Animal Welfare Issues Are Key To Labour And Conservatives. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a guest post from David Holroyd from the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. David will be exploring why we need Conservative, not Labour, animal advocates – regardless of the results of the next General Election. Few pundits expect a victory for Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives in the upcoming 2024 General Election. We need to wait until party manifestos are released, but many animal advocates hope that a more left-wing government will support bolder laws to protect animals in…
Safeguarding Humanity Via Legal Safeguards For Animals
Safeguarding Humanity Via Legal Safeguards For Animals. Hello everyone. I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a guest post from Kimberley Moore, Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and author of The Case for the Legal Protection of Animals, Humanity’s Shared Destiny with the Animal Kingdom. She will explore why humanity’s destiny depends on the legal protection of animals and what the law needs to do to protect that shared destiny. In 2022, the United Nations adopted a Resolution affirming that the health and welfare of animals are connected to the health and…
The Psychological Effects Of Witnessing Cruelty To Animals On Social Media
The Psychological Effects Of Witnessing Cruelty To Animals On Social Media. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a guest post from Dustin Kieschnick and Katie Lawlor from the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, exploring the psychological effects of witnessing cruelty to animals on Social Media. Social Media seems to be full of animals, and often, those depictions are about cruelty. We are horrified when we see a post about a fox ripped apart by hounds or someone who has dumped a bag of kittens in a river or beaten their dog. And…
The Development Of Medicines And Pharmaceutical Drugs
The Development Of Medicines And Pharmaceutical Drugs. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a guest post from Dr Pandora Pound, a Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Dr Pandora Pound will explore why medicines and pharmaceutical drugs have progressed so little in the last decades and what is holding back their development. Set against the backdrop of the awe-inspiring technological advances that we hear about on an almost daily basis, it is shocking that we have so little to offer people with strokes, dementia, most cancers, brain injuries, multiple sclerosis,…
Launch of ‘The Ethics of Fur’
Launch of ‘The Ethics of Fur’. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a press release on the launch of ‘The Ethics of Fur. ‘ The first multidisciplinary book to address the subject. The new book was edited by Professor Andrew Linzey and Dr Clair Linzey, directors of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. ‘The Ethics of Fur’ is a pioneering and comprehensive book that aims to tackle the pressing issue of animal protection from a multidisciplinary perspective. It is an important and urgent contribution to the ongoing discourse on the ethics of…
Hello Kitty? Why Are Celebrated Cats So Un Cat-Like?
Hello Kitty? Why Are Celebrated Cats So Un Cat-Like? Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a guest post from Dr Rebecca Rose Stanton, Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. She will explore the media’s vilification and celebration of cats and why so many cats are very un-cat-like. If you were asked to name a famous cat, there are many examples: Top Cat, Garfield, Hello Kitty, and the Pink Panther. But who would you pick if asked to name a famous cat that wasn’t anthropomorphised? Despite the prevalence of cats in…
Appointment of New Fellows of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
Appointment of New Fellows of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a press release on the appointment of new Fellows of the Oxford Centre for Animals Ethics. The Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics is delighted to announce the appointment of thirty-two new Fellows. The largest cohort of new Fellows the Centre has ever made. The Fellows are appointed for their outstanding contribution to the field of animal ethics worldwide. The Centre comprises over a hundred and twenty-five Fellows from countries worldwide. Appointment of New Fellows of…
Oxford Animal Ethics Announces Summer School
Oxford Animal Ethics Announces Summer School. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a press release on the Oxford Animal Ethics Summer School announcement. The Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics is excited to announce the programme for its 8th annual Summer School at Merton College, Oxford, 7-10th August 2023. This year’s Summer School topic is “Animals and the Media”, and we will look at many considerations surrounding communicating ethical perspectives on animals. Oxford Animal Ethics Announces Summer School The media in all its forms (including print, broadcast, social, cinematic, literary, and artistic) dominates…
Academics Explore The Overlooked Bond Between Religions And Animals In A New Book
Academics Explore The Overlooked Bond Between Religions And Animals In A New Book. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a press release on a newly launched book called “Animal Theologians,” written by Revd Professor Andrew Linzey and Dr Clair Linzey, the Directors of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, explores the relationship between religion and animals. It is published by Oxford University Press and available for purchase. Revd Professor Andrew Linzey is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and has been a member of the Faculty of Theology at…
Oxford University Animal Ethics Society Triumphs At The International Business Ethics Case Competition
Oxford University Animal Ethics Society Triumphs At The International Business Ethics Case Competition. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a press release on the Wins Of Oxford University Animal Ethics Society At The International Business Ethics Case Competition. The Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics is an independent institute that pioneers ethical perspectives on animals through academic research, education, and publications. It comprises more than 100 scholarly Fellows from various parts of the world. The OUAES serves as a forum for discussing the ethical status of animals and has been in operation for…
Rewilding’ Leads To More Killing Of Animals
Rewilding’ Leads To More Killing Of Animals. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a press release from Professor Andrew Linzey and Dr Clair Linzey, Directors of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, who will share that rewilding leads to more killing of animals. A challenge to the ethical basis of ‘rewilding’ or ‘reintroductions’ of formerly ‘native’ animals has been made by two animal ethicists. The evidence clearly shows that reintroductions can lead to killing even more animals. Rewilding’ Leads To More Killing Of Animals A challenge to the ethical basis of ‘rewilding’…
Fashion And Fur And The Harm It Causes
Fashion And Fur And The Harm It Causes. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a guest post from Dr Clair Linzey and Professor Andrew Linzey, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, co-authors of ‘An Ethical Critique of Fur Factory Farming’. They will be looking at the impacts of fur factory farming on humans and the environment and why it is so much worse than just killing a few cute animals. Fashion And Fur And The Harm It Causes It is hard to be exact about the number of animals killed by the fur…
