Kimmela Center Launches Scholar Advocacy Webinar Series

Posted by Lori Marino On July 30, 2020 in Kimmela News | 0 comments

The Kimmela Center has launched a webinar series on scholar advocacy, an empowered professional path that combines scholarship in various fields with advocacy (for animals in this case).

The main reason for this series is that students, especially those in the natural sciences, are often led to believe that academic scientists should not engage in animal advocacy. They are often told that they can either be a scientist or they can be an advocate, but that they cannot (or should not) do both.

In this series of webinars, we challenge this outdated notion.

Webinar: Scholar Advocacy in Neuroscience and Psychology

Posted by Lori Marino On May 29, 2020 in Kimmela News | 0 comments

The Kimmela Center will hold its first webinar on Scholar Advocacy in Neuroscience and Psychology on Wednesday June 3rd, 2020 from 3–4 pm Eastern Time.

Scholar-Advocacy Returns to Superpod

Posted by Lori Marino On July 11, 2018 in Kimmela News | 0 comments

On July 18th, a group of nine young scholar-advocates will take the stage at the San Juan Island Community Theater at Superpod 6 as part of the Second Biennial Scholar-Advocacy session.

Superpod 6 is a gathering of marine mammal experts, advocates and policy makers who convene on San Juan Island for several days to share their knowledge and ideas. This year scholar-advocates as young as 10 years old will showcase the way they’ve been using their education, talents and energy to advocate for marine mammals and the oceans.

Even Cows Get the Blues

Posted by admin On November 1, 2017 in Kimmela News | 1 comment

Earlier this month a young bull escaped from a slaughterhouse in Brooklyn and ran for his life through the streets of NYC. He ended up two miles away in a field in Prospect Park. The bull, nicknamed Jimmy K, was taken to the Skylands Animals Sanctuary in East New York, Brooklyn.

Jimmy K’s desperate effort to live is characteristic of what all cows feel on their way to slaughter. And a new peer-reviewed paper in the journal Animal Behavior and Cognition, entitled “The Psychology of Cows” authored by Dr. Lori Marino and doctoral student Kristin Allen, provides the scientific evidence to support this conclusion.

Farm Sanctuary Hoe Down 2017

Posted by Lori Marino On September 11, 2017 in Kimmela News | 0 comments

At Farm Sanctuary’s annual Hoe Down, I shared some of our findings on the Someone Project.

For example, pigs can use mirrors to find hidden food; roosters use deception to gain favor with their favorite hens; and cows jump for joy and have other positive emotional reactions when they realize they’ve completed a task successfully.

“Enormously Complex” Orca Brains Lead to Great Stress in Captivity

Posted by michaelm On March 20, 2017 in Kimmela News | 1 comment

In an interview for National Geographic, Whale Sanctuary Project President Lori Marino explains why orcas experience greater stress in marine parks and aquariums than any other species.