Fwd: HumaneSpot Spotlight Selections for February 24, 2010

[Guest guest]

Change Preferences | Privacy Policy | Contact Us

 

 

 

 

February 24, 2010

 

Here are your latest research spotlights from HumaneSpot.org, the world's only research-based website designed exclusively for animal advocates. On behalf of everyone at HRC, thanks for using our research in your work for animals.

Please forward this message to your fellow animal advocates and encourage them to sign up on HumaneSpot.org.

 

Please also consider a one-time or recurring donation to HRC, the organization that provides HumaneSpot.org and these Spotlight emails free to animal advocates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science versus Human Welfare? Understanding Attitudes toward Animal Use

 

 

New Research Citation, Entered on 2/21/2010; Original Item from 2009

 

 

 

 

This comparison of the attitudes of scientists, animal welfarists, and laypersons toward four types of animal use found that scientists and animal welfarists had polarized views on all measures, while layperson attitudes fell in between.

by University of Portsmouth

 

 

Details: http://www.humanespot.org/node/3609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The State of Food and Agriculture: Livestock in the Balance

 

 

New Research Citation, Entered on 2/20/2010; Original Item from 2010

 

 

 

 

According to this report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world would need to double its supply of meat by the year 2050 to meet growing demand; the global farmed animal sector currently produces 228 million metric tons (mmt) of meat.

by United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization

 

 

Details: http://www.humanespot.org/node/3605

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's All About the Children

 

 

New Blog Entry, HRC-Authored, Entered on 2/19/2010

 

 

 

 

Max Planck, the German physicist and Nobel Prize winner once remarked, "a new (scientific) truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." This may seem like a cynical point of view, but Planck understood that truth is neither self-evident nor easily accepted; it requires time to erode strongly held falsehoods and persuade people to accept new concepts.

 

 

Details: http://www.humanespot.org/node/3604

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of Information About Organic Production on Beef Liking and Consumer Willingness to Pay

 

 

New Research Citation, Entered on 2/18/2010; Original Item from 2008

 

 

 

 

This study assessed the effect of information about organic production on consumer preferences and willingness to pay, finding that the "perceived liking" of organic beef was higher than that for conventional beef.

by Universita degli Studi della Basilicata, Universita degli Studi di Udine, Universita Politecnica delle Marche

 

 

Details: http://www.humanespot.org/node/3601