Tag: research
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Quit sucking at blogging
Naturally, I’m talking about myself. I don’t have any excuses why I haven’t blogged in almost 5 weeks. I’ve been busy but there are people out there who are far busier than I who blog regularly so I’ll just shut up and get on with this post. Today, I’m writing in the 5 Fact Friday…
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Blessings in disguise – Thanksgiving 2011
It’s officially Thanksgiving Thursday in Australia – I spent my turkey day blood sampling hogs and sheep and for Thanksgiving dinner Ninja, the rest of the research team and I are having chicken and chips from a local shop. Not the classiest but it’s as close as I’m going to get to turkey and stuffing this…
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Practical People = Practical Solutions
While waiting to pick up cow manure at the Royal Melbourne Show yesterday, I was reading the newspaper. I ran across an article about farmers being upset with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for taking a more extreme stand on recent animal welfare issues in Australia. In the past, RSCPA…
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Scientists Care Too
I recently read an article titled, “In Animal Testing Debate, Fur Still Flies.” It addresses the treatment and welfare of laboratory animals like rats, monkeys, guinea pigs, dogs and many more species. Many people are opposed to animal testing because not all animals fall under animal testing policies and being a ‘guinea pig’ (pardon the…
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Science + Emotion = Effective
Many scientists, including myself, often struggle with the fact that research and sound scientific method are not sufficient evidence that agriculture and producers are doing the right thing. In fact, some may claim that emotions and moral drives play a larger part in consumer education than science and research. Be that as it may, producers, scientists,…