Alan Goldberg is a professor of environmental health sciences and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. The center works with scientists to find new methods to replace laboratory animals in experiments, reduce the number of animals tested and refine necessary tests to eliminate pain and distress. It is based in Baltimore.

Richard D. Stratton is the editor of Kindness to Animals and Caring for the Earth: Selections From the Sermons and Writings of Latter-day Saint Church Leaders.

Richard Foltz is a professor of religion at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and director of its Centre for Iranian Studies. He is considered a pioneer in the academic field combining religion and ecology and is an expert in Islamic religious and cultural attitudes toward animals. His books include (as author) Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim […]

Calvin DeWitt is a professor at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is concerned with the ethics of farming and uses of the natural environment, including animals. He is co-founder of the International Evangelical Environmental Network.

Read a July 18, 2008, article in the Columbia Missourian about the religious underpinnings for Rabbi Yossi Feintuch’s decision to be a vegetarian.

Read an Aug. 31, 2010, article from the Los Angeles Times about the Dalai Lama’s environmental message to chicken farmers.

Read an Aug. 23, 2010, article from Christianity Today about biblical versus atheistic views of animal rights.

Read an Aug. 14, 2010, article from The Huffington Post about human’s biblical responsibility to animals.

Read a July 28, 2010 article from The Huffington Post about how the Talmud discusses sustainability and environmental stewardship.