General Animal Protection

The results of the Airbus Bio-Index, a survey of more than 10,000 youths worldwide, show that more efforts are needed to educate children about the environment and related issues. Only 4% of youths in the United States ranked the environment as "most important" to them, compared with 39% who ranked watching TV or playing computer games as most important. Furthermore, 41% of U.S. youth said the environment was "least important" to them, higher than the global response of 32%. Animals were considered the "most important" by 9% of youths globally and by 11% of youths in the U.S.

This study of 39 humane educators analyzed their life experiences as children and adults and how these experiences may have led to greater sensitivity toward animals.

These results from Wave 3 of the Humane Research Council's annual survey of U.S. adults regarding attitudes and behavior toward animals shows strong support for the protection of all animals, but knowledge of some animal issues remains low and the perceived impact of animal advocates is modest.

The results of this 2009 study the use of new and social media among U.S. veterinarians finds that more than half of small animal veterinarians and about three-quarters of large animal veterinarians have sent or received text messages for business reasons over the last year.

According to a survey by Just-Eat, one in five Britons believe that haggis, a traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is a roaming Highlands animal.