Matters of Life and Death: "Harvesting" Animals

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Date/Time:Tuesday, 21 Feb 2006 at 10:45 am
Location:Oak Room, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
Categories:Lectures
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Panel: Stephen Pett, (moderator), ISU Dept. of English; Ron Andrews, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources; Stacey Brown, Wheatsfield Grocery Store; Joe Cordray, ISU Meat Laboratory; Dan O'Brien, novelist/memoirist and buffalo rancher.

The killing, "harvesting," of animals is central to human relationships with the "natural world." Many cultures evolved in familial identification with animals. Today animals are hunted, slaughtered, and euthanized. They are killed for "sport," for food, for clothing, for money, and for the purpose of managing wild, feral and "unwanted" populations. The livestock we eat die well beyond the homes of most of us and become commodities in the supermarket. The wild landscape has been changed because of the animals we choose to kill and to eat. This panel will explore the ways in which Americans have killed and kill animals and the consequences for the environment and for society.