************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Gail Tulloch Dr. Gail Tulloch has research expertise in, among other areas, animal ethics, and bioethics, euthanasia and stem cell research. Source: http://www.griffith.edu.au/law/socio-legal-research-centre/research/risk-regulation-rule-law-research-program/recently-completed-projects/companion-animal-roundtable “This is a excellent thesis, which full deserved the award of a PhD. It is comprehensive in scope with an international focus, and its methodology is thorough and careful, and well explained. An interactive program “JM Index Calculator” was also developed , which should be extremely useful. Strengths: It was good in explicating the factors linked with attitudes, and the insider-outsider distinction in the context of religions. It was also useful comparing the different issues that are components of animal protection in different nations. 43 issues are listed, 8 factors, and 12 categories in the sentience ordering all of which are impressive. The treatment of the Bias of Non-Extremism was also culturally sensitive and methodologically sophisticated.” "Conclusion: The bibliography is impressive, and the questionaire extremely comprehensive. This shows the scope and ambition of the project as does its meticulous presentation, particularly of tables and figures." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Christine Lofgren ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christine Lofgren Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:19:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: Fw: [EthologicalEthics] : 'Origins of Attitudes towards Animals' + 'Global Attitudes to Animals Survey' To: Jenia Meng Hi Dr. Meng, Could you please email me the PDF for the book? I think all of this is very interesting! Thank you, Christine Lofgren -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Bron Taylor ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bron Taylor Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:18:11 -0500 Subject: your dissertation To: Jenia Meng Dear Dr. Meng: Marc Bekoff sent me links to your dissertation which I have found fascinating and relevant to my own recent book (information below). I will provide a link to it where I am developing supplemental materials for Dark Green Religion. Best wishes, Bron Bron Taylor | Professor of Religion & Nature | University of Florida POB117410 | Gainesville FL 32611-7410 | office:(352) 273-2942 -- Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future is now available from the University of California Press. For information see http://www.brontaylor.com/ Toward a Natural Religion, St. Petersburg Times, 3 December 2009, http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/toward-a-natural-religion/1056081, commemorating the sesquicentennial of Darwin's "Origin of the Species." Editor, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture & the Encyclopedia of Religion & Nature Founder & President (2005-2009), International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture For further information on the Society, Journal, and related initiatives see www.religionandnature.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Debra Merskin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Debra Merskin Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:44:06 -0800 Subject: pdf of your book? To: Jenia Meng Dear Dr. Meng: I am so excited to read of your work, per an email sent out by Dr. Mark Bekoff. You note you can provide it as a PDF, which I would love to have. I teach a course called "Communicating Nature" and would love to read your work. Many thanks, Debra Merskin Debra Merskin, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Journalism & Communication University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 T 541.346.4189 E dmerskin@uoregon.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -ParrotProductions.org “Thanks to Jenia’s time, research and generosity, we are able to get another picture about Cultural attitudes toward animals! Happy Reading!” Source: http://parrotproductions.org/books-about-non-human-animals/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Sue Gallagher ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sue Gallagher Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:07:58 +0000 Subject: Origins of Attitudes towards Animals To: Jenia Meng Dear Dr Meng We have been notified of your book containing your recent research on attitudes to animals. Some of my colleagues would be very interested to read this publication. I am having problems with the online Google version and understand that you might be willing to email us the pdf. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards Sue ====== Sue Gallagher Secretary Wildlife Department Science Group RSPCA Wilberforce Way Southwater Horsham West Sussex RH13 9RS Dir tel: 0300 123 0205 Dir fax: 0303 123 0205 Email: sgallagher@rspca.org.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Wu Lucky ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wu Lucky Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:28:10 +0800 Subject: Re: 'Origins of Attitudes towards Animals' + 'Global Attitudes to Animals Survey' To: Jenia Meng Dear Dr. Jenia Meng, This is Wu Xiaohong( Lucky Wu) who is working for RSPCA (the UK one) as their China Education Consultant. We've carried out several workshops for teachers focusing on animal welfare education here in the past few years. I just got the info about your thesis of the Origins of Attitudes to Animals from Marc Bekoff and read a few pages via google book.I'm really interesting in it and that will be great if you can send me a PDF copy which will be convenient for me. Thanks for your great job! Regards, Lucky -- 邬小红 中国教育代表 英国防止虐待动物协会（RSPCA） 电 话： (86)139 8226 2988 电子邮件： luckywu80@gmail.com RSPCA网址： www.rspca.org.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Annie Gagnon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Annie Gagnon Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:05:28 -0500 Subject: Origins of Attitudes towards Animals To: Jenia Meng Hello Dr Meng, I am interested in having your thesis in PDF file. I am the secretary a small French ethological association in Canada and I would like to be able to share and summarize (if needed) your work with our members who don’t speak English. I read a few pages already and this is exactly what we are looking for to open all ethological doors possible to our members. If you have other researches or articles that you would like to share, we would definitely be interested. Thank you in advance and all the best for the upcoming year. Annie Gagnon Secretary AIICA Alliance Internationale des Intervenants en Comportement Animal Québec, Canada @ annie.gagnon@consultant-felin.ca aiica.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Marc Bekoff Marc Bekoff's homepage http://literati.net/Bekoff/ “People all over the world are interested in animals and there are social and cultural variations in their attitudes toward, and respect for, animals. Thus, I was pleased to receive a detailed report on the Origins of Attitudes Toward Animals by Jenia Meng. Here is a list of some of Dr. Meng's important findings: • The definitions for animal protection and vegetarianism are different in different nations. • Prevalent stereotypes of the attitudes of some societies are incomplete andunrepresentative. • Animal Welfare and Reverence for Animals are two fundamentally different attitudes towards animals. • A holistic worldview is tied to high Reverence for Animals. • Animal Rights is a product of animal welfare and Reverence for Animals. Societies can have low levels of animal welfare but high levels of animal rights when AnimalWelfare is low but the Reverence for Animals is high. • 'New Welfarism', a term coined by Gary L. Francione, is identified scientifically.This type of animal protection does not challenge the property status of animals and is different from Animal Rights; Integrity of animals and zoo issues are important aspects of Animal Rights but have been given limited attention in New Welfarism. • In total the four types of animal protection explain 32.8% of the variation in the overall attitudes to animals. The degree of the different types of animal protection are: Animal Welfare –UK> Spain, Iran, Norway, Serbia>China, Czech, Ireland, South Korea, Macedonia, Sweden; New Welfarism –UK>Serbia>Macedonia>Spain>China, Czech, Ireland, Norway>Iran, Sweden>South Korea; Reverence for Animals –UK>Macedonia>China, Serbia>Spain>Czech, Ireland, South Korea, Norway, Sweden>Iran; Animal Rights –UK>Serbia>Macedonia, Spain>China, Czech, Ireland, Iran, South Korea,Norway, Sweden; Other types of attitudes analysed were: naturalness (Genetic changes) of animals,autonomy of animals, animal experimentation, wildlife protection, spiritual power of animals. • Respect for the autonomy of animals is identified as a positive attitude towards animals. This attitude is sometimes mistaken for the avoidance of animals. • The attitude to animal welfare is a more consistent predictor of the attitudes to world issues among different types of animal protection at the present time. • Females on average have more positive attitudes to animals than males. • Overall ranking of perceived sentience is: Human Infant> apes>other mammals>birds> cold-blooded animals. • Far East tradition, Greek tradition and many indigenous traditions have higher levels of reverence for animals than do Abrahamic religions. • There is some evidence to suggest that people in higher levels of the social hierarchy tend to have lower reverence for animals. • Students from nations sharing similar political ideologies, in particular those sharing communist influences, share similar overall attitudes to animals and world issues, but this association can also be explained by the similar human welfare levels in these nations. ” Source: Marc Bekoff's blog post - Animals In the News: A brief summary of the fascinating lives of animals and people's attitudes toward them Animals are fascinating beings who deserve respect and admiration Published on December 18, 2009 Full article: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/200912/animals-in-the-news-brief-summary-the-fascinating-lives-animals-and-peop -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Nijland, Hanneke ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Nijland, Hanneke" Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:44:23 +0100 Subject: Your thesis To: Jenia Meng Dear Jenia Meng, May I congratulate you with your research on 'Origins of Attitudes towards Animals' and the 'Global Attitudes to Animals Survey'?. My name is Hanneke Nijland, I am currently doing a research on the ways people talk about their relationship with animals in the Netherlands and Turkey. I am very interested in your research, could you please send me the PDF file of your thesis? Best wishes, Hanneke J. Nijland, PhD candidate Chairs of Communication and Innovation Studies & Applied Philosophy Mansholt Research Scool of Social Sciences Wageningen University and Research Centre E-mail: Hanneke.Nijland@wur.nl Tel: ++31 (0)6 52335454 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Tony Wardle ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tony Wardle Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:56:32 +0000 Subject: Survey To: Jenia Meng Very Many thanks, I'm sure this will come in very useful over the years. Regards - Tony Wardle, Associate Director, Viva! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Jes Harfeld ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jes Harfeld Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:58:51 +0100 Subject: Origins of Attitudes towards Animals To: Jenia Meng Dear Jenia Meng. I was with great interest that I read some of your book/PhD (which was forwarded to me by a colleague). Could you possibly send me the pdf? Best holiday wishes Jes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Jes Harfeld, MA PhD fellow Centre for Bioethics and Nanoethics Faculty of Theology University of Aarhus Taasingegade 3 DK - 8000 Aarhus C Phone: +45 89426854 E-mail: jeh@teo.au.dk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Carolyn Chadwick ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carolyn Chadwick Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 20:20:20 +0200 Subject: RE: [SPAM-LOW] Origins of Attitudes towards Animals To: Jenia Meng Thank you very much Dr Meng. I look forward to reading it fully and will find it useful I am sure. I am a B Sc graduate who has decided to go back to studies quite late in life ( I am 52). The field that fascinated me was a degree called M Phil in Futures Studies. It has been worthwhile. I find the overlap are between science and philosophy very interesting. I have four dogs and one of them is a problem child - a rescue dog with issues. He lead me into taking up dog training more seriously which lead on to an increasing interest in animal behaviour which lead on to animal welfare. When I realized what a consuming interest that is turning out to be I decided to do my Futures Studies thesis about the future of animal welfare / animal rights in Africa. I have only just started out on my research and I am grateful to have stumbled across your work for directions to follow. Regards, Carolyn Chadwick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Mikael Mildén ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mikael Mildén Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:09:49 +0100 Subject: Your thesis! To: Jenia Meng Dear Jenia, I read about your thesis on the [EthologicalEthics] e-mailing list and I would very much apprechiate to get a pdf-file of the book. Please send to mikael.milden@djurensratt.se (or if that doesn't work mikael.milden@gmail.com ). I am a Swedish animal rights activist currently working at our largers animal rights magazine here in Sweden and I hope that we can find something in your thesis to write about :-) By the way, does this thesis exist in any number of paper copies that is possible to buy from you or the university? All the best, Micke. ----------------------- Mikael Mildén Editor Tidningen Djurens Rätt (The Animal Rights Sweden magazine) Box 2005 125 02 ... Sweden 08-555 914 09 0730-293414 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Cluny South ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cluny South Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:26:02 -0700 Subject: origins of attitudes towards animals To: Jenia Meng Dear Jenia Meng I am currently an MA (in the process of upgrading to PhD) Interdisciplinary student at UBC in Vancouver studying animal protection and environmental philosophy and was interested to hear of your work. I am very interested in your recent PhD thesis. Is it possible to get a hard copy any where? 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For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Iver Cairns Ph.D. in Physics, University of Sydney (source http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~cairns/) Chair, Steering Committee, National Committee for Space Science (source http://www.science.org.au/natcoms/nc-space.html) Mon 6/7/2010 9:44 AM “Dear Dr Meng, what you have done is interesting, based on reading your PhD abstract, and appears of widespread interest and importance to human society.” ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Alberto Alemanno LLM degrees from Harvard Law School and the College of Europe, PhD in International Law & Economics from Bocconi University. Associate Professor of Law at HEC Paris (source http://albertoalemanno.eu/pages/profile) June 15, 2010 "If you want to calculate your own attitude to animal welfare and animal rights, you can take the JM Welfare Index and JM Rights Index " Full article : http://albertoalemanno.eu/articles/animal-welfare-on-the-rise-in-europe-and-beyond ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info (Sorted from oldest to newest) ************************************************************************ -Andrew N Rowan, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Humane Society International Mon, 23 Sep 2013 03:49:26 "Dear Dr Meng I have been preparing for a talk on humane education across different cultures and looking at the literature on international attitudes. In the course of my literature search, I came across your thesis which I found most interesting and enlightening." ************************************************************************ What have people said about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009)? For more information about Origins of Attitudes towards Animals (2009) please visit http://jmeng.goodeasy.info/AnimalWelfareIndexAnimalRightsIndex/ or Research@EarthApril.GoodEasy.Info ************************************************************************ The following academic publications cited or/and is based on the work of Origins of Attitudes Towards Animals -Students' attitudes to animal welfare and rights in Europe and Asia. Animal Welfare (University Federation of Animal Welfare) -An international comparison of female and male students' attitudes to the use of animals. Animals -The relationship between student consumption of animal products and attitudes to animals in Europe and Asia. British Food Journal -The Ethics of Farming Flightless Birds. Springer -Explaining issue attribution through mechanisms: bovine tuberculosis and responsibility of farmers, badgers and the state in England and Ireland. Political Studies Association annual conference, Edinburgh -Attitudes to animals in Eurasia: The identification of different types of animal protection through an international survey. Minding Animals.