Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society School of Veterinary Medicine,   University of Pennsylvania Dr. James A. Serpell, Director

Eighth Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Relations with Animals and the Natural World

LICENSED TO KILL: THE SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND ETHICS OF HUNTING

8:45 am - 3:30 pm, Wednesday, April 25, 2001
The Auditorium, Wistar Institute,
36th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

8:45 am	Welcoming Remarks: James A. Serpell, PhD., Director, CIAS.
9:00-9:40	Science and the Hunting Debate. Patrick Bateson FRS., Professor of Ethology, Provost of King's College, University of Cambridge, UK. (Read the abstract)
9:40-9:50	Questions and Discussion.
9:50-10:20	Break for refreshments
10:20-11:00	Farmers, Hunters, and Outlaw Gunners: Struggles in the Pennsylvania Countryside, 1900 - 1925. Louis Warren, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Davis, CA. (Read the abstract)
11:00-11:10	Questions and Discussion.
11:10-11:50	Killing with Respect: Bad Faith or Good Intentions? Jan Dizard, Professor of American Culture, Pick Professor of Environmental Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. (Read the Abstract)
11:50-12:00	Questions and Discussion.
12:00-1:20pm	Lunch.
1:20-2:00	The War on Wildlife: Sport Hunting and Commercial Trapping in the U.S. Wayne Pacelle, Senior Vice President, Communications and Government Affairs, The Humane Society of the United States, Washington DC. (Read the Abstract)
2:00-2:10	Questions and Discussion.
2:10-2:50	Therapeutic Hunting of Obligatory Management Species. Gary Varner, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University. (Read the Abstract)
2:50-3:00	Questions and Discussion.
3:00-3:30	Break for Refreshments
3:30	Conference Ends.

To register for this Conference, phone, fax or email Deborah Rhone at: 215-898-2293, 215-573-6050 (fax), or drhone@vet.upenn.edu.

Registration is free but space may be limited so please register early if possible.

The conference is sponsored by the Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society at the School of Veterinary Medicine, and supported by a generous grant from the Provost's Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund.