Preview
- Wednesday--Gary Francione: should we have pets? -- but article covers many other topics
- Friday--paper plan is due
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Fair/rodeo are offshoots of ranching, animal farming....so now's a good time to discuss.
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Bernard Rollin, "Rodeo and Recollection"
- Rollin--ethicist at Colorado State University, teaches future veterinarians, ranchers, cowboys
- Western ranch culture, rodeo as symbol of the west, critics seen as outsiders
- Culture doesn't insulate from criticism
- How to talk ethics with cowboys? Respect, recollection
- Particular rodeo events he objects to--tie down roping, should replace with break away roping
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Fair Topics (field trips)
Question for everyone. A lot of western culture and Texas culture is on display at the fair. Did you observe it as an insider or an outsider?
- Rodeo
- Other animal sports
- pig racing
- sheep dog herding
- other
- Judging of livestock
- Animal farming practices
- the birthing barn
- cow milking
- sheep shearing
- etc.
- Exotic animal petting zoo
- kangaroos
- Other observations?
Why is this shown at the fair?
- Animal advocates have been making undercover videos for years--they think transparency will change your mind, change the industry
- Animal industry--tried to stop this for years, (ag gag laws) but now are turning to transparency as a weapon
