Read a Feb. 2, 2005, New York Times story about teachers shying away from teaching evolution in public school classrooms because of controversy over science teachings. The story is posted by the Common Dreams News Center.

Read Catholic Cardinal Christoph Schonborn’s article about the battle between neo-Darwinism’s evolutionary theory and the Catholic Church’s steady faith in ‘intelligent design.’

Read a July 29, 2005, National Catholic Reporter story, “Catholic experts urge caution in evolution debate.”

Aug. 1, 2005, Associated Press story about President Bush’s support for teaching intelligent design along side evolution in public schools. It’s posted by MSNBC.

Nov. 8, 2005, The Washington Post story about the Kansas School Board’s vote that doubts about evolution theory must be taught in the classroom.

Dec. 21, 2005, Aljazeera article about the Kitzmiller v. Dover decision made by the U.S court concerning evolution and intelligent design in public schools.

Joan Schaffner is an associate professor of law at George Washington University School of Law in Washington, D.C., where she directs the GW Animal Law Program which consists of the GW Animal Welfare Project (AWP), a pro bono effort of faculty and students devoted to researching and improving animal welfare laws in the District of […]

Charles Robert Pinches is a professor of theology and religious studies at the University of Scranton, Pa. He has written about Christian approaches to animal well-being.

Valerie Stanley is an adjunct professor teaching animal law at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Md. She previously served as the senior staff attorney at the Animal Legal Defense Fund.