Were ticks used as biological weapons to spread Lyme disease?
Could the spread of Lyme disease among humans be the result of experiments with ticks of the US. military? TheContinue Reading
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Female mice not wanted. Sexism in animal experimentation
An example of the intersection of sexism, speciesism and ableism in scientific research. Female animals have typically been excluded fromContinue Reading
Crazy horses. Intersections between the animal liberation and the antipsychiatric movement
Guestpost by Resistenza Animale Collective for Crip HumAnimal For some years now, animal liberation activism and critical animal studies fieldsContinue Reading
Tube feed for vegans
In a letter in the Journal of Intensive Care Society (2016), several doctors posted a letter calling attention to theContinue Reading
Drugged wildlife. Cocaine found in all samples of UK shrimp
A study carried out by scientists from King’s College London and the University of Suffolk tested the exposure of wildlifeContinue Reading
Prejudice on the parking lot
I turn into the parking lot of a new wharehouse in my neighbourhood. I park in one of the disabledContinue Reading
Understanding how disability functions, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
“Understanding how disability functions along with other systems of representation clarifies how all the systems intersect and mutually constitute oneContinue Reading
Changing bodies. African elephants are evolving to be tuskless because of poaching
African elephants have been killed relentlessly for centuries for their ivory tusks, giving elephants that do not grow tusks aContinue Reading
Framing animal rights activists and animal abusers as ‘crazy’: the exploitation of disability
Media reports are sometimes eager to portray animal rights activists as ‘crazy’, ‘nuts’, or ‘loonies’. On the other hand, animalContinue Reading
Peanut the six-pack turtle
Peanut is red-eared slider turtle, who became a ‘mascot’ for raising awareness about plastic pollution among wildlife. No, not becauseContinue Reading
