Animal Rights and the Antarctic Treaty System

This paper outlines an investigation into the rights of individual animals belonging to species that live in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, home to many species of mammals, birds, finfish, crustaceans and cephalopods. I address the identification of prominent animal rights issues, an assessment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Widolf, HE
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Society for Human Ecology 2002
Subjects:
Environmental Sciences
Other Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/26074
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Summary:This paper outlines an investigation into the rights of individual animals belonging to species that live in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, home to many species of mammals, birds, finfish, crustaceans and cephalopods. I address the identification of prominent animal rights issues, an assessment of the relevance of those issues to Antarctic management and an examination of Antarctic legal provisions and management guidelines.

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