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By Sena BalbachThe Grey Wolf is easily one of the most politically polarizing animals in the United States. Ever since Europeans began settling North America there has been conflict between wolves and humans. Today farmers and ranchers want the wolf populations managed because of the potential risk they pose to their livestock, but environmentalists argue the importance of wolves in their ecosystems. There are many misconceptions surrounding wolves that drive human support for the wolf hunt.
By Holly Blooflat What is shark culling?Unknown to many, shark culling is the practice of mass slaughtering sharks as a response to an attack. Sharks are caught in various ways including nets, drumlines, dishing, and newer technologies.
By Sena Balbach Many people in today’s society wear clothing and accessories made from fake fur instead of real fur. Is this simply because faux fur is more accessible in mainstream clothing stores? Or are people aware of the cruelty in the fur industry and consciously avoid clothing made from real fur from other animals? If you fall into the second category there is still a chance that your faux fur items contain fur from a non-human animal and have been mislabeled.
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Terra Matter Film Studios and Vulcan Productions, 1h 52m Reviewed by Emily A. Baker The Ivory Game is a documentary about the mass slaughter of African elephants and the subsequent legal trade of ivory in China. The film is a Netflix original, produced by Kief Davidson, Walter Kohler and Wolfgang Knöpfler, directed by Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani with executive producers Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Allen and more. With African elephants’ numbers steadily declining over the past 30 years, The Ivory Game highlights an issue that is long overdue for public attention. Documentaries as well made as this one are what helps push issues like ivory trafficking to the forefront of peoples minds. The film is beautiful, heartbreaking, action packed and holds your attention from beginning to end. While the audience does get some resolution at the end, the film closes with a very powerful message; “an elephant is killed approximately every 15 minutes. The fight continues.” By Dr. G (Carol Glasser) Students in the Spring 2017 section of Society and Animals (SOC 285W: Special Topics) took a survey measuring their attitudes toward nonhuman animals in the first day of class and again 14 weeks later, toward the end of the semester.
By: Chelsea Zblewski Fox hunting is the act of tracking and killing foxes, typically red foxes. It is a common tradition in many countries, such as, Canada, France, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. This type of hunting is prominent in the upper-class community. The foxes are hunted as a form of pest control, population control, and as tradition.
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