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Symposium explores psychological impacts of euthanasia, depopulation

AVMA News

Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.

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The Psychology Behind Unexpected Rewards

Sales and Marketing Management

Let’s take a closer look into the psychology behind the element of surprise and how it can be used as part of a larger sales incentive strategy. More recent studies have revealed that humans have similar reactions to surprise rewards – specifically the anticipation of the reward. Defining the unexpected reward.

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

There is no philosophical continuum, but there is a psychological continuum, as evidenced by everyone at the workshop taking steps back or forward, denoting their increase in animal use (including no meat to meat, or backsliding, like I did a decade ago), or their decrease (such as when vegetarians go vegan). How about this?

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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

10,000 Birds

She is not capable – physically or psychologically – of trapping and getting rid of one cat, let alone nine. There would then be three options: 1) re-home them to people who will keep them inside; 2) drop them off at an animal shelter as far away as possible; or 3) humanely euthanize them. It’s time for this to end. Sealed With A Trap.

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Humane Society Puts Pressure on South Carolina's Bear Baying

Critter News

Armed with new undercover video of four such events, the Humane Society of the United States is pressuring state officials to explicitly outlaw the practice, which the organization says is effectively banned in every other state. Animal rights advocates say it's cruel to the nearly defenseless bears and harms them psychologically.

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2021

10,000 Birds

in psychology from the University of Buffalo. Estren said that humans should be mindful of their bias for cute animals, so animals that would not be considered cute are also valued in addition to cute animals. Oriental Scops Owls are quite possibly my favorite bird at Nanhui. Bird-shaped cuteness. Estren, a Ph.D.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. But that’s another story. Just eat the food. 1208724109.

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