Has Animal Studies reached its limits? In this special editorial Giovanni Aloi outlines the constraints of the field in its current state, and points us toward the next big thing on the academic horizon. Available for download now .
Automobile tyres tread the roads in animal form once reconfigured by South Korean artist Ji Yong-Ho. Human/Animal hybrids also figure into the artist’s fascinating works, which you can see here .
Running shoes so advanced they could kill your dog? A 2013 advertising campaign ran in Canada that implied just that. Pearl Izumi, sponsor of the message, found that tails weren’t wagging but fingers were — the campaign was pulled after serious backlash . The company apologized profusely and published an informative video on how to protect your pet from exhaustion. Proof that when a team of marketers treats the death of an animal as a joke, it makes a statement, though perhaps not the one intended.