Call for Artworks: AASG & Queensland College of Art
Exhibition and Online Survey of Human-Animal Relations Artists 1. Exhibition: Animals, People – a shared environment. Brisbane, July 2011 As part of their fourth conference, the Australian Animal Studies Group is joining with the Queensland College of Art to hold an exhibition that responds to the conference theme: Animals, People – a shared environment […]
Update: Australian Animal Studies Group Conference, July 2011
There have been some exciting developments in the Australian Animal Studies Group conference programme of late (see Animals, People – a shared environment at www.aasg.com.au). Firstly, Nigel Rothfels (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), well known ‘animals and culture’ academic, author of Savages and Beasts, editor of Representing Animals and co-editor with Garry Marvin of the recently […]
Rabbits 2011
Last night, while listening to the latest episode of Radio National ‘s ‘Bush Telegraph’, I was struck by the vastly different and somewhat contradictory ‘rabbit realities’ that have been conjured up this week. Across Australia, people prepare for Chinese New Year of the Rabbit celebrations; meanwhile, according to the Bush Telegraph, a ‘citizen science’ government-community […]
Kids & Animals
From Professor Marc Bekoff: ‘It is with great pleasure that I write to you with a link to a new online book, Kids & Animals: Drawings From the Hands and Hearts of Children & Youth. This inspirational book is the result of a happy collaboration between me and the Children, Youth and Environments Center at the University […]
HSUS Animals and Society Course Award Winners for 2010
The Humane Society and the Animals and Society Institute have announced the winners of the Animals and Society Course Awards for 2010: ‘The Humane Society of the United States, the nation’s largest animal protection organization, and the Animals and Society Institute are pleased to announce the winners of the 12th annual Animals and Society Course […]
THINKK- The Think Tank for Kangaroos
THINKK, the think tank for kangaroos, based at the University of Technology Sydney and supported by Voiceless, released two reports late last year examining the killing of kangaroos in Australia. According to the reports, each year over three million kangaroos are ‘harvested’ and over a million joeys are killed as part of the commercial industry. […]
Ace Bourke in India
In 1971, Ace Bourke and John Rendall wrote A Lion Called Christian, the story of a lion from London who returned to Africa. Now an art curator and living in Sydney, Ace Bourke writes a regular blog, most recently documenting his travels in India (including a visit to Kalimpong Animal Shelter and the Darjeeling Animal Shelter […]
Urban Hyenas
Marcus Baynes-Rock is conducting research on the relationship between spotted hyenas and people in the town of Harar, Ethiopia. This research follows the lives of individual hyenas as they eke out an existence in an urban environment with the help of a local family that feeds them each night in front of a Muslim shrine. […]
Animal Emotions: do animals think and feel?
Marc Bekoff, Emeritus Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado and a well known Animal Protection proponent, writes a regular blog across a number of issues – from the latest research on animals’ creativity to the slaughter of kangaroos in Australia. His first blog for 2011 has just been published: Leave […]
An expanding network…
Since our website launch in November 2010 a number of people representing a variety of organizations working with or for animals have been in touch via the ‘Join Us’ facility. New contacts’ details are added to the ‘Participants’ page regularly, but here are some of their organizations and websites: Bureau of Animal Welfare, Department of […]