The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering

Animal Suffering: A Moorean Response to a Problem of Evil

In this paper, I propose a new response to a particular instance of the problem of evil: the problem of animal suffering. My solution, in brief, is that the rational theist may argue, justifiably, that an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent God would not allow gratuitous animal suffering to occur, and, therefore, all instances of animal suffering that are encountered are not instanc...

Educated Folly About Animal Minds and Animal Suffering

Answer me, mechanist, has Nature arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering? Voltaire (1694-1778)

The Importance of “Wild Card” Scenarios

I-17: The Importance of Animal Sperm Modelsin Understanding Human Male Fertility/Infertility

Male fertility assessment is performed in the context of WHO guidelines. Currently the 5th edition of the WHO guidelines have been published and technicians and clinicians are confronted with a new set of criteria. Apart from coming to grips with these criteria it is accepted/assumed that human fertility is declining? However, both aspects are debatable. The accuracy/consistency of semen evalua...

The importance of food animal veterinary education.

The Bologna Declaration of 19 June 1999 was a pledge, signed by 29 European countries, to reform higher education systems in order to create a European Space for Higher Education by 2010. As the deadline approaches, it is time to specify how the veterinary curricula can most adequately be oriented to adapt to the guidelines of the Declaration. The increasing demand for food of animal origin has...