Lori Marino
Founder and Executive Director, The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy
Lori Marino is a neuroscientist and an expert in animal behaviour and intelligence. Formerly on the faculty at Emory University, she is the founder and executive director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy in Utah, and president of the Whale Sanctuary Project.
Written by Lori Marino
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Animals and humans
Happy the person
She has deep emotions, complex social needs and a large, elephant brain. Her legal personhood should be recognised too
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Oceans and water
They are prisoners
Captive orcas are tormented by boredom and family separation, but they cannot be simply released. What’s the solution?
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Animals and humans
Eating someone
Farmed animals have personalities, smarts, even a sense of agency. Why then do we saddle them with lives of utter despair?
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Biology
Dolphins are not healers
Dolphins are smart, sociable predators. They don’t belong in captivity and they shouldn’t be used to ‘cure’ the ill
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