at-the-horn-rhino-city-revealed-2056321.html
Medieval animal symbolism: http://medievalstudies.ceu.hu/projects/madness
One of very many examples of animals in (graphic) literature - Mouse Guard: http://www.mouseguard.net/
An interesting take on panda diplomacy ('never say no to panda'): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4

with some commentary here: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Creepy-Egyptian-Cheese-Ads-Explain-Geopolitics-2139

Animal Law

PBS Newshour clip on recent Supreme Court case on depictions of animal cruelty in crush videos, U.S. v. Stevens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVSTkhcGxgE, and the ACLU's take on the same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4xUyviw6zY (the ruling is available here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-769.pdf)

Overview of the case in context: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=belnNgDBSx0&feature=fvw

Update from the Senate: http://www.aspca.org/blog/us-senate-passes-crush-act.html

Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) debate on 'animals as legal persons': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H38y2ZkwHaw&feature=channel
Video from a pet trust attorney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0DM-Q-ku34
Handy overview, if a bit awkward: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn1c3sX4qnw
Humane Legislative Fund's (HSUS's legal arm) "Humane Scorecard": http://www.hslf.org/humanescorecard/
A talk by judge Richard Posner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJlR51GQepg
Speaking of out-of-context character assassination...a piece on Cass Sunstein (with admittedly controversial views!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoiHIbwRhSo, a slightly longer clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaJ8VXYdBrg
ALDF link on animal law courses: http://aldf.org/userdata_display.php?modin=51
On the distinction (and confusion) of the common law / civil law difference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyw15BRNn-Q
What is a SLAPP suit?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMCPBhId0Z4
On the topic of Wills and Trusts: Leona Helmsley and an article by Jeffrey Toobin: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/29/080929fa_fact_toobin
On a recent (and unsuccessful attempt) to get legal guardianship rights for pets in Switzerland: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7373154/Switzerland-to-vote-on-appointing-lawyers-for-abused-pets.html (and a different perspective on the same issue: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103520836794314.html)
On eco- and animal 'terrorists', and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA): http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/james-powers-environmentalists-timothy-mcveigh/3144
Pet custody disputes: a legal primer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi_Lq47MQxY
'green gone wild': previewing the controversy over the ESA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu6oCbIS5g8
Previewing animals and economics: negative externalities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha-ssoI6S0Q

In the News

[re. animals and economics] Previewing animals and economics: negative externalities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha-ssoI6S0Q
A reasonably good overview of a basic supply and demand curve: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFv6ZucKDhQ
Economics explained via Seinfeld episodes: http://yadayadayadaecon.com/
Understanding behavioral economics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa-mIosWOK8

More from the author of Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely (a Fora TV lecture): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjUJTw2i1M&feature=related

On a new book by David Sedaris: http://www.openculture.com/2010/11/david_sedaris_and_ian_falconer_introduce_squirrel_seeks_chipmunk.html
On dolphins' bubbles and sonar: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/dolphins-bubble-nets-inspire-better-sonar.php
Some comic relief from Hyperbole and a Half: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html
More on Anderson Cooper, bonobos, and a bunny suit: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Anderson-Coopers-Bonobo-Bunny-Suit-Video-Finally-Released-2582
Interesting looking new book on rats in the urban landscape: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/stratigraphies-of-infestation.html
On Eid and activism in the Islamic world: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/world/africa/22egypt.html?_r=2&hp
An innovative marketing technique by Purina: http://www.popscreen.com/v/5W63T/Story_1_New_Pet_Food_Purina_ONE%C2%AE_beyOnd%E2%84%A2

Endangered Species Act

The text of the 1973 ESA: http://epw.senate.gov/esa73.pdf
ESA in current (oil spill) context: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/esa-overhaul/ (see also: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/07/27/27greenwire-lawsuit-seeks-stringent-endangered-species-ana-54415.html)
Defenders of Wildlife ESA portal: http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/policy_and_legislation/endangered_species_act/
An endangered species-focused NGO, the Endangered Species Coalition: http://www.stopextinction.org/
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) ESA portal: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
US Secretary of the Interior wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior
On the Massachusetts ESA: http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/regulatory_review/mesa/mesa_home.htm

how to find out what land is protected nearby: http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/regulatory_review/priority_habitat/online_viewer.htm

Overview of the ESA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTcenE5sG3Q
On frogs' role as a sentinel species: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lWQLd5U0g8
Penn and Teller on endangered species: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSY1HbpzTjM
"America in Crisis" (similar to the previous three...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8XMrmaIpBk
"Impact of ESA" (on property rights): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5uGSHvXfRA
On the political fallout of the California water crisis, the ESA, and the Delta Smelt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9M6yX3yMQ&feature=related
"Defenders of Wildlife lawsuit against BP": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM5kLrrzPus
Bald Eagle delisting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHywgWJuKk
This is how to oversimplify predator reintroduction policy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVxv92iX0rY
An update on shark protection: http://news.discovery.com/earth/hammerhead-sharks-protected-paris.html

And another on the status of bluefin tuna: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fishing-nations-agree-slim-atlantic

In the news

A range of comments on the (curious but pretty ridiculous) Presidential turkey pardon tradition: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/5-Most-Colorful-Write-Ups-of-Obamas-Turkey-Pardon-5943

and this: http://www.theonion.com/video/obama-outlines-moral-philosophical-justifications,18509/

and this: http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-clemency-of-cranberry,18510/

and this: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Morning-Vid-A-Complete-History-of-Presidential-Turkey-Pardons-5935

Rethinking the mirror test: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=kids-and-animals-who-fail-classic-mirror \
NYT op-ed by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser on the Food Safety Modernization Act: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/opinion/29schlosser.html?_r=2&ref=opinion

Navy Sonar and Whales (for Thur)

One kind of response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcKArYkq9rs
"NRDC to take its sonar fight to the Supreme Court": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4gy54vzgSI
"Lethal Sonar": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jshn7qpss
"Sonar Victims": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TpLUx2d_qU
"Sonar and Whales" (the govt's take): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxLaXmVX6QA
More on regulating ocean noise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOeKP7ixryk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IckY44UE4A4
On beaked whales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtEHjPb18ps

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