Author Archives: Kris Stewart

SeaWorld Dolphin Dies While Doing Trick (by Kris Stewart)

by Kris Stewart Posted on Monday, 28 April 2008

A 30-year-old dolphin died on Saturday at Sea World’s Discovery Cove after colliding with another dolphin while performing aerial tricks.With visitors watching, two dolphins apparently slammed into one another in mid-air and one of them, Sharky, was killed in the … Continue reading →

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Remembering Val Plumwood, and Rethinking the Scientific Sin of Anthropomorphism (by Kris Stewart)

by Kris Stewart Posted on Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Ecofeminist scholar Val Plumwood passed away last week. Her major theoretical works that influenced me include Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1993) and Environmental Culture: the Ecological Crisis of Reason (2002). They think she died from a snakebite. This, … Continue reading →

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Knowing Dolphins (If Only A Little Bit…) (by Kris Stewart)

by Kris Stewart Posted on Wednesday, 5 September 2007

Like many people, I find dolphins fascinating. It’s not that I think they’re “better” or “more than” other animals. But I have devoted a fair amount of time to thinking about them (during my graduate work and otherwise). Because I … Continue reading →

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How We Think About Animals and Ethics (by Kris Stewart)

by Kris Stewart Posted on Friday, 17 August 2007

There are so many important issues related to animals, ethics, and society, and I am thrilled to be a part of this forum for discussion on such topics. Today, I want to take a few steps back from the specific … Continue reading →

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Emergence and Ethics of Dolphin Shows (by Kris Stewart)

by Kris Stewart Posted on Thursday, 10 May 2007

In a previous post to the Practical Ethics blog, I discussed Ocean Embassy’s plans to open an aquarium and display local, wild-caught dolphins in Panama as part of a “conservation plan.” When I discussed this issue with friends and colleagues … Continue reading →

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Captured Dolphins, Corrupted Ethics (by Kris Stewart)

by Kris Stewart Posted on Sunday, 25 March 2007

In a March 15th listserv post, respected marine mammal scientist Naomi A. Rose, Ph.D. alerted members of the MARMAM listserve (marmam@lists.uvic.ca) about a company called Ocean Embassy (www.oceanembassy.com), which has been seeking permission of the Panamanian government to build a … Continue reading →

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