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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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