Not exact matches
Dawkins inexplicably ignores the
data that those at the meeting used to formulate their declaration, and goes so
far as to claim that it is actually harmful to
animals to base welfare decisions on their being conscious.
While the relationship is
far from established,
animal data may help clarify the results.
In humans, rodents and other
animals, we find
data showing that the mother's interest in, and motivation toward young increases dramatically as pregnancy nears term, and still
further immediately following birth.
Population
data on the
animals is incomplete, so their true conservation status is unknown, but their numbers are
far smaller than many common marine species of dolphins, whose populations are composed of hundreds of thousands of individuals.
By now, the BXD community has gathered around 300 million phenotype
data points from these
animals, generating by
far the largest coherent «phenome» (a set of all phenotypes expressed in an organism) for any
animal experimental cohort.
Only one
animal's full connectome has been constructed thus
far: the roundworm C. elegans, which has a mere 302 neurons and serves as the model for research and
data sharing in the field.
These
data suggest that amylin acts on the pathological cascade in
animal models of AD, and
further supports the therapeutic potential of amylin - type peptides for AD.
The
data and the science is clear that the
further you can move away from
animal - based products, the better chance you have of eliminating heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's — all the diseases that are bringing America down by the knees.
The
data available so
far from human and
animal research is encouraging, but it does however have enormous limitations.
Back to the Experimental Evidence Denise Minger went not just beyond the bestselling book and into the abyss of thousands upon thousands of
data points known loosely as the original monograph but traveled even
further through the lands of the roughly one thousand references Campbell provides among his supporting evidence to find a critical study that Campbell himself had published showing, in fact, that the central thesis of his book — that
animal foods, and specifically
animal protein, are uniquely harmful to consume — is false.
The mission of the National Council is to gather and analyze reliable
data that
further characterize the number, origin and disposition of pets (dogs and cats) in the United States; to promote responsible stewardship of these companion
animals; and based on the
data gathered, to recommend programs to reduce the number of surplus / unwanted pets in the United States.
The Austin
Animal Center
data that has been submitted to Maddie's Fund so
far is presented below.
Shelters also tend to lump together all shelter deaths regardless of the reason for euthanasia, even though their
data would be of
far greater statistical value if categorized, for example, as: 1) owner requested due to health, temperament or old age; 2) shelter mandated because the
animal was judged too sick or too dangerous to be rehabilitated and placed; 3) and, shelter mandated because insufficient resources existed to continue maintaining an
animal even though it was healthy and adoptable.
The National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP) was formed in 1993 to gather and analyze reliable
data that
further characterizes the number, origin and disposition of companion
animals (dogs and cats) in the United States; to promote responsible stewardship of companion
animals; and, based on
data gathered, to recommend programs to reduce the number of surplus or unwanted pets in the nation.
What was clear to attendees is that marketing campaigns by well - funded
animal rights groups are
far more influential with party countries than is scientific
data.