Interviewed on treatment of animals on NRK P2´s Ekko, with Andreas Haga

Today I was interviewed on NRK P2´s radio program Ekko, along with Andreas Haga, with Rikke Eckoff as program manager, on why we treat animals so differently. I was presented as Professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger, and a member of Norway´s Council for animal ethics. The section, which was recorded live, lasts for some 20 minutes.

Post in the Minding Animals blog on a young seagull and a kitten

This week's post in the blog of Minding Animals Norway is written by me. It is entitled "Måkeungen og kattungen: En historie fra virkeligheten om Brannvesenet og Viltnemnda" [The young seagull and the kitten: A real life story about the fire brigade and the /Wildlife Committee/]. The main point is that while the kitten was rescued - from a lake - by the fire brigade, the responsible authorities gave advice to the effect that the young seagull's head should be crushed against the wall. Why do we treat two animals of different species, both in dire need, so differently?