Animal Assisted Education (AAE) heeft op internationaal niveau al verschillende successen geboekt. Zowel in Frankrijk, Duitsland, Oostenrijk, Amerika en België houden verschillende organisaties zich op professionele basis bezig met AAE op speciale scholen. In Nederland bestond echter het vermoeden dat …

This article describes the final meeting for the program SLiM (Sneller van innovatie naar mens). In cooperation with the Netherlands Knowledge Centre on Alternatives to animal use (NKCA) an overview was given of the results on accelerated acceptance of Replacement, Refinement and Reduction (3R) of animals …

Zoos in Europe developed in different ways. Whereas zoos in West-Europa flourished in the 19th century, zoos in Middle and East-Europe experienced harder times. Nowadays zoos demand more from their zookeepers. But, zookeepers from the Croatian zoo Zagreb Zoo do not have the educational background that …

The 2014 congress of WSAVA would be the first congress in which WSAVA is using services of a Professional Congress Organizer company which is Kenes Group. Kenes group wants to increase the number of participants in the congress and that’s why company wants to have a marketing plan, which will lead to …

This article discusses the possibility of integrating deep ecology (DE) and animal rights (AR) perspectives within environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). The focus of this article is on three questions: why are DE and AR not currently central to EE/ESD debates? …

Fragmentation of the environment affects the dispersal of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). This also occurs in the Harz region, in central Germany, where in 2000 the Luchsprojekt Harz started reintroducing the Eurasian lynx. This constantly growing population causes lynx dispersal including high traffic volume …

Onderzocht is hoeveel en waar er aanrijdingen met reeën in de provincie Utrecht plaatsvinden. Daarnaast worden er adviezen gegeven om het aantal aanrijdingen te verminderen. Het effect van afschot op aanrijdingen met reeën blijkt onbekend en het advies is om een pilot (beheerexperiment) op te zetten …

This article examines two areas of tension within environmental ethics literature and relates them to the case study of the animal representation in the Dutch media. On the one hand, there is a tension between those who propagate clear division between anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric views; on …

This article explores cooperation between a commercial supermarket chain and an environmental non-governmental organization linking it to consumer perception of the “The Super Animals” collectable cards promotion initiative. The case study focuses on one particular joint project involving Animal Cards …

Despite changing attitudes towards animal testing and current legislation to protect experimental animals, the rate of animal experiments seems to have changed little in recent years. On May 15–16, 2013, the In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (IVTIP) held an open meeting to discuss the state of the …