February 2012
28 posts
Next time I try to take this many classes in one term, promise you guys will talk me out of it?
Ugh, you guys
I’m so sorry I haven’t been posting much at all lately. I have midterms that just never seem to end. This weekend I’ll have an update.
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Constitutional Rights do not Extend to Animals,...
So yesterday I posted this article, and now:
In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified by Congress, officially outlawing slavery in the United States. Now, PETA is working to extend these protections—to animals.
In a suit filed against SeaWorld, the controversy-courting organization argued that the marine park’s famed orcas were enslaved—forced to work against their will for the...
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Court Hears Arguments in PETA's Lawsuit Against...
by Alex Davies
In the history of the animal rights movement, I believe this is the first time the 13th amendment to the US Constitution has been brought into play. The 1865 ban on slavery is the basis for a lawsuit against SeaWorld, filed by PETA on the behalf of five orca whales which, the animal rights group argues, are enslaved for commercial gain by the marine park.
PETA is well known for...
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Scientist Q & A: Mike Navarro
On the third Saturday of each month, scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography or elsewhere in the community join our special SEA Days program to share their exciting research with aquarium visitors.
Mike Navarro is a PhD. student in Biological Oceanography at Scripps Oceanography, working in Dr. Lisa Levin’s Laboratory. He will share his research on market squid in La Jolla’s marine...
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Marine Mammals on the Menu in Many Parts of World →
The fate of the world’s great whale species commands global attention as a result of heated debate between pro and anti-whaling advocates, but the fate of smaller marine mammals is less understood, specifically because the deliberate and accidental harvesting of dolphins, porpoises, manatees and other warm-blooded aquatic denizens is rarely studied or monitored.
To shed more light on the issue,...
January 2012
35 posts
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Everybody should do this →
theseablog:
free CO2 offsetting? yes please.
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I Just discovered a Save The Manatees Webcam. →
Guess what I’ll be watching during art history lecture today.
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WatchMore Than 60 Dolphins Wash Ashore in Cape Cod
Dr. Robinson talks about dolphins stranded on Cape Cod: MyFoxBOSTON.com
300 volunteers have been mobilized to the beaches of Cape Cod after a mass beaching of dolphins washed more than 60 animals ashore. Of that number, 19 were rescued. 27 will not survive a transfer back to the ocean and 32 were already dead.
Twitter... I guess.
Hey guys! I’m finding it increasingly hard to keep this thing active with new posts, so I’m trying something new out. I have all this stuff I want to share with you, but don’t have time to post it here. So, I got a twitter I think I’m going to start posting some links on. It’ll be quicker. If I ever learn how to use it. I’ll still share stuff here to of course,...
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“Similar to chimp research, it is wrong to think that the question of whaling can...”
– Jennifer Jacquet in her article: The chimpanzee and the whale: two recent views
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