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the conduit to scientists and specialists that empowers people to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises, their cultures and their homes.
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| archived words from the wise: Dr Lori Marino |
Dr Marino's research interest is in brain and behavioral evolution in mammals. Her interdisciplinary research program focuses on cross-taxonomic comparisons of neurobiology, behavioral ecology, life history, and cognition in cetaceans and primates as a vehicle for examining the evolution of mammalian intelligence.
At present, she has several ongoing projects which employ cetacean-primate comparisons in the following areas:
1) the relationship between behavioral ecology, life history, and encephalization
2) comparative neuroanatomical organization and function
3) cognitive development
4) paleoneurology and behavioral evolution. |
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| Posted: 2007 October 19 |
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Contact Lori Marino, Ph.D.
Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program
Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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| wise words |
Japan's Dolphin Drive Hunts from a Scientific and Animal Welfare Perspective
In this paper Drs Diana Reiss and Lori Marino argue that the Japanese drive hunt of dolphins and small cetaceans is an inhumane practice that violates all reasonable criteria for animal welfare. We make this argument on the basis of the scientific evidence that supports the conclusion that the drive hunts are inflicting pain and suffering on animals that are intelligent, sentient, and socially complex.
A note from whales-online.org - This paper is originally published by the Ocean Project
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Related PDFs
Full Document - Japans Dolphin Drive Hunts from a Scientific and Animal Welfare Perspective |
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