2008 Woodie Awards
Animal rights organization hosts film festival to raise awareness
CAMERON HUBBARD
Issue date: 2/4/08 Section: Variety
Every day in the United States, cows, chickens, pigs and other animals are rounded up and sent to become someone's breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Where: Student Learning Center room 101
More Information:
www.uga.edu/sos
It is a fact many know, but that few spend much time thinking about. One organization, however, is trying to raise awareness for the plight of animals.
Speak Out for Species, the University's animal rights student organization, hosts its annual film festival throughout February, with films focusing on various facets of animal rights.
Tonight, it will show "Last of the Spanish Mustangs," about the horse meat industry. Members of the organization hope the film will strike a chord in viewers.
"I hope viewers will walk away with a stronger appreciation for animals, in this case, for America's wild horses," said Publicity Coordinator Carrie Mumah, a nonprofit organizations graduate student from Marietta.
"I hope they feel empowered to make a difference and decide to become more engaged in animal protection."
The film follows a reporter as he travels across the Western U.S. to investigate the wild horses that roam the landscape. In time, however, he discovers that the horses are being slaughtered for human consumption in other nations.
Indeed, a variety of other countries serve horse meat in the same way we might offer up veal or buffalo meat.
"It used to be a very common meat over in France, and now people are trying to sort of reclaim it," said Elizabeth Cherry, a sociology graduate student who will lead a discussion after the film.
The discussion that follows the film will focus on actions people can take to help prevent the facilitation of horse slaughter in the U.S.
The organization chose the different movies that will be shown because they address different facets of animal rights.
"We wanted to show films from all different categories: animals for food, entertainment and science, wildlife, and companion animals," said Speak Out for Species President Claire Rice, a junior biology and pre-veterinary medicine major from Atlanta.
"We try to make the movies relevant to current issues as well as issues that may directly affect UGA students."
For students who perhaps want to help animals in need but are not sure where to begin, SOS said it will offer suggestions and information after each movie in the festival.
The other films in the festival are "The Emotional World of Farm Animals," which deals with the food industry as it involves farm animals, "A Fall from Freedom," which investigates the treatment of captive sea animals, and "Varmints," which takes a closer look at prairie dogs.
LAST OF THE SPANISH MUSTANGS
When: 7:30 tonightWhere: Student Learning Center room 101
More Information:
www.uga.edu/sos
It is a fact many know, but that few spend much time thinking about. One organization, however, is trying to raise awareness for the plight of animals.
Speak Out for Species, the University's animal rights student organization, hosts its annual film festival throughout February, with films focusing on various facets of animal rights.
Tonight, it will show "Last of the Spanish Mustangs," about the horse meat industry. Members of the organization hope the film will strike a chord in viewers.
"I hope viewers will walk away with a stronger appreciation for animals, in this case, for America's wild horses," said Publicity Coordinator Carrie Mumah, a nonprofit organizations graduate student from Marietta.
"I hope they feel empowered to make a difference and decide to become more engaged in animal protection."
The film follows a reporter as he travels across the Western U.S. to investigate the wild horses that roam the landscape. In time, however, he discovers that the horses are being slaughtered for human consumption in other nations.
Indeed, a variety of other countries serve horse meat in the same way we might offer up veal or buffalo meat.
"It used to be a very common meat over in France, and now people are trying to sort of reclaim it," said Elizabeth Cherry, a sociology graduate student who will lead a discussion after the film.
The discussion that follows the film will focus on actions people can take to help prevent the facilitation of horse slaughter in the U.S.
The organization chose the different movies that will be shown because they address different facets of animal rights.
"We wanted to show films from all different categories: animals for food, entertainment and science, wildlife, and companion animals," said Speak Out for Species President Claire Rice, a junior biology and pre-veterinary medicine major from Atlanta.
"We try to make the movies relevant to current issues as well as issues that may directly affect UGA students."
For students who perhaps want to help animals in need but are not sure where to begin, SOS said it will offer suggestions and information after each movie in the festival.
The other films in the festival are "The Emotional World of Farm Animals," which deals with the food industry as it involves farm animals, "A Fall from Freedom," which investigates the treatment of captive sea animals, and "Varmints," which takes a closer look at prairie dogs.
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horsie
posted 2/04/08 @ 12:00 PM EST
I'm all for save the wild horses.They helped us settle are country and helped us in many other ways and in return we shot them and leave then to suffer and rot. (Continued…)
Elizabeth
posted 2/05/08 @ 2:02 PM EST
Animal Welfare or Animal Rights?
Here are some of the differences:
As animal welfare advocates. . .
• We seek to improve the treatment and well-being of animals. (Continued…)
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