[SEMCO] CCMNH Darwin's Dilemma: Animals, Ethics and Us

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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Presents
Darwin's Dilemma: Animals, Ethics and Us
Cindy Milburn
Senior Adviser of Research and Development
The International Fund for Animal Welfare
Thursday, December 10   2 pm
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2009
Contact: Julie O'Neil 508-896-3867 or adminsupport at ccmnh.org
<mailto:adminsupprt at ccmnh.org> 
 
 

On Thursday, December 10 at 2 pm the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will
present a special lecture--Darwin's Dilemma: Animals, Ethics and Us by Cindy
Milburn, Senior Adviser of Research and Development, The International Fund
for Animal Welfare. Members: Free, Non-members: $5.
 
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Darwin's famous
treatise "On the Origin of Species" and the 200th anniversary of his birth,
this lecture explores Darwin the man and Darwinism the phenomenon, with a
special focus on Darwin's visionary ideas about the kinship between humans
and animals and how qualities like empathy and altruism fit into his
theories of evolution.
 
Over the past 30 years Cindy Milburn has worked in campaigns and projects as
well as on government committees helping wild and domestic animals in
developed and developing countries all over the world. During this time she
has seen a revolutionary change in the attitudes of ordinary people. Ethical
consumers and voters, concerned about the wellbeing of animals, have emerged
as a political force and there has been a gradual acceptance by governments
around the world that they ignore the plight of animals at their peril.
Charles Darwin, who was born 200 years ago in 1809, understood the human
desire to protect vulnerable individuals - humans and animals and this talk
is about this aspect of his life's work.
For further information, please contact the Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History,
508-896-3867, Ext. 133.

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