Of course, this isn't the first time the show has come under fire for apparent animal welfare abuses.
Timing, though, had something to do with the apparent success of welfare reform.
The first is that in Britain the making of the neoliberal university did not inevitably or immediately follow the apparent crisis of welfare capitalism that accelerated from the late 1960s, or the structural adjustment program instituted by the IMF in 1976, or the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979.
"The video was shot undercover and it showed traveling circus elephants being struck viciously with a bullhook, over and over again, for no apparent reason". Animal welfare activists celebrated the decision they said could lead to the banishment of cruel elephant practices in Los Angeles.
French society has always been as vilified as it is envied for its apparent independence, its munificent welfare state, its glowing infrastructure and the supposed quality of life of its inhabitants.
The fact that less than a month before the start of a new academic year in a foreign country they were told to find a different university, shows an apparent total disregard for their welfare.
"The realities of immigration are apparent for all to see: welfare dependency, violent bigotry against Christians and Jews, and a wide range of social pathologies from unemployment to politically motivated rape," he writes in the National Review.
The reason for the apparent contradiction is that conservative welfare reform boosters start from the premise that assistance actually corrupts people.
Consumers' concern and the apparent demand for information on animal welfare was the starting point of an EU funded project – Welfare Quality® [ 3].
Although much progress has been made, the limitations of welfare reform are already apparent.
