What's the motivation behind keeping animals in zoos? Protecting species from extinction? Allowing researchers to observe endangered animals to better learn how to protect them in the wild? Or do they provide scientists with research subjects for studies that have nothing to do with the good of the animals? Are they there merely for human entertainment and profit?
According to African elephant expert Winnie Kiiru (project manager of the Amboseli Human-Elephant Conflict Project in Kenya) and Zoocheck Canada, the Edmonton Valley Zoo isn't in it for the benefit of its elephants. Zoocheck and Kiiru have called the Edmonton Valley Zoo's elephant enclosures the worst in Canada. Read the full story here.
btw - the Canadian organization that apparently accredited the Edmonton Valley Zoo, from what I've heard, is basically ineffectual and in all probability biased in zoos' favour. thus the need for an independent group like Zoocheck.
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It's nearly a year later than I expected, but Solefald has finally released Black for Death, the companion album to Red for Fire and the second part of An Icelandic Odyssey. The two definitely flow together, but I have yet to listen to them back to back. That's up next.
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Saturday, 3 February 2007
pigs in space, as opposed to crates
On the radio last weekend I mentioned the fact that the largest producer of pork in America had agreed to stop keeping breeding mama pigs confined in gestation crates, or to at least phase it out. Whether they actually care that living in a crate makes for unhappy and unhealthy pigs... Probably not, but as long as they don't put them in something worse...
I also mentioned that the Winnipeg Humane Society, at the very least, was putting pressure on Canada's Maple Leaf Pork to do the same. Turns out Maple Leaf has just agreed.
Thus my title pigs in [more] space.
Check it out for yourself:
The Humane Society of the United States (pig page)
peta2 (pig blog)
p.s. I've been previewing the new Virgin Black album. All I can say so far is "WOW."
p.s. [v.2] went to a presentation on all-girl metal and hard rock tribute bands today. wow in a very different sense. extremely interesting stuff. I'd heard of the Iron Maidens, but... if you have no idea what I'm talking about look 'em up (and stay tuned for the book and documentary)
I also mentioned that the Winnipeg Humane Society, at the very least, was putting pressure on Canada's Maple Leaf Pork to do the same. Turns out Maple Leaf has just agreed.
Thus my title pigs in [more] space.
Check it out for yourself:
The Humane Society of the United States (pig page)
peta2 (pig blog)
p.s. I've been previewing the new Virgin Black album. All I can say so far is "WOW."
p.s. [v.2] went to a presentation on all-girl metal and hard rock tribute bands today. wow in a very different sense. extremely interesting stuff. I'd heard of the Iron Maidens, but... if you have no idea what I'm talking about look 'em up (and stay tuned for the book and documentary)
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