Animals's Rights

Some of you are researching animal's rights. Below is a link to a great article about that topic.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/rights/rights_1.shtml

Animal rights

There is much disagreement as to whether non-human animals have rights, and what is meant by animal rights.

There is much less disagreement about the consequences of accepting that animals have rights.

BP Oil Spill: It's still not over

Two Louisiana scientists reflect on the event and how its lingering effects are continuing to change the Gulf Coast



http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gulf-oil-spill-isnt-really-over-even-five-years-later-180955034/?utm_source=facebook.com&no-ist

Secret To How Chameleons Change Color

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/secret-chameleons-change-color-nanocrystals/

STEM: Ecosystem. Sundarbans

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130212-sundarbans-natures-bioshield

The Sundarbans is Bangledesh and India's giant mangrove forest, home to the Bengal Tiger. It is an ecosystem that is being destroyed and turned into a shrimp farm. But this forest protects one of the world's most populated areas from cyclones and storms.

STEM: Ecosystems, Amazon Rainforest

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130226-amazon-lungs-of-the-planet

Deforestation is a big problem in the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest regulates the atmosphere by storing carbon and creating oxygen. Half of the world's wildlife lives there. This 4 minute video explains the crucial role that the Amazon plays in the health of the earth.

Animal Cruelty

Some of you are researching animal cruelty. Here is a glossary of farm animal cruelty.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty-glossary.aspx

Zombie Snails (2:40)

When a snail eats these parasites the parasites take over the snails tentacles and brain to ensure that the parasite's offspring lives on. The snail becomes food for a bird, and the cycle continues when another snail eats the bird droppings.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/invertebrates-animals/other-invertebrates/deadliest-zombie-snails/?source=vidcarousel

Austin Pet Laws

Lots of you are researching Animal Cruelty for a hidden object game.
Here is a good roundup of Austin Laws regarding treatment of pets from the Austin Humane Society.

http://www.austinhumanesociety.org/blog?page=7

Animals Have Conscious Awareness

Scientists have declared that animals have conscious awareness just like humans! Read all about it here on io9.com

http://io9.com/5937356/prominent-scientists-sign-declaration-that-animals-have-conscious-awareness-just-like-us

Wolf Endangerment

Some of you are researching wolf conservation. Here is a great site all about that.

http://www.wolfcountry.net/information/WolfEndangered.html

Raising Chickens

Some of you are researching raising chickens. Here is a good website about that.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst is a famous artist. His most recent showing at Tate Modern in London England displayed art such as cows cut in half, and a shark in a tank of formaldehyde. One of the pieces used butterflies. Over 9,000 butterflies died in the exhibit.

Do you think that's ok for Damien Hirst to use the butterflies in his art if they might die?

Answer in your blogs.

Here is the story by Claudine Zap.

Lucy Cooke: Zoologist

Lucy Cooke

She's on a one-woman crusade to show the world why some of the most unlovable animals are actually the most interesting and deserving of our attention, study, and protection.

Read the article below and write your thoughts in your blog.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/lucy-cooke/