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Normalising the animal
Colin SalterCentre for Peace Studies
McMaster University
Saturday, November 13 201022nd annual Peace Studies Conference, SUNY Cortland
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Overview
n The animal is the elephant in the room
n How can we normalise the animal?
n Consistency is key
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Why human chauvinism?
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The elephant...
n Moral disconnect
n How do we bridge the
gap?
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To not be silent...
n We are named
n Grounded, pervasive
n Multiplicitous
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But you eat cows...
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Climate change
n Responses and calls foraction
n Anthropogenic causes
n Obligations to futuregenerations
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Consistency
n Live sheep trade
n Wildlife trafficking
n Be strategic
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Challenges...
n Consistency
n Be rigorous with analogies
n The animal is the elephant in the room
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ReferencesThe Chasers War on Everything,ABC TV, Season 1, Episode 18 (Friday, 14 July2006). http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser
Anthony Brown (2001) 'You eat cows and pigs, so why can't we eat whales?, The
Guardian, Sunday 24 June. Accessed 10 November 2010.http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2001/jun/24/whaling.observerfocus
Rural Export & Trading (WA) Pty Ltd v Hahnheuser [2007] FCA 1535 (4 October2007). Accessed 29 October 2010.http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/cth/FCA/2007/1535.html
Unknown (2010) The Galapagos K-9 Police Unit Detects Wildlife Crime, SeaShepherd News, Thursday, October 28. Accessed 29 October 2010.http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-101028-2.html
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Image sourcesUnknown (2009) Bansky: Elephant in the Room, The Dirt Floor, December 23.Photograph take Saturday, 16 September 2006.http://www.thedirtfloor.com/2009/12/23/bansky-elephant-in-the-room/
Unknown (no date) Polar Bear Party,Joe-ks.http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_dec2005/PolarBearNewYears.htm
Unknown (2009) Rocket elephantBristol Museum Exhibition Banksy vs BristolMuseum, Sceggs Flickr photostream.http://www.flickr.com/photos/sceggs/4329424621/
Unknown/Bob Talbot (no date) The Whales Navy, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/
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Image sourcesUnknown (2007) Animal activists renew push for live exports ban, ABC News,Friday, 12 October.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/12/2057569.htm
Duncan (2007) PETA wants to ban live export of lambs, The Inspiration Room,Monday, 12 March.http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2007/peta-wants-to-ban-live-export-of-lambs/
All web resources last accessed Friday, 29 October 2010.
* source for cow image unknown
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