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Support for animal rights as a function of belief in evolution, religious fundamentalism, and religious denomination
Contributor(s):: J. L. DeLeeuw, L. W Galen, C. Aebersold, V. Stanton
The present study examined the relationship among religious denomination, fundamentalism, belief about human origins, gender, and support for animal rights. Eighty-two college undergraduates filled out a set of 3 questionnaires: The Religious Fundamentalism Scale (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004),...
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"Something of interest about ourselves": Natural history and the evolutionary hierarchy at Taronga Zoological Park
Contributor(s):: Lloyd, N.
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'Pleasures', 'pains' and animal welfare: toward a natural history of affect
Contributor(s):: Fraser, D., Duncan, I. J. H.
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May 08 2014
2014 Ontario Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution Colloquium (OE3C)
The Ontario Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution Colloquium (OE3C) is a graduate student-run conference with a broad focus on topics in ecology, human and animal behaviour, and evolution. Registration...
https://habricentral.org/events/details/218
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A 'long-fuse domestication' of the horse? Tooth shape suggests explosive change in modern breeds compared to extinct populations and living Przewalski horses
Contributor(s):: Krish Seetah, Andrea Cardini, Graeme Barker
Archaeological and molecular data suggest that horses were domesticated comparatively recently, the genetic evidence indicating that this was from several maternal haplotypes but only a single paternal one. However, although central to our understanding of how humans and environmental conditions...
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A case for a naturalistic perspective
Contributor(s):: Paxton, D. W.
This paper continues the debate on a unifying theory of the human-companion animal bond, begun in the first volume of Anthrozoos by Kidd and Kidd (1987:140-57). Research is cited in which the relationship between people and the dog is the case study. It is argued that the animal-animal model may...
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A case for a naturalistic perspective: response to Lawrence and Bekoff
Contributor(s):: Paxton, D. W.
The author responds to commentaries on his original paper noting that "The paper is about questions, not answers. The orthodoxanswer in urban animal management — responsible pet ownership — is really the target of the naturalistic perspective. The paper requests urban authorities to always ask...
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A new synthesis : resituating approaches to the evolution of human behavior
Contributor(s):: Fuentes, Agustín
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A reply to Helvenston and Hodgson, and Neely
Contributor(s):: Shipman, Pat
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A Tinbergian review of self-injurious behaviors in laboratory rhesus macaques
Contributor(s):: Polanco, Andrea
Self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) are a welfare and practical concern in laboratory rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), and may share a similar etiology to human SIBs. This review uses a Tinbergian perspective to investigate why rhesus monkeys perform SIBs. In addition to reviewing research...
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A view to a death in the morning : hunting and nature through history
Contributor(s):: Cartmill, Matt
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Abnormal repetitive behaviours in captive birds: a Tinbergian review
Contributor(s):: Mellor, Emma, Brilot, Ben, Collins, Sarah
Abnormal repetitive behaviours (ARBs) are associated with past, or present, welfare problems and are common elements of the behavioural repertoire of some captive animals, including birds. Millions of birds from hundreds of species are held in various captive settings, yet most avian ARB research...
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Affen und Menschen. (German)
Contributor(s):: Münch, Paul
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Affiliation in human-animal interaction
Contributor(s):: Beetz, Andrea, Bales, Karen
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Affiliation in human-animal interaction
Contributor(s):: Beetz, Andrea, Bales, Karen, Freund, Lisa S., McCune, Sandra, Esposito, Layla, Gee, Nancy R., McCardle, Peggy
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An evolutionary point of view of animal ethics
Contributor(s):: Criscuolo, François, Sueur, Cédric
The observation that animals may respond to the emotional states of conspecific or even heterospecific individuals is not new. After more than one century, the need to define what exactly non-human animals are able to feel and—from this starting point—rethink the legal status and place of animals...
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Ancient Iberian horses :a method to recover DNA from archaeological samples buried under sub-optimal conditions for preservation
Contributor(s):: Seco-Morais, J.
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Animal pleasure and its moral significance. (Special Issue: Animal suffering and welfare.)
Contributor(s):: Balcombe, J.
This paper presents arguments for, and evidence in support of, the important role of pleasure in animals' lives, and outlines its considerable significance to humankind's relationship to other animals. In the realms of animal sentience, almost all scholarly discussion revolves around its negative...
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Animal welfare: should we change housing to better accommodate the animal or change the animal to accommodate the housing?
Contributor(s):: Cheng, Heng-Wei
Animal welfare (well-being) can be generally defined as 'a state of harmony between the animal and its environment, characterized by optimal physical, behavioural and psychological functioning and high quality of the animal's life'. Since its inception in the early nineteenth century, through...
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Anthropomorphism and anthropomorphic selection - Beyond the "cute response"
Contributor(s):: Serpell, J. A.
