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Chapter 1. The Welfare of Animals and It’s Relevance to Our Health

Animals and Public Health chapters, General Human Health & Animal Protection, Uncategorized

Alvin Tarlov, Director of the Texas Institute for Society and Health, explained that ‘there are five major categories of influence on health: genes and associated biology; health behaviors, such as dietary habits, tobacco, alcohol and drug use, and physical fitness; […]

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Chapter 2. Victims of Abuse: Making the Connection

Animals and Public Health chapters, General Human Health & Animal Protection, Uncategorized

The following is a typical case illustrating the linkage between child abuse and animal abuse. One morning, an Atlanta contractor pulled up to a house where he was to perform some work. As he got out of his truck, he […]

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Chapter 3. Lions, Tigers and Bears: The Global Trade in Animals

Animals and Public Health chapters, Uncategorized, Wildlife Trade & Human Health

On 20 August 1994, an international uproar was caused by an incident involving a female African elephant who went on a rampage in Honolulu, Hawaii. The animal, Tyke, was ‘performing’ during an event for Circus International when, before hundreds of […]

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Chapter 4. Foul Farms: The State of Animal Agriculture

Animal Agriculture and Human Health, Animals and Public Health chapters, Uncategorized

As disturbing as the wildlife trade is in fostering the development of new infectious diseases, recent events suggest that the biggest and most imminent threat may lie much closer to home. Between 2007 and 2008, farmers in the Philippines noticed […]

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Chapter 5. Animal Agriculture: Our Health and Our Environment

Animal Agriculture and Human Health, Animals and Public Health chapters, Uncategorized

Even if we could, no matter how unlikely, contain the pathogens running amok among factory farms, we are still faced with a much larger problem. This is because there are just too many animals being produced for food: animals grown […]

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Chapter 6. The Costs of Animal Experiments

Animal Experimentation & Medical Research, Animals and Public Health chapters, Uncategorized

The false-positive and false-negative results of the animal bioassay can be considerable. Ennever and Lave analyzed the data on known human carcinogens with the animal data for cancer predictability. They found a disturbingly large proportion of incorrect predictions, ‘potentially allowing […]

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Chapter 7. The New Public Health

Animals and Public Health chapters, General Human Health & Animal Protection, Uncategorized

We now have a choice before us. Do we use our knowledge to continue to condemn animals to incalculable harm, in turn jeopardizing our own health, or do we use that knowledge to evolve the practice of public health and […]

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