Class projects Debate

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Class projectsDebate
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Vegetarianism and Gender
(Worsley and Skrzpiek, 1997)
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Welfare and meat consumption

• Main concerns about eating meat amongst
  Australian adolescent women who were either
  vegetarian or non-vegetarian (Worsley and
  Skrzpiek, 1997)

Full and semi-veg Non-vegetarian
Animal cruelty 61 37 Sensory 44 5 Red meat
is fattening 30 13 Meat is harmful to the
env. 25 13 Meat eating is unhealthy 19 3
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Consumers and welfare

• Dolphins Tuna
• Freedom Foods
• American Humane Association
• Fast food chains
• United egg producers
• Food safety

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Project Hypothesis

• The decision of farmers to treat (or not treat )
  lame cows is not solely dependent on the
  economical consequences associated with the
  veterinary intervention

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Material and Methods

• Video clips (5)
• Web page
• Questionnaire
• Email addresses
• Dairy farmers
• ANS faculty
• ANS students
• ANS graduate students
• ANS support staff

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Video clips

• Clips will be digitized using existing footage
• Clips will have cows showing lameness (scores
  1-5)
• Instructor TAs will take care of the clips

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Questionnaire

• Group activity (today)
• Background information
• Maximum 10
• Questions relevant to the decision making process
• Maximum 10

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Selection of the questions

• Students (groups) will prepare the questions
• I will compile the information
• Some editing may take place
• I will forward the questions to the class
• The class will vote
• The selected questions will be added to our web
  site

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Class project

• The KBS paper can be the background paper for the
  final paper
• Check the deadline and instructions in your
  syllabus

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Format for the debate

• Today 04/06/01
• Students will be randomly assigned to be in favor
  or against the following statement
• A) Tyson corporation responded to the natural
  disaster (see video footage and web sites) in
  Arkansas, last December, using the best available
  alternatives to minimize pain and suffering to
  the birds and to the farmers.

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Format for the debate

• Today 04/06/01
• Students will be randomly assigned to be in favor
  or against the following statement
• B) In addition, Tyson corporation has taken
  effective measures to prevent future accidents.

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Support material (next week)

• Folder ANS library
• Videos ANS library
• Web sites
• http//www.tyson.com/corporate/History/default.asp
  
• http//www.hsus.org/whatnew/arkchickens010301.html
  
• Discussions with your colleagues and professors

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Debate

• Room 1310 Anthony Hall
• Moderator (invited guest)
• Phone interview
• Tyson personnel
• Humane Society of the United States
• 8 minutes/ 4 questions
• Open discussion

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Reward

• The best 6 debaters
• Class assessment
• TAs
• invited guests
• and myself
• will earn 1 bonus point

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Today

• We need to prepare the questions to be asked to
  HSUS TYSON
• Discuss the questions with your group and email
  them to
• Danielle in favor
• Dana against
• Class motivators for this debate