Dr. Michael W. Fox

Michael W. Fox, D.Sc., Ph.D.,
B. Vet. Med., MRCVS

Holistic Health Care and Bioethics

Good farmers still 'husband' the land, crops and animals, adhering to the old teaching: "Care for the land and the land will take care of you." This teaching, which is the bioethical basis for a just, sustainable community and for a sane society goes back to pre-agricultural times--to the long epoch of the gatherer-hunters, like the jungle Kurumba tribals of the Nilgiris, South India. They say: "Respect and care for the forest and the forest will respect and care for you." In modern parlance, we say what's good for the Earth is good for us because when we harm the Earth we ultimately harm ourselves, as we also do when we violate the Golden Rule by not treating other living beings as we would have them treat us.

I see this moral imperative of Earthcare as a universal and absolute bioethical principle that is put in practice through reverential respect, humanity, empirical knowledge and empathic, intuitive understanding. Such is the ethical and sensible way of organic and humane farming; the same way that made the hunt sacred, not out of guilt or shame, but out of thanksgiving and gratitude. Earthcare is therefore one of the beatitudes of a humane, caring and loving community. It is also integral to achieving holistic health care: Healthcare = Peoplecare and Animalcare and Earthcare. The health and wealth of the people (Peoplecare) is dependent upon a healthy environment (Earthcare) and upon the healthy wild and domestic animal population (Animalcare). The essence of holistic health care, therefore, is to give equal and just consideration to human interests, animal rights, environmental ethics and the greater good.

All governments and major teaching institutions, respectively, should have ministries and departments, and ministers and deans, of Holistic Healthcare and Bioethics, that address and restore the linkages of animal, human and environmental health and bring ethics to life.

For further discussion see "Bringing Life to Ethics: Global Bioethics for a Humane Society", MWFox, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 2001.

Lectures, Seminars and Workshops by Dr. Fox

Dr. Fox lectures nationally and internationally to a diversity of audiences, from farmers and ranchers to veterinarians, students and companion animal care givers. Topics include:

Eating With Conscience: The Bioethics of Agriculture, Diet and Food
Genetic Engineering Biotechnology; Risks and Benefits
Animals, Nature and Religion
Animal Rights and Veterinary Bioethics
Companion Animals: Holistic Care, Rights and Responsibilities
Animal Awareness, Emotions and Communication
Dog Behavior, Psychology and Development
Cat Behavior and Psychology

All presentations include educational materials and are illustrated with slides and videos.

For information about Dr. Fox’s availability, please contact him via e-mail: IPAN@erols.com*

Fox Biographical Interview

Urgent Issues

Meat And Milk From Cloned Animals: Safety Not The Issue

Pet Vaccine Disclosure Legislation

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Useful Links for Companion Animal Care-Givers

Table of Contents

Biography

Dr. Michael W. Fox: Bio

Fox's Writings - Bibliography

Books

Dr. Michael W. Fox: Books

Essays, Reviews, Articles

Companion Animals: Behavior, Care and Health

Care For Animals With Chronic Renal Failure

Cat and Dog Vaccination Protocols

Companion Animals: Responsibilities, Care and Rights

Concerning The Outdoor Chaining/Tethering Of Dogs

Declawing (Onychectomy) of Cats

Endocrine-Immune Disruption Syndrome

Finding The Wolf In Your Dog

Holistic Health Pet Survey

How Animals Suffer Around The World

Preventing Fleas, Ticks and Mosquitoes

Pure Breeds - Ethical Question

Pure Water for Cats and Dogs--and All

Making Your Own Cat and Dog Food

Cat and Dog Treats

The Mind-Body Connection: Mental Effects on Physical Health

Wolf Dog Hybrids

Bioethical and Spiritual Perspectives

A Vision: The Kingdom of Universal Compassion

Animal Bill of Rights

Animal Rights, Human Rights

Animal-Insensitivity Syndrome

Animal Suffrage

Animals of My Dreamtime Dreamscape

Animals' Altruism and Empathy

Animism

Bioethics: Its Scope and Purpose

Biological Pessimism

Creating A Humane Sustainable Society

Disease and Animal Rights

Ethology and Bioethics

Feeling for Animals and Animal Liberation

Global Bioethics

Is There a Cure for Inhumanity?

Is There Life After Life?

Man Vs. Mammon

Nature, Animals and the Sense of the Sacred

One Veterinarian's Declaration and Appeal

Organic Agriculture - The First Medicine of Holistic Healing

Panentheism

Peace Prayer - St. Francis

The Dreaded Question

The Empathosphere, Human and Non-Human Feeling and Awareness

Vegetarianism - A Bioethical Imperative

Veterinary Bioethics In Practice

What We Eat We Become

Why Care About Animals?

Dr Fox (circa 1974) embraces a wolf

as the Phoenix rises.

Genetic Engineering Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food

American Agriculture At The Crossroads

Animal-Eating People

Deep and Shallow Vegetarianism and Animal Rights

India's Holy Cow: The Sacred and the Suffering

Killer Foods

Wildlife and Conservation

w/fox and coyote pups

Atoms, Wolves, Stars and Us

Nature's Retribution: Nemesis

Techno-Utopia or Peaceable Kingdom: Where Are We Going?

Wildlife Conservation, Animal Protection And Human Wellbeing

Wildlife Diseases

Poetry

Many people turn to reading and writing poetry in moments of contemplation, inspiration, and deep sorrow. I wish to share some of mine, and trust that you may enjoy and enjoin!

Healing The Rain: Feeling The Pain

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Dr. Fox addressing the Cancer Control Society Convention, Los Angeles, CA Sept, 2006.

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Dr. Fox speaking at the Science and Society conference on agriculture and genetically engineered crops, Rome, Italy, Dec. 2006

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International speakers with certificates of appreciation at the Second Meiterranean Conference on Organic Agriculture, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2008.

L - R: Drs. Mae-Won Ho, Peter Sanders, Michael W. Fox, Steve Cox & John Fagan

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*NOTE:

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Dr. Michael W. Fox