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Guerrini, Anita. Experimenting with Humans and Animals. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780801871979.

Hearne, Vicki. Adam's Task. New York, NY: Knopf, 1986. ISBN: 9780394542140.

Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780674037069.

Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty. New York, NY: Signet, 2002. ISBN: 9780451528650.
A version of Black Beauty may be downloaded from Project Gutenberg.

Vialles, Noelie. Animal to Edible. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521466721.

Wells, H. G. The Island of Doctor Moreau. New York, NY: Signet, 1977. ISBN: 9780451521910.
A version of The Island of Doctor Moreau may be downloaded from Project Gutenberg.

Course Readings.

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction: Animals and Us
2-3	The Hunt	Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780674037069. Corbett, Jim. Man-Eaters of Kumaon. Reprint ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, June 17, 1993, introduction and chapter 1. ISBN: 9780195622553. Orwell, George. "Shooting an Elephant." In Shooting an Elephant: And Other Essays. East Sussex, UK: Gardners, 2003. ISBN: 9780141187396. A version of Shooting an Elephant is also available online. Issue: Endangered Species--Whale conservation Holt, Sidney J. "Loopholes exploited in whaling regulation." Nature 393, no. 206 (May 21, 1998). Bisbee, Dana. "Local Researchers are Ready to Embark on Whale of an Odyssey," The Boston Herald, August 2, 1999. Jaimet, Kate. "Canada, U. S. Race Against Time to Save Right Whales," The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), January 2, 2001. Westney, Charlotte. "Whaling Commission Votes for Conservation." Nature (June 17, 2003). Gugliotta, Guy. "Whales May Have Been More Plentiful; Study Upends Historic Population Estimate," The Washington Post, Friday, July 25, 2003. (Final edition) Alford, Peter. "Whales Off the Menu," The Australian, June 22, 2005, p. 13. Cyranoski, David. "Japan's Whaling Bid Frustrated." Nature (June 24, 2005). Egede, Ingmar. "Inuit Makes Case for Whaling," The Nelson Mail (New Zealand), June 27, 2000, page 9. New Zealand Press Association. "Slaughtered Whales 200yr Old," The Evening Post (Wellington), November 18, 2000, p. 9.
4-5	Domestication and Breeding	Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, chapter 1. ISBN: 9780674037069. Clutton-Brock, Juliet. A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals. Cambridge, U.K; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 9-112. ISBN: 9780521632478.
6-7	Meat	Ritvo, Harriet. The Platypus and the Mermaid. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780674673588. Vialles, Noelie. Animal to Edible. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521466721. Issue: Vegetarianism Richard, Corliss, et al. "Should We All Be Vegetarians?" Time, July 15, 2002, vol. 160, issue 3, 48. Loten, Oliver. "When We Eat, Something Else Must Die," The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), June 1, 2003. (Sunday final edition) Fort, Matthew. "Food & Drink: What, No Meat?" The Guardian (London), May 20, 1995, p. TT46. Lethbridge, David. "Great Chasm Separates Humans From Animal World," The Gazette (Montreal), September 13, 2004, p. A28. Walter, Natasha. "The Unbearable Smugness of Being Vegetarian," The Guardian (London), March 28, 1996, p. 19. Allen-Mills, Tony. "Sexy Vixens Use Flesh to Sell Veganism to Meat-Mad Americans," The Australian, August 8, 2005, p. 14.
8-9	Animal Exploitation and Animal Protection	Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, chapter 3. ISBN: 9780674037069. Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty. New York, NY: Signet, 2002. ISBN: 9780451528650. A version of Black Beauty may be downloaded from Project Gutenberg. Issue: Fox-hunting in Britain Times Newspapers Limited. "A Centuries-Old Tradition; Hunting," The Times (London), November 18, 2004. Sterndale, et al. "The Kill Without the Chase," The Times, November 1, 2004. (Features) Linklater, Magnus. "Survival of the Slowest and Weakest," The Times, September 11, 2004. Baldwin, Tom. "Folly of stirring Mr. Blair will hound the pro-hunt marchers," The Times, Septmber 8, 2004. Elliott, Valerie, and Stewart Tendler. "Police Chiefs 'Dread' Enforcing Ban," The Times, July 3, 2003. Page, Robin. "My Friend the Fox," Daily Mail, February 19, 2005. Express Newspapers. "Charles's Hunt Hint." The Express, December 12, 2003. Perry, Keith, and Wayne Francis. "Anti-hunt Threat to Charles," The Daily Express, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
10	View Babe, 1995.	View: Noonan, Chris. Babe, 1995.
11-12	Vivisection and Antivivisection	Guerrini, Anita. Experimenting with Humans and Animals. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003, chapters 4-6, and conclusion. ISBN: 9780801871979.
13-14	Animals and Infection	Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, chapter 4. ISBN: 9780674037069. ———. "Mad cow mysteries." American Scholar 67, no. 2 (Spring 1998): 113 122. British Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs: BSE US Department of Agriculture: BSE
15-16	Pets	Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, chapter 2. ISBN: 9780674037069. Hearne, Vicki. Adam's Task. New York, NY: Knopf, 1986, chapters 2-4, and 8-10. ISBN: 9780394542140. Lorenz, Konrad. Man Meets Dog. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1955, chapters 4, 6, and 17. View: Guest, Christopher. Best in Show, 2000.
17-18	Zoos and Menageries	Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780674037069. Davis, Susan. Spectacular Nature. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997, introduction, chapter 6, and conclusion. ISBN: 9780520209817.
19-20	Studying Animals: Naturalists and Museums	Ritvo, Harriet. The Animal Estate. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, introduction. ISBN: 9780674037069. Haraway, Donna. "Teddy Bear Patriarchy: Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908 1936." Social Text 11 (Winter, 1984): 20-64. Issue: How Human Are Animals? Reid, Melanie. "Parlez-vous Dog? Or Cow?; Do animals have the same kind of brains as autistic people?" The Herald (Glasgow), June 11, 2005, p. 5. Associated Press. "Chimps to have retirement home in U. S." CNN.com, Dec. 26, 2003. Mee, Benjamin. "Animal Rights: The Next Wave," The Weekend Australian, August 5, 2000, p. R01. Gorman, James. "Are Animals Smarter Than We Think?" The New York Times, November 11, 2003, section F, p. 10. Hanlon, Michael. "Could Apes Realy Rule the Word - Why we still feel uncomfortable around our relatives," Sunday Mail (Queensland, Australia), August 5, 2001, p. 28. Saltus, Richard. "Finding in Chimp Brain Renews Language Debate," The Boston Globe, February 9, 1998, p. D1.
21	Studying Animals: Field Observation, Experimentation and Imagination	Wells, H. G. The Island of Doctor Moreau. New York, NY: Signet, 1977. ISBN: 9780451521910. A version of The Island of Doctor Moreau may be downloaded from Project Gutenberg.
22-23	Studying Animals: Field Observation and Ethology	Goodall, Jane. In the Shadow of Man. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971, chapters 1-3. ISBN: 9780395127261. Hrdy, Sara. The Woman That Never Evolved. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981, chapter 1. ISBN: 9780674955400. Galdikas, Biruté. Reflections of Eden. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1995, chapters 1-4. ISBN: 9780316301817. Fossey, Dian. Gorillas in the Mist. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, chapters 1-3. ISBN: 9780618083602.
24-25	Studying Animals: Documentary Film	Mitman, Gregg. Reel Nature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999, prologue, chapters 1, 8, and epilogue. ISBN: 9780674715714. View: Attenborough, David. The Life of Mammals. 2002. (Selections)
26	Last Class Discussion of Documentary Papers