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Videos on Animal Welfare, Animal Rights, Biodiversity

This list includes serious and funny videos/animations about animal welfare, animal rights, and biodiversity. Topics include animal testing, farm animal welfare, animal husbandry, animal abuse, keystone species, extinction, threatened species..

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superbugs/antibiotic resistance video link; thumb of superbug parachuting into human territory
DRUGS MAKE SUPERBUGS
When antibiotics are used day after day to raise animals, superbugs can arise. These superbugs become resistant to entire classes of antibiotics, reducing the antibiotic toolkit doctors have available for people. The germs can also spread directly from factory farms to nearby communities. What's happening on industrial animal-raising farms is nothing to laugh at.  Watch superbugs/antibiotic resistance video(3:18)

 
funny industrial chicken farming video link; thumb of waitress and diners
IS IT FACTORY-FARMED CHICKEN?
In this funny video from Food and Water Watch, two patrons are super-excited about the waitress' explanations regarding the menu's factory-farmed chicken and how it was raised.  Watch funny industrial chicken farming video(1:47)

 
funny biodiversity video link; thumb of graphic of scared polar bear, wearing a suit, walking in the dark
THE DAVERSITY CODE
This is a very well done animation in the mode of a murder mystery. What happened to the polar bear in the Museum of Natural History? What do the clues he left mean? The plot thickens....  Watch funny biodiversity video.

 
image of pirate-style captain next to whale-burger joint; click to see flash cartoon
CALL ME  ISHMAEKILL
Humorous (and sad-but-true) animation about the revival of whale hunting, the impact of Navy sonar, and other deadly indignities heaped upon our wondrous whales. A hearty "Ahoy!" and "Arrrrggh" to ya, matey.   Content no longer available from host site (Mark.Fiore.com)

 
shadows of sea animals and birds around the words 'animal comment'; link for funny animation; opens in new window
ANIMAL COMMENT
Another good one from Flash-master Mark Fiore; this time acerbically addressing the horrors we direct towards our oceans and their inhabitants.    No longer available from host site.
 
Graphic image of frog on lily pad
THE FROG
A mildly amusing instance of nature striking back. From flashcartoons.org. 
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save the whales videos link; thumb of two whales having lunch in a cafe
SOUNDING OFF ABOUT WHALES
With as few as 130 left, the western gray whale teeters on the edge of extinction. A critical feeding ground is now under threat from oil and gas exploration. See two short  save the whales videos.

 
green lawn care video link; thumb of little boy playing with black lab
THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS, DOGS, AND LAWN CHEMICALS
In these difficult economic times, there's one easy cost-cutting measure you can take: Forget about applying chemical fertilizers and pesticides to your lawn this year. Reason enough should be that lawn chemicals pose a danger to pets, kids, and the local creek. But the truth is that they're not even good for your lawn because they degrade soil quality. For the not-safe-for-pets angle, you can watch the free 17-minute video The Truth About Cats, Dogs, and Lawn Chemicals.

 
cat food video link; thumb of vet and cat
CLAWING OUR WAY TO THE TRUTH ABOUT CAT FOOD
Is dry cat food really OK for cats? Are all wet cat foods the same from a nutritional standpoint? Find out in this good video.  Watch cat food video.
 
 
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CATEGORY:  FOOD, ANIMAL WELFARE — 11.FEB.2015

Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Diet Science

Pastured vs. Free-Range vs. Cage-Free vs. Organic Eggs—What's The Difference? — Dee McCaffrey says the problems with conventional eggs range from low-quality feed to inhumane growing conditions. Organic eggs use better feed and have better growing conditions, but access to outdoors is sometimes more theory than practice in large organic operations. She rightly promotes eggs from backyard chickens as the best choice, with eggs from pastured chickens another good way to go.
Go to page  |  Download/listen   10:53

GP comment:  All that is correct. But McCaffrey also asserts that most people who are use pastured hens to raise eggs are also using organic or non-GMO feed. I suspect not even a majority of them do. I agree that pastured eggs are a top priority, but shoppers should also look for the organic or GMO-free labels. "Trust but verify." She also conflates GMO-free with soy-free, which are not at all the same thing. And "cage-free" usually means "in a crowded barn," and there is no rule that cage-free chickens must have access to outdoors. See the Humane Society's How to Read Egg Carton Labels for more info on terms related to eggs. Bawk!

Original Show Pub Date: 19.Jan.2015

CATEGORY:  ENVIRONMENT (POLLUTION), SPECIES — 01.DEC.2014

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Quirks and Quarks

Lakes Turning to Jelly — The problem of acid rain is often touted as one of the few success stories in controlling pollution, as the industrial emissions that cause it have been cut substantially. But the environmental damage and disruption caused by acid rain still echo in the wilderness. One example discovered is the "jellification" of temperate lakes, where acid rain has reduced calcium content, an essential element for most lake organisms. This has caused some crustaceans at the base of the aquatic food chain—the ones that make their exoskeletons from calcium—to be at a disadvantage, and they're now being displaced by species that have a jelly-like coating. These jelly organisms are inedible to many predators and thus are disruptive to the lakes' ecological balance.
Go to page  |  Download/listen   10:43

GP comment:  And what do geoengineering proponents most often propose to push back global warming? Why, of course, to blast sulfate particles—the most toublesome of the old acid rain pollutants—into the atmosphere.

Original Show Pub Date: 22.Nov.2014

CATEGORY:  ENVIRONMENT, SPECIES — 10.OCT.2014

Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Living on Earth

Obama Creates the World's Largest Ocean Reserve — President Obama expanded the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument, protecting nearly half a million square miles of Pacific Ocean from commercial exploitation. Elliott Norse of the Marine Conservation Institute talks about the impact of the reserve on the ecosystem and the precedent it sets for global conservation.
Go to page  |  Download/listen   6:40

GP comment:  A decent action. All presidents do this sort of thing. It's an easy green credit, much easier than taking meaningful action on issues like nuclear, chemicals, GMOs, sprawl, peak oil....

Original Show Pub Date: 03.Oct.2014

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