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Cat Conflicts: Conservationists and Protectionists Remain at Odds but the Conflict Might be Ameliorating
Get PDFCooperation between wildlife conservationists and cat protectionists should be advanced for the good of people, cats and wildlife, as both groups seek a shared goal - fewer outdoor cats
Protein Production and Consumption
Get PDFFor those interested in data and understanding current global challenges, this article reports on data from Our World in Data website and on a recent article that addresses the very confusing issue of the greenhouse gases produced through different sources of protein production. Conflicting reports have argued that protein sourced from meat and fish either is, or is not, a major source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Exploring eight-armed intelligence through film
Get PDFMather (2019) provides a rich overview of the elements underlying octopus cognition and behavioral flexibility. Recently, two remarkable natural history films, My Octopus Teacher and The Octopus in My House have explored intimate human-octopus relationships with a wild (Octopus vulgaris) and a captive octopus (Octopus cyanea) respectively. Both films show rare behaviors that offer observations to test new hypotheses as well as a novel perspective on our own human relationships and place within the natural world. An interview with filmmaker Craig Foster from My Octopus Teacher reveals the profound and transformative power of forming a trusting relationship with such a cognitively capable yet evolutionarily distant group of animals
Appealing to human intuitions to reduce animal abuse
Get PDFSocial scientists may be able to find ways to positively affect people’s evolved moral compasses, thereby doing the planet and its inhabitants a great kindness. They could help to shape a constituency that is increasingly opposed to animal abuse in its largest-scale manifestations, factory farming and wet markets. This would, in turn, motivate people to elect ethical leaders who view inaction with regard to animal abuse as a serious moral and medical mistake, if only indirectly due to factory farming’s exacerbation of the threats zoonoses pose to humans
How to Lower the Price of Plant-Based Meat
Get PDFPlant-based meat’s resilience has been a rare silver lining during COVID-19. Worldwide, the conventional meat industry continues to lobby for government bailouts, fail to protect its workers, and carry out grisly on-farm “depopulations.” Meanwhile plant-based meat business is thriving.
• In China, Beyond Meat signed five major new partnerships, Cargill started producing meat alternatives for the Chinese market, including plant-based scallops, and Nestle announced plans to sell plant-based meat there by year’s end. Chinese plant-based startups Zhenmeat and Starfield disclosed new investments and product launches.
• In the rest of Asia, Thailand’s largest meat company, CP Foods, launched a plant-based line, as did Malaysian, Singaporean, and Indian startups. Two Japanese meat giants began selling plant-based meat and a Japanese government fund invested in the space. A South Korean investor led Impossible Foods’ latest 85M funding round.
• In Europe, the UK’s largest retailer, Tesco, launched more than 30 new own-brand plant-based products and its CEO wrote that the UK should eat “less meat and dairy.” Dairy giant Danone declared its ambition to more than double its plant-based sales worldwide to around €5B by 2025, while Unilever shared that a third of its products are now plant-based. Nestle reported that plant-based sales were up 40% in the first half of the year and its CEO called plant-based “a once-in-a-generation opportunity.”
• In the US, retail plant-based meat sales continued to average about 40-50% above last year, putting them on track to surpass $1B in retail sales this year.
Plant-based meat is becoming ever-more widespread and convenient. But it is still not competing with traditional meat on one key attribute: price
Why Do People Risk Their Own Health for Their Pets?
Get PDFIt has been observed that pet owners might make poor decisions regarding their own health and safety in the face of weather disasters or pandemics. The results of one recent study of health decisions during the Covid pandemic are reviewed and commented upon
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