Culture Archives | Global Animal Welfare

Dangerous Religious Thought Can Harm Animals and Society

November 9, 2014

Is religious discourse on animals and the environment relevant when it promotes disconnection from the natural world and other sentient beings? Should religions occupy a sacred space beyond reproach when they proselytize with easily disproved lies? I would arg...

How to End Whaling in the Faroe Islands

Brad Anthony

November 8, 2014

Culture

Welcome to the desolate and rugged Faroe Islands, 18 inhospitable rocky projections precariously nestled halfway between Iceland and Norway in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. This is the home of the "Grindadráp" or "Whale Murder". These annual c...

Ivory Is Not The Reason Elephants are Doomed

Brad Anthony

November 7, 2014

Culture

Chinese culture has a rich history of symbolism and superstition regarding ivory as a most virtuous material which represents purity and innocence. But little regard is paid for the original owner's suffering and death. Why is that? Ego. Greed. Vanity. An i...

How to End Japan’s Whaling and Dolphin Hunt

Brad Anthony

November 5, 2014

Culture

There are five things you need to understand if you want to know how to end Japan's whaling and dolphin hunt permanently and decisively: economy, tourism, nationalism, Shinto and Bushido. Ergo, there are five associated strategies to address them. Economy ...

Could we speak the language of dolphins?

Brad Anthony

November 3, 2014

Culture, Science & Tech

Did you know dolphins have culture and language? Bottlenose dolphins babysit the children from their neighbors in the Atlantic spotted dolphin community? They use tools, recognize themselves in mirrors, and have a brain to body ratio second only to humans? Res...

How We Rescued the Dancing Bears

Brad Anthony

October 30, 2014

Culture

In this video, Kartick Satyanarayan from Wildlife SOS spoke at TEDIndia 2009 in Mysore about their work rescuing Sloth Bears from a long-standing cultural tradition of abuse. The nomadic Qalandar people in India go back to around the thirteenth century when...