Paul Waldau

Paul Waldau

Born	Paul Francis Waldau (1950-01-16) January 16, 1950 (age 73)
Nationality	American
Spouse	Judith Strang-Waldau

Academic background
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of Oxford
Doctoral advisor	Keith Ward
Academic work
Discipline	Animal studies
Sub-discipline	Anthrozoology
Institutions	Tufts University Canisius College
Main interests	Animal rights animal ethics animal law
Notable works	The Specter of Speciesism (2001) A Communion of Subjects (2006)

Website	paulwaldau.com

Paul Francis Waldau (born January 16, 1950) is an American ethicist and former professor at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, where he headed the graduate program on anthrozoology, which he founded. He has several times served as Barker Lecturer in animal law at Harvard Law School, and is the author of a number of books on animal rights and speciesism.^[1]

Waldau has also served as the legal director of the Great Ape Project, which campaigns for rights for chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.^[2]

He has served as President of the Religion and Animals Institute since 2003.^[3]

Books

(2001). The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals. Oxford University Press.
(ed.) (2006). A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics. Columbia University Press.
(ed.) (2008). An Elephant in the Room: The Science and Well-being of Elephants in Captivity. Center for Animals and Public Policy.
(2011). Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press.
(forthcoming). The Animal Invitation: Religion, Law, Science and Ethics in a More-Than-Human World.
(2013). Animal Studies: An Introduction. Oxford University Press.

^ Curriculum Vitae Archived 2017-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, paulwaldau.com, accessed 27 July 2012.
^ "Interview with Paul Waldau", Hannity & Colmes, Fox News, 8 November 2002.
^ Religion and Animals Institute

Topics (overviews, concepts, issues, cases)

Overviews

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Animal agriculture	Animal product Battery cage Bile bear Chick culling Concentrated animal feeding operation Fish farming Fur farming Fur trade Insect farming Intensive animal farming Intensive pig farming Livestock Poultry farming Slaughterhouse Wildlife farming Working animal
Animal testing	Alternatives to animal testing Animal testing on non-human primates Animal testing regulations Labcorp Drug Development Great ape research ban Green Scare Huntingdon Life Sciences Model organism Nafovanny Operation Backfire Vivisection
Animal welfare	Animal euthanasia Cruelty to animals Pain in animals Pain in amphibians Pain in cephalopods Pain in crustaceans Pain in fish Pain in invertebrates Pain and suffering in laboratory animals Welfare of farmed insects
Fishing	Commercial fishing Fishing bait Recreational fishing
Wild animals	Culling wildlife Hare coursing Hunting International primate trade Ivory trade Predation problem Seal hunting Wild animal suffering Wildlife management
Other	Abandoned pets Animal sacrifice Animal slaughter Animal trial Animals in sport Live food Live export

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Books

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Periodicals

Journals	Animal Sentience Between the Species Cahiers antispécistes Etica & Animali Journal of Animal Ethics Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism
Magazines	Arkangel Bite Back Muutoksen kevät No Compromise Satya