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We present Advocacy for Animals as a source of information, a call to action, and a stimulus to thought regarding humanity’s relationship with nonhuman animals. We support worldwide efforts to ensure the humane treatment of animals, to develop scientific understanding of their nature, to promote their well-being, and to protect and restore the natural environment.
Lorraine Murray, Manager, Advocacy for Animals, Associate Editor in Geography, Encyclopædia Britannica
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Leave a comment TrackbackAuthor : R.
Fine, link.
Much useful information.
Would be good to have an easy way to share, yet possibly the information is a tad emotionally charged for most. And I know, that most people do not like getting forwards. I would forward to friends only that had this interest.
Also, on the regular on-line articles, it would be good, to have an easy way to minimize or maximize, both the pictures and the articles, and a way to go further into the chosen lines of interest, and or move the sections that capture ones interest.
All very good and what I would expect
from this encyclopaedia.
Hi. This is FANTASTIC. As a teacher and journalist, I cannot tell you how invaluable your publication is; also as a human being who believes unequivocally in the rights of non-human animals. I am teaching a course for HSU and would like to use the article by Steve Wise and your site as as a link for my students. Do I need to send in a formal request? Thanks, Professor Rachel Campbell
Dear Professor Campbell,
Thank you for your kind words. Please feel free to use the article by Wise with credit to him and to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Brian Duignan
This is about a new organisation to help the many stray cats in Greece.
It’s a Dutch organisation set up end of 2010 that has decided something has to be done now, in fact its about time.
This foundation organizes sterilisation campaigns in Greece.
We are in need of funds!
Look at the website: www.kattenhulpgriekenland.com
It’s also in English and you can donate here. (f.e. by Paypal)
Since when is issue advocacy an appropriate function of an encyclopedia?
This blog is not the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It is a clearly labeled as an animal-advocacy site within the Enyclopaedia Britannica brand. Advocacy for Animals and Encyclopaedia Britannnica, or Britannica Online, are distinct publications. The former is a blog, the second is an encyclopedia.
The two sites are editorially completely independent of each other, and they have different editorial philosophies. Britannica is scrupulously objective and neutral with respect to conflicting viewpoints among scholars and scientists and representatives of different political, ethical, and religious traditions. Advocacy, as the name suggests, is intended to advocate for animal welfare, animal rights, and the natural environment. No encyclopedia article in Britannica Online would ever “advocate” for anything.
I don’t believe that the posts in March and August 8 by the Administrator (presumably Brian Duignan in both cases) are at all consistent. Why should Professor Campbell credit Encyclopedia Britannica for use of the article when “the two sites are editorially completely independent of each other”? Please explain what appears to be a ludicrous pair of sentences.
No, it is not Brian Duignan in both cases; why would you presume that? “Administrator” means any and all of the staff members responsible for moderating comments. We agree on comment moderation policy, and any one of us can log in to the site as “Admin”–and often do. I’m not sure why you’re taking an adversarial position on this, but I’ll answer your question. As we’ve stated above, both sites are within the Encyclopaedia Britannica brand; i.e., they are owned by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. The statement that EB should be credited is not some kind of legal exposition; it was an informally stated request for credit to be given to the original source. “Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Advocacy for Animals” or just “Advocacy for Animals” would have done as well.
I’m trying to figure out why this is hosted by Britannica. Are you on salary? You can run a blog for free, so it’s not like you need Britannica to host it for you.
I wonder how much of Britannica’s content would vanish if you took out everything that was discovered or tested using animals in the research.