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New Book: Animals Erased
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Just released in the US (April 3 2012). Available in UK and elsewhere in June.
Animals Erased: discourse, ecology and reconnection with the natural world. Wesleyan University Press. by Arran Stibbe
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Description
Animals are disappearing, vanishing, and dying out--not just in the physical sense of becoming extinct, but in the sense of being erased from our consciousness. Increasingly, interactions with animals happen at a remove: mediated by nature programs, books, and cartoons; framed by the enclosures of zoos and aquariums; distanced by the museum cases that display lifeless bodies. In this thought-provoking book, Arran Stibbe takes us on a journey of discovery, revealing the many ways in which language affects our relationships with animals and the natural world. Animal-product industry manuals, school textbooks, ecological reports, media coverage of environmental issues, and animal-rights polemics all commonly portray animals as inanimate objects or passive victims. In his search for an alternative to these negative forms of discourse, Stibbe turns to the traditional culture of Japan. Within Zen philosophy, haiku poetry, and even contemporary children's animated films, animals appear as active agents, leading their own lives for their own purposes, and of value in themselves.... more »
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Last Vietnamese rhino poached.
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Job accomplished – last Vietnamese rhino poached – annamiticus subspecies extinct.
October 25, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm
When we speak of biodiversity decline we usually prefer to zoom out to get the big picture. Sometimes however reality forces you to stand still and take time to commemorate an individual case.... more »
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Famous B.C. bear shot dead by conservation officers.
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Famous B.C. bear shot dead by conservation officers
BY SEAN SULLIVAN, POSTMEDIA NEWS OCTOBER 24, 2011
Jeanie, the famous Whistler bear, with her three cubs born in 2009.
VANCOUVER — The most famous bear in Whistler, B.C., is dead after being shot by a conservation officer.
Jeanie the black bear, known for a triangle-shaped patch of white fur on... more »
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Shine on Harvest Moon
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Queen of Jungles Heelstone Lion (cat), Stonehenge Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae (cats), which contains 4 well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats. The word panther, while technically referring to all... more »
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Scientists say human beings pushing 'planetary boundaries'
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Scientists say human beings pushing 'planetary boundaries' September 23, 2009 A report to be published Thursday in the journal Nature says the nitrogen cycle has been significantly perturbed by massive amounts of nitrogen-based fertilizer used in farming, which is now polluting waterways and costal zones.... more »
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