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MONTH: December 2006
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
Oxford University theologian Andrew Linzey on November 28, 2006 announced the formation of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, home page <www.oxfordanimalethics.com>, which Linzey described as "the world's first academy dedicated to enhancing the ethical status of animals through academic publication, teaching, and research." Nobel Literature Laureate J.M. Coetzee of South Africa was named first Honorary Fellow of the institution. Author Jeffrey Masson was named an Honorary Research Associate. Priscilla Cohn, author of Contraception in Wildlife, Book I (1996), was named associate director of the organization.