Animals and society Books
New York University Press When Animals Speak
Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 ASCA Book Award, given by the Amsterdam School of Cultural AnalysisA groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language and politics, arguing that non-human animals speakand, most importantly, actpolitically. From geese and squid to worms and dogs, she highlights the importance of listening to animal voices, introducing ways to help us bridge the divide between the human and non-human world. Drawing on insights from science, philosophy, and politics, Meijer provides fascinating, real-world examples of animal communities who use their voices to speak, and act, in political ways. When Animals Speak encourages us to rethink our relations with other animals, showing that their voices should be taken into account as the starting point for a new interspecies democracy.Trade ReviewOur entanglements with other animals shape our politics, our ethics, and our very concepts. These relationships often dangerously impact the wellbeing of other animals. In this comprehensive and passionate exploration, Eva Meijer argues that other animals are agents in these relationships, with their own perspectives and experiences, their own sensibilities and capacities to resist misrepresentation. The task for us is to learn to listen to what they are telling us, and once we do we can work to enrich all of our lives. -- Lori Gruen, author of Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with AnimalsIn When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer brings together years of research into a singularly revelatory text. There is much discourse these days about ‘the political turn’ in animal studies—such a development requires the work of Meijer to examine its own presuppositions and enabling assumptions. Her eclectic use of sources from across the philosophic spectrum is refreshing and helpful. Bravo! -- Ralph Acampora, author of Corporal Compassion: Animal Ethics and Philosophy of BodyMeijer has produced a rich, imaginative, and deeply readable book. It is one that I will come back to again and again, and one that I have had numerous conversations about with others – academics and non-academics, and (Meijer will be pleased to hear) humans and non-humans. * Metapsychology *Meijer makes the important point that humans need to consider other animals on the basis of their reality rather than relying on an anthropocentric view of them. * Choice *Ambitious ... Meijer emphasizes that animals are not passive objects for humans to ignore or argue over—or collect, Tiger King–style—but 'individuals with their own perspectives on life,' and members of communities with which our species coexists. That animals are in this sense political actors is an underrecognized and, to my mind, potentially powerful point of convergence between the animal-rights and ecological-protection movements: both traditions hold that animals have needs and wants that humans are more than capable of understanding, and should attend to. * New York Review of Books *A rich and fascinating exploration of human-animal communication, blending theoretical political ideas and scientific empirical studies. * Animal and Natural Resource Law Review *
£73.80
University of Toronto Press Why the Porcupine is Not a Bird
Book SynopsisWhy the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is a comprehensive analysis of knowledge of animals among the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia. Gregory Forth sheds light on the ongoing anthropological debate surrounding the categorization of animals in small-scale non-Western societies.Forth’s detailed discussion of how the Nage people conceptualize their relationship to the animal world covers the naming and classification of animals, their symbolic and practical use, and the ecology of central Flores and its change over the years. His study reveals the empirical basis of Nage classifications, which align surprisingly well with the taxonomies of modern biologists. It also shows how the Nage employ systems of symbolic and utilitarian classification distinct from their general taxonomy. A tremendous source of ethnographic detail, Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is an important contribution to the fields of ethnobiology and cognitive anthropology.Trade Review'This book is valuable for specialists in Indonesia and in folk classification systems.' -- E.N, Anderson Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016 'A thought provoking monograph based on authors' thirty years of field research. It is a good book to think with.' -- Nathan Porath Journal of the Humanities & Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. Vol 172:04:2016Table of ContentsPreface Note on Orthography Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Investigating Folk Knowledge: A Methodological Prospectus Chapter 3. Animals, Humans, and Other Mammals Part 1: Mammals Chapter 4. Animals of the Village: Domestic and Partly Domestic Mammals Chapter 5. The Giant Rat of Flores and Other Never Domesticated Mammals Chapter 6. Symbolic and Utilitarian Dimensions of Mammal Categories: Varieties of Special Purpose Classification Part 2: Non-mammals Chapter 7. Birds, or "Creatures that Fly High in the Sky" Chapter 8. Snakes: The Life-form Nipa Chapter 9. Neither Fish nor Fowl: A Non-mammalian Miscellany Chapter 10. Things with Tails but without Backbones: Invertebrates in Nage Folk Zoology Part 3: Comparisons and Curiosities Chapter 11. What's in an Animal Name: Comparative Observations on Animal Nomenclature, Classification, and Symbolism Chapter 12. When Birds Turn Into Mammals and Mammals into Fish: Nage "Beliefs" about Animal Transformation Chapter 13. Animal Mysteries and Disappearing Animals Chapter 14. Concluding Remarks Appendix 1. Terms for Human and Animal Body Parts Appendix 2. Growth Stages in Several Wild Animals Appendix 3. Nage Invertebrate Categories Appendix 4. Animal Names Used as Personal Names in Central Nage
£57.80
Cornell University Press Living with Animals
Book SynopsisLiving with Animals is a collection of imagined animal guidesa playful and accessible look at different human-animal relationships around the world. Anthropologists and their co-authors have written accounts of how humans and animals interact in labs, in farms, in zoos, and in African forests, among other places. Modeled after the classic A World of Babies, an edited collection of imagined Dr. Spock manuals from around the worldWith Animals focuses on human-animal relationships in their myriad forms.This is ethnographic fiction for those curious about how animals are used for a variety of different tasks around the world. To be sure, animal guides are not a universal genre, so Living with Animals offers an imaginative solution, doing justice to the ways details about animals are conveyed in culturally specific ways by adopting a range of voices and perspectives. How we capitalize on animals, how we live with them, and how humans attempt to control the untTrade ReviewJust as animals themselves have long been good for humans to think with, Living with Animals provides readers with a rich set of materials to think about as we work to bring animals into the empirical and ethical worlds we convey through our ethnographic writing. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsWith Animals: An Introduction Part One: Fieldwork 1. Yuendumu Dog Tales 2. How to Build Rapport with Cats and Humans 3. The Perils of Deference: How Not to Habituate Spotted Hyenas in an Ethiopian Town 4. How to Study Chimpanzees That Are Terrified of You: Adventures in Ethnoprimatology in West Africa Part Two: Communication 5. Walking with Dogs: Sharing Meaning, Sensation, and Inspiration across the Species Boundary 6. Working with a Service Dog in the United States 7. How to Protect Yourself from the Dead with Cattle 8. How to Release Viruses from Birds: A Field Guide for Virus Hunters, Buddhist Monks, and Birdwatchers Part Three: Commodities 9. Oysterous 10. How to Act Industrial around Industrial Pigs 11. Making Babies with Cows 12. How to Make a Horse Have an Orgasm Part 4: Science 13. Healing with Leeches 14. How to Be a Systematist 15. Becoming a Research Rodent 16. The Business: A Ferret's Guied to the Lab Life Part Five: Conservation 17. Read, Respond, Rescue 18. How to Care for a Park with Birds: Birdwatchers' Ecologies in Buenos Aires 19. Introducing Zoo Gorillas
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Bureaucracy of Empathy
Book SynopsisThe Bureaucracy of Empathy revolves around two central questions: What is pain? And how do we recognize, understand, and ameliorate the pain of nonhuman animals? Shira Shmuely investigates these ethical issues through a close and careful history of the origins, implementation, and enforcement of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act of Parliament, which for the first time imposed legal restrictions on animal experimentation and mandated official supervision of procedures calculated to give pain to animal subjects.Exploring how scientists, bureaucrats, and lawyers wrestled with the problem of animal pain and its perception, Shmuely traces in depth and detail how the Act was enforced, the medical establishment''s initial resistance and then embrace of regulation, and the challenges from anti-vivisection advocates who deemed it insufficient protection against animal suffering. She shows how a bureaucracy of empathy emerged to support and administer the legislationTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Legal and Scientific Landscapes of the Act 2. The Right Forms for the Job: Anesthesia, Brain Research, and Certificate E 3. The Prick of a Needle: The Challenges of Inoculation 4. Regulating Pain in Laboratories: The Inspectorate 5. Libel, Slander, and Vivisection Conclusion: The Act in the Twentieth Century Postscript: "Can They Suffer?"
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Bureaucracy of Empathy
Book SynopsisThe Bureaucracy of Empathy revolves around two central questions: What is pain? And how do we recognize, understand, and ameliorate the pain of nonhuman animals? Shira Shmuely investigates these ethical issues through a close and careful history of the origins, implementation, and enforcement of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act of Parliament, which for the first time imposed legal restrictions on animal experimentation and mandated official supervision of procedures calculated to give pain to animal subjects.Exploring how scientists, bureaucrats, and lawyers wrestled with the problem of animal pain and its perception, Shmuely traces in depth and detail how the Act was enforced, the medical establishment''s initial resistance and then embrace of regulation, and the challenges from anti-vivisection advocates who deemed it insufficient protection against animal suffering. She shows how a bureaucracy of empathy emerged to support and administer the legislationTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Legal and Scientific Landscapes of the Act 2. The Right Forms for the Job: Anesthesia, Brain Research, and Certificate E 3. The Prick of a Needle: The Challenges of Inoculation 4. Regulating Pain in Laboratories: The Inspectorate 5. Libel, Slander, and Vivisection Conclusion: The Act in the Twentieth Century Postscript: "Can They Suffer?"
£25.19
Stanford University Press Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies
Book SynopsisAnimal studies may be a recent academic development, but our fascination with animals is nothing new. Surviving cave paintings are of animal forms, and closer to us, as Ken Stone points out, animals populate biblical literature from beginning to end. This book explores the significance of animal studies for the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. The field has had relatively little impact on biblical interpretation to date, but combined with biblical scholarship, it sheds useful light on animals, animal symbolism, and the relations among animals, humans, and God—not only for those who study biblical literature and its ancient context, but for contemporary readers concerned with environmental, social, and animal ethics. Without the presence of domesticated and wild animals, neither biblical traditions nor the religions that make use of the Bible would exist in their current forms. Although parts of the Bible draw a clear line between humans and animals, other passages complicate that line in multiple ways and challenge our assumptions about the roles animals play therein. Engaging influential thinkers, including Jacques Derrida, Donna Haraway, and other experts in animal and ecological studies, Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies shows how prehumanist texts reveal unexpectedly relevant dynamics and themes for our posthumanist age.Trade Review"Most people who read the Hebrew Bible don't see or hear the animals. But they are everywhere, and they are complicated. This book looks at all of them—the good, the bad, and the ugly animals. Well worth reading if you are interested in literary studies, Biblical studies, or animals."—Laura Hobgood, Southwestern University"This was a book begging to be written, and I can think of no one better qualified to write it than Ken Stone. He has descended more deeply into the field of animal studies than any other scholar of the Hebrew Bible. His ecological sensibilities, theoretical acumen, and incisive exegetical arguments open up fresh perspectives on overread biblical texts and tired scholarly debates."—Stephen D. Moore, The Theological School, Drew University"Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies is an excellent book that offers a much-needed interface between biblical and animal studies....[Stone] gives biblical texts—and animals—the opportunity to contribute to both a complete reimagining of the Hebrew Bible and contemporary debates in animal studies. This monograph is poised to become a key work in the field."—Anne Létourneau, Reading Religion"Stone's monograph succeeds on several fronts. It serves as an excellent introduction to the field of animal studies for scholars who may not be familiar with this discipline. His applications of these ideas to biblical passages are always interesting, and often illuminate the text in new ways. What's more, the monograph offers a roadmap for scholars working with contemporary theories of all kinds as to how these theories can be introduced into biblical studies while building on the foundation of historical-critical scholarship."—Brandon R. Grafius, Horizons in Biblical Theology"This superb book fills a void in scholarship and deserves to be widely read....I strongly recommend it for scholars, pastors, graduate students, and other interested readers who care about animals and the future of our planet."––Barry R. Huff, Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology"Ken Stone's groundbreaking work...invites readers to enter into the animal world to discover the contributions that animals have made not only to life in ancient Israel but also to the understanding of the Bible's poems and stories....[This] wonderfully crafted, insightful, and accessible book is a 'must read' for all humans on Planet Earth."—Carol J. Dempsey, OP, Horizons"In the context of a growing interest in the multiple relationships between human and other animals, this is an important contribution to the literature, which should enjoy a broad readership."—Philip J. Sampson, Journal of Animal EthicsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies 1. Israel's Companion Species and the Creation of Bibles 2. Tracking the Dogs of Exodus 3. The Chimera of Biblical Sacrifice 4. From Animal Hermeneutics to Animal Ethics 5. Israel's Wild Neighbors in the Zoological Gaze 6. The Psalmist, the Primatologist, and the Place of Animals in Biblical Religion 7. Reading the Hebrew Bible in an Age of Extinction
£19.79
Stanford University Press The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals: The
Book SynopsisMonster is an adult pit bull, muscular and grey, who is impounded in a large animal shelter in Los Angeles. Like many other dogs at the shelter, Monster is associated with marginalized humans and assumed to embody certain behaviors because of his breed. And like approximately one million shelter animals each year, Monster will be killed. The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals takes us inside one of the country's highest-intake animal shelters. Katja M. Guenther witnesses the dramatic variance in the narratives assigned different animals, including Monster, which dictate their chances for survival. She argues that these inequalities are powerfully linked to human ideas about race, class, gender, ability, and species. Guenther deftly explores internal hierarchies, breed discrimination, and importantly, instances of resistance and agency.Trade Review"In this powerful and timely book, you will meet Gemma, Kali, Monster, Pretty Girl, Jesse, Jake, and many other four-legged beings whose situations in an animal shelter expose overlapping forms of oppression involving race, gender, class, and species. Katja M. Guenther unlocks the shelter door and eloquently explains this complicated and contested multispecies space, as she reflects on issues such as witnessing, vulnerability, advocacy, grievability, compassion, and animal resistance." -- Carol J. Adams * author of The Sexual Politics of Meat *"In this compassionate, incisive ethnography of an animal shelter, Katja M. Guenther illuminates the entangled injustices that shape human relationships with other animals. The emotional, practical, and political contradictions of killing our companions become important sites for understanding exercises of power over others and possibilties for resistance. In addition to providing a conceptual framework for making animal deaths grievable, this book provides important new insights for critical animal studies." -- Lori Gruen * author of Entangled Empathy *"Katja M. Guenther captures the intricate world of animal sheltering and shelter volunteerism in a brilliantly executed multispecies ethnographical work. With the perfect balance of intimacy and analytical depth, the author reminds us of how messy things can get when caring and killing become one, or when the value of the animal companion's life is measured by the race, gender, and zip code of the owner." -- Bénédicte Boisseron * author of Afro-Dog *"Over the past eight years, I've been part of leading three, open-admission government shelters. This remarkable book addresses virtually every systematic issue I've experienced and accurately examines the complexities of the sheltering institution. Katja M. Guenther gets it right. This is a must-read for anyone working or volunteering in an animal shelter. I promise, it will change the way you see your job and make you ask yourself tough questions about where we go from here." -- Kristen Hassen, Director * American Pets Alive! *"The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals is an important read for anyone interested in the social world of animal shelters." -- Michał Piotr Pręgowski * Anthrozoös *"Dr. Guenther's book is an extremely important work that encourages us to be more compassionate and reminds us that the oppressive systems at work in society at large are also at work in the microcosm of the shelter. The book invites us to rethink the entire sheltering system to make it more equitable and humane." -- Community Cats Podcast"Guenther brings a humane perspective to human and animal behavior. In her skillful analysis of the animal shelter's practices and policies, the connections between the marginalization of minority human groups and the marginalization of animals become clear... By investigating the zoological connection between the animal shelter and the community it serves, she vastly expands current notions of intersectionality, democracy, and inclusivity." -- Leslie Irvine * American Journal of Sociology *"Katja Guenther is a radical researcher who wants to change the situation of animals through her research, which is an appeal for a radical transformation of the relationships between humans and animals; it is the call for a revolution." -- Krzysztof T. Konecki * Symbolic Interation *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Monster's World chapter abstractMonster, a muscular gray pit bull, spent the final days of his life at a high-intake animal shelter in southern California, the Pacific Animal Welfare Center (PAW). Monster's fate is the outcome of multiple social processes, including the precarious lives of low-income people in the United States, breed discrimination grounded in racism, the commodification of companion animals, and the human conviction that humans may kill animals as we see fit. This introductory chapter situates the book within the practice of feminist and critical animal studies, the history of animal sheltering in the United States, and contemporary shifts in the animal-sheltering industry, especially the move toward no-kill sheltering. The chapter concludes with a short preview of the chapters that lie ahead. 2Helping/Policing/Killing chapter abstractThis chapter brings readers behind the scenes at PAW to examine how PAW is a hybrid institution that operates as an arm of the welfare state, the carceral state, and the anthroparchal state. PAW blurs the boundaries between providing needed help to stray and unwanted animals (welfare), policing animals and relationships between animals and low-income people of color (carceral), and controlling and killing animals in the name of human needs (anthroparchal). While typically examined as separate systems of state power, welfare, carceral, and anthroparchal states operate together in state settings like PAW to both legitimate and disguise each other. Understanding PAW—and animal shelters more generally—as hybrid institutions is important because doing so reveals the range of their work, the scope of their power, and the conflicts that exist within these institutions from the outset. 3The Myth of the Irresponsible Owner chapter abstractShelter workers, volunteers, and rescuers place responsibility for the large number of companion animals who enter PAW at the feet of one group of people: irresponsible owners. The discourse of irresponsible owners holds that animals come into the shelter because of individual-level human behaviors. Yet the guardians whose dogs end up at PAW are disproportionately lower-income people of color who are subject to population-level conditions of control and power that make them especially vulnerable to losing their animals to the shelter system. The discourse of irresponsible ownership has obscured the structural conditions that facilitate the entry of so many animals from low-income communities into animal shelters, contributes to misguided interventions, and deflects responsibility for what happens to shelter animals away from the institution and the society and back onto the former guardians of the animal. 4The Struggle for Shelter Animal Survival chapter abstractBecause of their different views of shelter killing, animal shelter staff and volunteers routinely come into conflict. Volunteers at PAW—who are almost all women, mostly from middle- and upper-class communities—use their social capital from outside the shelter to challenge and resist the authority of staff within the shelter. In so doing, they reinforce existing social hierarchies of class, race, and gender, while simultaneously challenging PAW's institutional discourse of adoptability, which deems the lives of sick or "stressed" animals to be not worth saving. They thus reject PAW's commitment to upholding anthroparchy vis-à-vis companion animals even as they uphold human hierarchies. 5The Transformative Power of Grief chapter abstractThis chapter centers on grief as a form of resistance. Shelter volunteers employ rituals of mourning to mark the deaths of impounded animals as losses. In so doing, they restore the dead animals' social intelligibility and ultimately transform animals who are otherwise unseen, unrecognized, and unappreciated into animals who have social value. Mourning allows volunteers to draw attention to the problematic practice of shelter killing by making it visible and creating a space for discourse around it. For them, honoring the life of the animal who has died means trying to prevent another animal from being killed at a shelter: each death should be a lesson, a reminder of the need for change, and a push for action against human violence against animals. 6The Peculiar Problem of Pit Bulls chapter abstractPit bulls are the most likely type of dog to come into a shelter and the most likely to die in one. This chapter examines the unique predicament of pit bulls within the context of American conflicts around race, gender, class, and animality. Pit bulls are subject to breed-specific policies and practices in the shelter. Pit bull rescuers—mostly affluent white women— attempt to remake pit bulls so that they shed their identities as companions to Black and poor Latinx men and instead become suitable companions for white, feminized middle-class homes. Disassociation from the dangerousness of Black masculinity and reassociation with white femininity requires that the dog follow a code of behavior, be presented in a particular way, and be deeply immersed in the animal practices of white middle-class people. Rescuers help individual dogs while leaving intact the structures that lead the dogs into the shelter in such high numbers. 7Animals' Resistance to Shelter Rule chapter abstractDrawing parallels to the resistance efforts of other groups that are structurally disadvantaged, I examine impounded animals' resistance to shelter rule. While caging may serve to create an illusion of control and of separation between human and nonhuman animals in the shelter, animals in fact can and do act with agency and engage in resistance. Animals reject efforts at controlling their bodies, use of space, and interactions with staff and other humans. The shelter in turn attempts to control and contain animal resistance through confinement, punishment, and pathologizing, especially through the diagnoses of aggression or of zoochosis (aka "kennel stress"). 8Waiting, Wondering, and Wavering chapter abstractThe shelter's control of time is one key instrument of its power over humans and animals. The shelter's near-exclusive control over how time is spent and who is served at what time reduces the agency of clients, volunteers, and impounded animals. Volunteers, animals, and staff in turn negotiate and resist the shelter's use of time as a mechanism of control. Control over time was one form of domination that neither human nor animal resistance could wrest from the shelter during my fieldwork. The analysis reveals the centrality of time for organizing all activity at PAW, as well as the ways in which powerful actors can manipulate understandings of time to promote acquiescence among those subjected to a particular time line. 9A New Revolution chapter abstractThe proposed "humane communities" approach to animal sheltering radically rethinks how shelters interact with animal and human communities. Drawing on a utopian vision of what a future for companion animals might look like, the humane communities approach works to eliminate homelessness among companion animals and to support strong relationships between humans and companion animals. Key elements include the integration of community members into the management of local animal shelters, meaningful and community-driven needs assessment, the provision of financial and other resources to animal guardians to be able to care for their animals, affordable, animal-friendly housing, and legislation to prohibit insurance-industry discrimination against certain types of companion animals.
£86.40
Stanford University Press The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals: The
Book SynopsisMonster is an adult pit bull, muscular and grey, who is impounded in a large animal shelter in Los Angeles. Like many other dogs at the shelter, Monster is associated with marginalized humans and assumed to embody certain behaviors because of his breed. And like approximately one million shelter animals each year, Monster will be killed. The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals takes us inside one of the country's highest-intake animal shelters. Katja M. Guenther witnesses the dramatic variance in the narratives assigned different animals, including Monster, which dictate their chances for survival. She argues that these inequalities are powerfully linked to human ideas about race, class, gender, ability, and species. Guenther deftly explores internal hierarchies, breed discrimination, and importantly, instances of resistance and agency.Trade Review"In this powerful and timely book, you will meet Gemma, Kali, Monster, Pretty Girl, Jesse, Jake, and many other four-legged beings whose situations in an animal shelter expose overlapping forms of oppression involving race, gender, class, and species. Katja M. Guenther unlocks the shelter door and eloquently explains this complicated and contested multispecies space, as she reflects on issues such as witnessing, vulnerability, advocacy, grievability, compassion, and animal resistance." -- Carol J. Adams * author of The Sexual Politics of Meat *"In this compassionate, incisive ethnography of an animal shelter, Katja M. Guenther illuminates the entangled injustices that shape human relationships with other animals. The emotional, practical, and political contradictions of killing our companions become important sites for understanding exercises of power over others and possibilties for resistance. In addition to providing a conceptual framework for making animal deaths grievable, this book provides important new insights for critical animal studies." -- Lori Gruen * author of Entangled Empathy *"Katja M. Guenther captures the intricate world of animal sheltering and shelter volunteerism in a brilliantly executed multispecies ethnographical work. With the perfect balance of intimacy and analytical depth, the author reminds us of how messy things can get when caring and killing become one, or when the value of the animal companion's life is measured by the race, gender, and zip code of the owner." -- Bénédicte Boisseron * author of Afro-Dog *"Over the past eight years, I've been part of leading three, open-admission government shelters. This remarkable book addresses virtually every systematic issue I've experienced and accurately examines the complexities of the sheltering institution. Katja M. Guenther gets it right. This is a must-read for anyone working or volunteering in an animal shelter. I promise, it will change the way you see your job and make you ask yourself tough questions about where we go from here." -- Kristen Hassen, Director * American Pets Alive! *"The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals is an important read for anyone interested in the social world of animal shelters." -- Michał Piotr Pręgowski * Anthrozoös *"Dr. Guenther's book is an extremely important work that encourages us to be more compassionate and reminds us that the oppressive systems at work in society at large are also at work in the microcosm of the shelter. The book invites us to rethink the entire sheltering system to make it more equitable and humane." -- Community Cats Podcast"Guenther brings a humane perspective to human and animal behavior. In her skillful analysis of the animal shelter's practices and policies, the connections between the marginalization of minority human groups and the marginalization of animals become clear... By investigating the zoological connection between the animal shelter and the community it serves, she vastly expands current notions of intersectionality, democracy, and inclusivity." -- Leslie Irvine * American Journal of Sociology *"Katja Guenther is a radical researcher who wants to change the situation of animals through her research, which is an appeal for a radical transformation of the relationships between humans and animals; it is the call for a revolution." -- Krzysztof T. Konecki * Symbolic Interation *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Monster's World chapter abstractMonster, a muscular gray pit bull, spent the final days of his life at a high-intake animal shelter in southern California, the Pacific Animal Welfare Center (PAW). Monster's fate is the outcome of multiple social processes, including the precarious lives of low-income people in the United States, breed discrimination grounded in racism, the commodification of companion animals, and the human conviction that humans may kill animals as we see fit. This introductory chapter situates the book within the practice of feminist and critical animal studies, the history of animal sheltering in the United States, and contemporary shifts in the animal-sheltering industry, especially the move toward no-kill sheltering. The chapter concludes with a short preview of the chapters that lie ahead. 2Helping/Policing/Killing chapter abstractThis chapter brings readers behind the scenes at PAW to examine how PAW is a hybrid institution that operates as an arm of the welfare state, the carceral state, and the anthroparchal state. PAW blurs the boundaries between providing needed help to stray and unwanted animals (welfare), policing animals and relationships between animals and low-income people of color (carceral), and controlling and killing animals in the name of human needs (anthroparchal). While typically examined as separate systems of state power, welfare, carceral, and anthroparchal states operate together in state settings like PAW to both legitimate and disguise each other. Understanding PAW—and animal shelters more generally—as hybrid institutions is important because doing so reveals the range of their work, the scope of their power, and the conflicts that exist within these institutions from the outset. 3The Myth of the Irresponsible Owner chapter abstractShelter workers, volunteers, and rescuers place responsibility for the large number of companion animals who enter PAW at the feet of one group of people: irresponsible owners. The discourse of irresponsible owners holds that animals come into the shelter because of individual-level human behaviors. Yet the guardians whose dogs end up at PAW are disproportionately lower-income people of color who are subject to population-level conditions of control and power that make them especially vulnerable to losing their animals to the shelter system. The discourse of irresponsible ownership has obscured the structural conditions that facilitate the entry of so many animals from low-income communities into animal shelters, contributes to misguided interventions, and deflects responsibility for what happens to shelter animals away from the institution and the society and back onto the former guardians of the animal. 4The Struggle for Shelter Animal Survival chapter abstractBecause of their different views of shelter killing, animal shelter staff and volunteers routinely come into conflict. Volunteers at PAW—who are almost all women, mostly from middle- and upper-class communities—use their social capital from outside the shelter to challenge and resist the authority of staff within the shelter. In so doing, they reinforce existing social hierarchies of class, race, and gender, while simultaneously challenging PAW's institutional discourse of adoptability, which deems the lives of sick or "stressed" animals to be not worth saving. They thus reject PAW's commitment to upholding anthroparchy vis-à-vis companion animals even as they uphold human hierarchies. 5The Transformative Power of Grief chapter abstractThis chapter centers on grief as a form of resistance. Shelter volunteers employ rituals of mourning to mark the deaths of impounded animals as losses. In so doing, they restore the dead animals' social intelligibility and ultimately transform animals who are otherwise unseen, unrecognized, and unappreciated into animals who have social value. Mourning allows volunteers to draw attention to the problematic practice of shelter killing by making it visible and creating a space for discourse around it. For them, honoring the life of the animal who has died means trying to prevent another animal from being killed at a shelter: each death should be a lesson, a reminder of the need for change, and a push for action against human violence against animals. 6The Peculiar Problem of Pit Bulls chapter abstractPit bulls are the most likely type of dog to come into a shelter and the most likely to die in one. This chapter examines the unique predicament of pit bulls within the context of American conflicts around race, gender, class, and animality. Pit bulls are subject to breed-specific policies and practices in the shelter. Pit bull rescuers—mostly affluent white women— attempt to remake pit bulls so that they shed their identities as companions to Black and poor Latinx men and instead become suitable companions for white, feminized middle-class homes. Disassociation from the dangerousness of Black masculinity and reassociation with white femininity requires that the dog follow a code of behavior, be presented in a particular way, and be deeply immersed in the animal practices of white middle-class people. Rescuers help individual dogs while leaving intact the structures that lead the dogs into the shelter in such high numbers. 7Animals' Resistance to Shelter Rule chapter abstractDrawing parallels to the resistance efforts of other groups that are structurally disadvantaged, I examine impounded animals' resistance to shelter rule. While caging may serve to create an illusion of control and of separation between human and nonhuman animals in the shelter, animals in fact can and do act with agency and engage in resistance. Animals reject efforts at controlling their bodies, use of space, and interactions with staff and other humans. The shelter in turn attempts to control and contain animal resistance through confinement, punishment, and pathologizing, especially through the diagnoses of aggression or of zoochosis (aka "kennel stress"). 8Waiting, Wondering, and Wavering chapter abstractThe shelter's control of time is one key instrument of its power over humans and animals. The shelter's near-exclusive control over how time is spent and who is served at what time reduces the agency of clients, volunteers, and impounded animals. Volunteers, animals, and staff in turn negotiate and resist the shelter's use of time as a mechanism of control. Control over time was one form of domination that neither human nor animal resistance could wrest from the shelter during my fieldwork. The analysis reveals the centrality of time for organizing all activity at PAW, as well as the ways in which powerful actors can manipulate understandings of time to promote acquiescence among those subjected to a particular time line. 9A New Revolution chapter abstractThe proposed "humane communities" approach to animal sheltering radically rethinks how shelters interact with animal and human communities. Drawing on a utopian vision of what a future for companion animals might look like, the humane communities approach works to eliminate homelessness among companion animals and to support strong relationships between humans and companion animals. Key elements include the integration of community members into the management of local animal shelters, meaningful and community-driven needs assessment, the provision of financial and other resources to animal guardians to be able to care for their animals, affordable, animal-friendly housing, and legislation to prohibit insurance-industry discrimination against certain types of companion animals.
£23.39
University of Minnesota Press Thinking Plant Animal Human: Encounters with
Book SynopsisCollected essays by a leading philosopher situating the question of the animal in the broader context of a relational ontology There is a revolution under way in our thinking about animals and, indeed, life in general, particularly in the West. The very words man, animal, and life have turned into flimsy conceptual husks—impediments to thinking about the issues in which they are embroiled. David Wood was a founding member of the early 1970s Oxford Group of philosophers promoting animal rights; he also directed Ecology Action (UK). Thinking Plant Animal Human is the first collection of this major philosopher’s influential essays on “animals,” bringing together his many discussions of nonhuman life, including the classic “Thinking with Cats.”Exploring our connections with cats, goats, and sand crabs, Thinking Plant Animal Human introduces the idea of “kinnibalism” (the eating of mammals is eating our own kin), reflects on the idea of homo sapiens, and explores the place of animals both in art and in children’s stories. Finally, and with a special focus on trees, the book delves into remarkable contemporary efforts to rescue plants from philosophical neglect and to rethink and reevaluate their status. Repeatedly bubbling to the surface is the remarkable strangeness of other forms of life, a strangeness that extends to the human. Wood shows that the best way of resisting simplistic classification is to attend to our manifold relationships with other living beings. It is not anthropocentric to focus on such relationships; they cast light in complex ways on the living communities of which we are part, and exploring them recoils profoundly on our understanding of ourselves.Trade Review"Be prepared to be disoriented. David Wood’s Thinking Plant Animal Human does not offer answers. It offers resources for transformation, for imagining otherwise, as we seek how to live in dangerous times. In a time of environmental crises and growing awareness of the deep interconnections of all living things, Wood’s clarion call for what he labels respeciesification will challenge us all not simply to think but to live plant animal human anew. Engage the uncanny—read this book."—Nancy Tuana, coauthor of Beyond Philosophy: Nietzsche, Foucault, Anzaldúa"As usual, David Wood has written a book that we fail to read, and heed, at our peril. Most generations see the end of the world just over the horizon, but for us this might turn out to be ecologically true. Wood’s voice, speaking of cats and goats and sand-crabs and trees, has always been exemplary in its scholarship and its poetry. With this recent collection of essays the bar is raised again."—H. Peter Steeves, author of Beautiful, Bright, and Blinding: Phenomenological Aesthetics and the Life of ArtTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsDeclaration of Interdependence1. Homo Sapi ens: The Long View2. Adventures in Phytophenomenology3. Trees and Truth: Our Uncanny Arboreality 4. Sandcrab Speculations5. On Track for Terratoriality: Of Goats and Men6. The Absent Animal: Mirror Infractions in the Yucatan7. Kinnibalism, Cannibalism: Stepping Back from the Plate8. Creatures from Another Planet9. Thinking with Cats10. The Truth about Animals I: Jamming the Anthropological Machine11. The Truth about Animals II: “Noblesse Oblige” and the Abyss12. Giving Voice to Other Beings13. Toxicity and Transcendence: Two Faces of the HumanNotesIndex
£80.00
University of Minnesota Press Thinking Plant Animal Human: Encounters with
Book SynopsisCollected essays by a leading philosopher situating the question of the animal in the broader context of a relational ontology There is a revolution under way in our thinking about animals and, indeed, life in general, particularly in the West. The very words man, animal, and life have turned into flimsy conceptual husks—impediments to thinking about the issues in which they are embroiled. David Wood was a founding member of the early 1970s Oxford Group of philosophers promoting animal rights; he also directed Ecology Action (UK). Thinking Plant Animal Human is the first collection of this major philosopher’s influential essays on “animals,” bringing together his many discussions of nonhuman life, including the classic “Thinking with Cats.”Exploring our connections with cats, goats, and sand crabs, Thinking Plant Animal Human introduces the idea of “kinnibalism” (the eating of mammals is eating our own kin), reflects on the idea of homo sapiens, and explores the place of animals both in art and in children’s stories. Finally, and with a special focus on trees, the book delves into remarkable contemporary efforts to rescue plants from philosophical neglect and to rethink and reevaluate their status. Repeatedly bubbling to the surface is the remarkable strangeness of other forms of life, a strangeness that extends to the human. Wood shows that the best way of resisting simplistic classification is to attend to our manifold relationships with other living beings. It is not anthropocentric to focus on such relationships; they cast light in complex ways on the living communities of which we are part, and exploring them recoils profoundly on our understanding of ourselves.Trade Review"Be prepared to be disoriented. David Wood’s Thinking Plant Animal Human does not offer answers. It offers resources for transformation, for imagining otherwise, as we seek how to live in dangerous times. In a time of environmental crises and growing awareness of the deep interconnections of all living things, Wood’s clarion call for what he labels respeciesification will challenge us all not simply to think but to live plant animal human anew. Engage the uncanny—read this book."—Nancy Tuana, coauthor of Beyond Philosophy: Nietzsche, Foucault, Anzaldúa"As usual, David Wood has written a book that we fail to read, and heed, at our peril. Most generations see the end of the world just over the horizon, but for us this might turn out to be ecologically true. Wood’s voice, speaking of cats and goats and sand-crabs and trees, has always been exemplary in its scholarship and its poetry. With this recent collection of essays the bar is raised again."—H. Peter Steeves, author of Beautiful, Bright, and Blinding: Phenomenological Aesthetics and the Life of ArtTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsDeclaration of Interdependence1. Homo Sapi ens: The Long View2. Adventures in Phytophenomenology3. Trees and Truth: Our Uncanny Arboreality 4. Sandcrab Speculations5. On Track for Terratoriality: Of Goats and Men6. The Absent Animal: Mirror Infractions in the Yucatan7. Kinnibalism, Cannibalism: Stepping Back from the Plate8. Creatures from Another Planet9. Thinking with Cats10. The Truth about Animals I: Jamming the Anthropological Machine11. The Truth about Animals II: “Noblesse Oblige” and the Abyss12. Giving Voice to Other Beings13. Toxicity and Transcendence: Two Faces of the HumanNotesIndex
£21.59
University of Minnesota Press Saving Animals: Multispecies Ecologies of Rescue
Book SynopsisA fascinating and unprecedented ethnography of animal sanctuaries in the United States In the past three decades, animal rights advocates have established everything from elephant sanctuaries in Africa to shelters that rehabilitate animals used in medical testing, to homes for farmed animals, abandoned pets, and entertainment animals that have outlived their “usefulness.” Saving Animals is the first major ethnography to focus on the ethical issues animating the establishment of such places, where animals who have been mistreated or destined for slaughter are allowed to live out their lives simply being animals. Based on fieldwork at animal rescue facilities across the United States, Elan Abrell asks what “saving,” “caring for,” and “sanctuary” actually mean. He considers sanctuaries as laboratories where caregivers conceive and implement new models of caring for and relating to animals. He explores the ethical decision making around sanctuary efforts to unmake property-based human–animal relations by creating spaces in which humans interact with animals as autonomous subjects. Saving Animals illustrates how caregivers and animals respond by cocreating new human–animal ecologies adapted to the material and social conditions of the Anthropocene.Bridging anthropology with animal studies and political philosophy, Saving Animals asks us to imagine less harmful modes of existence in a troubled world where both animals and humans seek sanctuary.Trade Review "When Elan Abrell visited VINE, we put him to work mucking out the barn. He threw himself into the work whole-heartedly, seizing the opportunity to immerse himself in everyday life at the sanctuary. We could see that he understood why we require visitors to help co-create our community by adding their own labor to the mix. In Saving Animals, Abrell brings the same combination of vigor, rigor, and acuity to the challenge of thinking care-fully about the many ethical questions that arise in the course of rescue and sanctuary work."—pattrice jones, cofounder of VINE Sanctuary "Groundbreaking in both its focus and its depth, Saving Animals is essential reading for anyone interested in the complexities of building less-exploitative relationships with animals, whether in the context of a sactuary or in one's home."—American Anthropologist Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Coming to Sanctuary2. Care and Rescue3. Creating and Operating Sanctuaries4. Animal DeathConclusion: Why Do Sanctuaries Matter?AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£77.60
University of Minnesota Press Animal Revolution
Book SynopsisWhy our failure to consider the power of animals is to our deep detriment Animals are staging a revolution—they’re just not telling us. From radioactive boar invading towns to jellyfish disarming battleships, this book threads together news accounts and more in a powerful and timely work of creative, speculative nonfiction that imagines a revolution stirring and asks how humans can be a part of it. If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we should pay attention to how we bump up against animal worlds and how animals will push back. Animal Revolution is a passionate, provocative, cogent call for us to do so.Ron Broglio reveals how fur and claw and feather and fin are jamming the gears of our social machine. We can try to frame such disruptions as environmental intervention or through the lens of philosophy or biopolitics, but regardless the animals persist beyond our comprehension in reminding us that we too are part of an animal world. Animals see our technologies and machines as invasive beings and, in a nonlinguistic but nonetheless intensive mode of communicating with us, resist our attempts to control them and diminish their habitats. In doing so, they expose the environmental injustices and vulnerabilities in our systems. A witty, informative, and captivating work—at the juncture of posthumanism, animal studies, phenomenology, and environmental studies—Broglio reminds us of our inadequacy as humans, not our exceptionalism.Trade Review "Might animals be deliberately ‘jamming the anthropological machine’? This is the brilliant question Animal Revolution asks its readers to consider through sly interpretations of destructive animal acts. Readers will enjoy the shrewdness Ron Broglio lends to various animal behaviors, even as his insights inevitably reveal our own shortsightedness and remind us that we are the most invasive and destructive species."—Kari Weil, author of Precarious Partners: Horses and Their Humans in Nineteenth-Century France "Ron Broglio’s Animal Revolution holds human beings accountable for this myopic, dichotomous approach to animals. There is always something else, or something other, when it comes to the animal. There is no ‘animal’ without the human to name it as such; animals themselves could not care less."—Eugene Thacker, from the Afterword "Animal Revolution is proof positive that creativity and play not only belong in academic writing but also benefit it."—H-Net Reviews "Animal Revolution, written during the height of the global pandemic, redefines what constitutes “revolution” and who—or specifically what—might have reason to take part in one."—Edge Effects Table of ContentsManifesto: Animal RevolutionPart I1. There Are No Miracles for Animals2. Putting a Horse before the Cart3. Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?4. Beyond Confines and toward Hospitality5. Laugh Now, but One Day We’ll Be in Charge6. The Exploit7. Return of the RepressedInterlude: MultiplicitiesPart II8. The State of the Union9. Exploit Continued, or The Exploit Exploits10. Other Intelligences11. Giving Voice12. Voice and Other Intelligences Continued13. The Crack14. Bearing WitnessCoda, or Why We Need Better StoriesAfterword: Beasts of SorrowEugene ThackerAcknowledgmentsIndex
£63.20
University of Minnesota Press Animal Revolution
Book SynopsisWhy our failure to consider the power of animals is to our deep detriment Animals are staging a revolution—they’re just not telling us. From radioactive boar invading towns to jellyfish disarming battleships, this book threads together news accounts and more in a powerful and timely work of creative, speculative nonfiction that imagines a revolution stirring and asks how humans can be a part of it. If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we should pay attention to how we bump up against animal worlds and how animals will push back. Animal Revolution is a passionate, provocative, cogent call for us to do so.Ron Broglio reveals how fur and claw and feather and fin are jamming the gears of our social machine. We can try to frame such disruptions as environmental intervention or through the lens of philosophy or biopolitics, but regardless the animals persist beyond our comprehension in reminding us that we too are part of an animal world. Animals see our technologies and machines as invasive beings and, in a nonlinguistic but nonetheless intensive mode of communicating with us, resist our attempts to control them and diminish their habitats. In doing so, they expose the environmental injustices and vulnerabilities in our systems. A witty, informative, and captivating work—at the juncture of posthumanism, animal studies, phenomenology, and environmental studies—Broglio reminds us of our inadequacy as humans, not our exceptionalism.Trade Review "Might animals be deliberately ‘jamming the anthropological machine’? This is the brilliant question Animal Revolution asks its readers to consider through sly interpretations of destructive animal acts. Readers will enjoy the shrewdness Ron Broglio lends to various animal behaviors, even as his insights inevitably reveal our own shortsightedness and remind us that we are the most invasive and destructive species."—Kari Weil, author of Precarious Partners: Horses and Their Humans in Nineteenth-Century France "Ron Broglio’s Animal Revolution holds human beings accountable for this myopic, dichotomous approach to animals. There is always something else, or something other, when it comes to the animal. There is no ‘animal’ without the human to name it as such; animals themselves could not care less."—Eugene Thacker, from the Afterword "Animal Revolution is proof positive that creativity and play not only belong in academic writing but also benefit it."—H-Net Reviews "Animal Revolution, written during the height of the global pandemic, redefines what constitutes “revolution” and who—or specifically what—might have reason to take part in one."—Edge Effects Table of ContentsManifesto: Animal RevolutionPart I1. There Are No Miracles for Animals2. Putting a Horse before the Cart3. Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?4. Beyond Confines and toward Hospitality5. Laugh Now, but One Day We’ll Be in Charge6. The Exploit7. Return of the RepressedInterlude: MultiplicitiesPart II8. The State of the Union9. Exploit Continued, or The Exploit Exploits10. Other Intelligences11. Giving Voice12. Voice and Other Intelligences Continued13. The Crack14. Bearing WitnessCoda, or Why We Need Better StoriesAfterword: Beasts of SorrowEugene ThackerAcknowledgmentsIndex
£17.09
Purdue University Press The Significance of Children and Animals: Social
Book SynopsisWhat role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? Are children and animals interacting in ways no longer recognizable to adults? The Significance of Children and Animals addresses these and other intriguing questions by revealing the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of the preschool classroom - an environment abounding in childish verbal and nonverbal interactions with birds, turtles, toads, birds, bugs, and other creatures. Regarded as a pivotal analysis of child-animal interaction with wider implications for human-animal studies, the original 1998 edition has been revised here to incorporate the recent literature, while preserving the basic nature of the text. This book provides a delightful and rewarding opportunity for parents, educators, and students of early childhood social development, as well as scholars of the intersection of human experience and the natural environment.
£23.36
Purdue University Press The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People
Book SynopsisThe Sacrifice provides a uniquely detailed account of the sociological context of animal experimentation. The authors provide a rich analysis of complex and changing role of the laboratory animal in the political and scientific culture of the United States and the United Kingdom. By understanding the interplay of the groups, the authors view the experimental controversy as an ongoing and constantly recreated set of social processes, not just a problem of morality.
£26.06
Purdue University Press New York's Poop Scoop Law: Dogs, the Dirt, and
Book SynopsisIt's hard to imagine eight million people trying to avoid dog refuse on the streets of New York City on a daily basis. Likewise, it's harder not to imagine New Yorkers from all walks of life picking up after their canines. Using plastic bags or trendy, mechanized devices, pet owners have become a unified force in cleaning up the sidewalks of the Big Apple. Not long ago, picking up after your Poodle, Puli, or Pekinese was not a basic, civic duty. Initially, many politicians thought the idea was absurd. Animal rights activists were unanimously opposed. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals condemned the proposed legislation because it would impose undue hardship on dog owners. New York's Poop Scoop Law chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation that the York's City Council shelved twice before then Mayor Ed Koch was forced to go to the state level for support. Brandow shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success. Mayors from around the globe were baffled and wanted to know how pushy and arrogant New Yorkers found the new initiative practical and trendy.
£23.36
Purdue University Press That Sheep May Safely Graze: Rebuilding Animal
Book SynopsisThe very mention of Afghanistan conjures images of war, international power politics, the opium trade, and widespread corruption. Yet the untold story of Afghanistan's seemingly endless misfortune is the disruptive impact that prolonged conflict has had on ordinary rural Afghans, their culture, and the timeless relationship they share with their land and animals. In rural Afghanistan, when animals die, livelihoods are lost, families and communities suffer, and people may perish. That Sheep May Safely Graze details a determined effort, in the midst of war, to bring essential veterinary services to an agrarian society that depends day in and day out on the well-being and productivity of its animals, but which, because of decades of war and the disintegration of civil society, had no reliable access to even the most basic animal health care. The book describes how, in the face of many obstacles, a dedicated group of Afghan and expatriate veterinarians working for a small non governmental organization (NGO) in Kabul was able to create a national network of over 400 veterinary field units staffed by over 600 veterinary para professionals. These paravets were selected by their own communities and then trained and outfitted by the NGO so that nearly every district in the country that needed basic veterinary services now has reliable access to such services.Most notably, over a decade after its inception and with Afghanistan still in free fall, this private sector, district-based animal health program remains vitally active. The community-based veterinary para professionals continue to provide quality services to farmers and herders, protecting their animals from the ravages of disease and improving their livelihoods, despite the political upheavals and instability that continue to plague the country. The elements contributing to this sustainability and their application to programs for improved veterinary service delivery in developing countries beyond Afghanistan are described in the narrative.Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Abbreviations 1. Go See the Warlord 2. Unexpected Destination 3. Negotiating with the Taliban 4. USAID Comes Back to Afghanistan 5. Going to Kabul 6. Introductions 7. Dinner Conversations 8. Starting Up the RAMP 9. Reality Check 10. Veterinarians in Name Only 11. Street Life 12. Unexpected Adventures at the Ministry of Planning 13. Hiring Dr. Nasseri 14. Veterinary Scavenger Hunt 15. Off to the Zoo 16. Ramping Up 17. Aerial View 18. Samaruddin 19. Growing Pains 20. Cold Chain 21. Progress Report 22. At Home in Kabul 23. The Graduates 24. Life at the Office 25. A Raft of Problems 26. The French Connection 27. On Target 28. A Paravet in Parliament 29. Torah! Torah! Torah! 30. Sliding Down the RAMP 31. Goodbye RAMP, Hello ASAP 32. Hints of Trouble to Come 33. The Ambassador 34. Sorrow in September 35. First Annual Convention 36. Front Row Seat 37. Return to Kabul 38. Dr. Noor Jahan 39. Jinns 40. Bombproofing 41. No Dairy Farmers Here 42. Who Are You Again? 43. Too Close for Comfort 44. Afghanization 45. Ahmad Nasir's Cow 46. ASAP Claptrap 47. A Civil Military Affair 48. Hostile Takeover Attempt 49. Good Dollars, Bad Dollars 50. Letting Go 51. Encounter in Tiangi Pass 52. Yankees Cap 53. Teamwork 54. What Were They Thinking? 55. Return 56. Dreams Deferred 57. Coming Full Circle Epilogue: Lessons Learned and Applied Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes Index
£26.96
Temple University Press,U.S. Filling the Ark: Animal Welfare in Disasters
Book SynopsisWith a new Preface by the authorWhen disasters strike, people are not the only victims. Hurricane Katrina raised public attention about how disasters affect dogs, cats, and other animals considered members of the human family. In this short but powerful book, now available in paperback, noted sociologist Leslie Irvine goes beyond Katrina to examine how oil spills, fires, and other calamities affect various animal populations—on factory farms, in research facilities, and in the wild.In a new preface, Irvine surveys the state of animal welfare in disasters since the first edition. Filling the Ark argues that humans cause most of the risks faced by animals and urges for better decisions about the treatment of animals in disasters. Furthermore, it makes a broad appeal for the ethical necessity of better planning to keep animals out of jeopardy. Irvine not only offers policy recommendations and practical advice for evacuating animals, she also makes a strong case for rethinking our use of animals, suggesting ways to create more secure conditions. Trade Review“Filling the Ark is a fascinating combination of scholarship, public policy, and animal advocacy. Leslie Irvine examines the plight of animals in the face of man-made and natural disasters in light of larger issues associated with our society's ambivalence about the moral status of other species The writing is excellent and the author's first hand experiences rescuing companion animals during Hurricane Katrina are compelling."—Harold Herzog, Department of Psychology, Western Carolina University“As Irvine argues, we have a responsibility to minimize the vulnerability of animals within our care and those that can be affected by our actions....Aimed at general readers and those interested in animal-human interaction, this book serves as a reminder that disasters put more than human life at stake.”—Contemporary Sociology“Rather than merely planning for the future of what to do when a nightmare unfolds, [Irvine] encourages us to make animals less vulnerable here and now.... This is a book that should be read by many throughout fields as diverse as veterinary medicine, social science and public policy.”—AnthrozoosTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Companion Animals 2. Animals on Factory Farms 3. Birds and Marine Wildlife 4. Animals in Research Facilities Conclusion: Noah’s Task Notes Bibliography Index
£24.29
University of South Carolina Press Hunting and the Ivory Tower: Essays by Scholars
Book SynopsisSeventeen hunter-scholars explore the hunting experience and question common negative stereotypesDespite the academy having a reputation for supporting broad and open inquiry in scholarship, some academics have not extended this open-minded support to colleagues’ personal pursuits. A variety of scholars enjoy hunting, which has been stereotyped by some as an activity of the unsophisticated. In Hunting and the Ivory Tower, Douglas Higbee and David Bruzina present essays by seventeen hunter-scholars who explore the hunting experience and question negative assumptions about hunting made by intellectuals and academics who do not hunt.Higbee and Bruzina suspect most academics’ understanding of hunting is based on brief television news reports of hunter-politicians and commercials for reality TV shows such as Duck Dynasty. The editors contend that few scholars appreciate the complexities of hunting or give much thought to its ethical, ecological, and cultural ramifications. Through this anthology they hope to start a conversation about both hunting and academia and how they relate.The contributors to this anthology, all academics from a variety of disciplines, have firsthand hunting experience. Their essays vary in style and tone from the scholarly to the personal and represent the different ways in which scholars engage with their avocation. The essays are grouped into three sections: the first focuses on the often-fraught relation between hunters and academic culture; the second section offers personal accounts of hunting by academics; and the third portrays hunting from an explicitly academic point of view, whether in terms of value theory, metaphysics, or history. Combined, these essays render hunting as a culturally rich, deeply personal, and intellectually satisfying experience worthy of further discussion.A foreword is provided by Robert DeMott, the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is a teacher, writer, critic, and internationally respected expert on novelist John Steinbeck.
£28.76
University of South Carolina Press In Dogs We Trust: An Anthology of American Dog Literature
Book SynopsisDogs have lived with humans for thousands of years as working partners. By the nineteenth century their role expanded to companions. American dog literature reflects this gradual but dramatic shift that continues even today. Our household dogs are quite literally closer than ever to us: sleeping in our beds, getting dressed in Halloween costumes, and serving as emotional support companions.In Dogs We Trust is the first comprehensive anthology of American dog literature. It features stories, anecdotes, and poetry that celebrate the many sterling virtues of the canine species. By mining the vast American literary archive of nineteenth and early twentieth-century periodicals, Jacob F. Rivers III and Jeffrey Makala reveal the mystique and magic of the human-canine relationship and what they believe is one of the best connections humans have to the mysteries of the natural world.This grand anthology features a rich harvest of fiction and nonfiction in which the canine heroes and heroines think and act in ways that illuminate their unquestioning loyalty and devotion. By taking dog literature seriously, Rivers and Makala believe we can learn more about our animal companions, ourselves, and our national literature. For them dog literature is American literature; it helps us explore and explain who we are and who we wish to be.
£24.65
Michigan State University Press Spanish Thinking about Animals
Book SynopsisTraditional cultural practices involving animals are being seriously questioned, heavily regulated, and, in some cases, even abolished in Spain. This essential and timely text brings together prominent scholars working in the ever-expanding field of animal studies in Spain, drawing from a variety of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences to provide an interdisciplinary look at the animal question.In choosing an angle to approach the study of ethical, aesthetic considerations, and cultural representations of animals, this collection moves away from the ideology of human exceptionalism that is still predominant but progressively losing force in the field of animal ethics in Spain. It instead includes contributions by scholars who have chosen to look at animals, to a lesser or greater degree, through an antispeciesist lens, displaying the committed attention to and respect for animal life that characterizes critical animal studies.
£56.16
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Multispecies Modernity: Disorderly Life in
Book SynopsisMultispecies Modernity: Disorderly Life in Postcolonial Literature considers relationships between animals and humans in the iconic spaces of postcolonial India: the wild, the body, the home, and the city. Using a diverse range of texts, including fiction, journalism, life writing, film, and visual art, this book argues that a uniquely Indian way of being modern is born in these spaces of disorderly multispecies living.Bringing together the fields of animal studies and postcolonial studies, Multispecies Modernity explores how these fields can complicate and enrich one another. Each chapter considers a zone of proximity between human and nonhuman beings. These spaces link animal-human relations to a politics of postcolonial identity by transgressing the logics of modernity imposed on the postcolonial nation. Disorderly multispecies living is a resistance to the hygiene of modernity and a powerful alliance between human and nonhuman subalterns. In bringing an animal studies perspective to postcolonial writing and art, this book not only offers a way to interpret these texts that does justice to their significance, but also proposes both an ethics of representation and an ethics of reading that have wider implications for the study of relationships between human and nonhuman animals in literature and in life.Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Disorderly Multispecies Living 2. The Wild: Tracking Tigers through the Discourse of Conservation Provocation 1: Sakshi Gupta 3. The Body: Ahimsa and the Politics of Vegetarianism Provocation 2: Sujatro Ghosh 4. The Home: Narrative Violence and Counternarrative Companionship Provocation 3: Jagannath Panda 5. The City: Denizens of Modernity in Delhi and Mumbai 6. The Zoo: Postscript
£65.45
University of Calgary Press Traces of the Animal Past: Methodological
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the relationships between humans and animals is essential to a full understanding of both our present and our shared past. Across the humanities and social sciences, researchers have embraced the 'animal turn,' a multispecies approach to scholarship, with historians at the forefront of new research in human-animal studies that blends traditional research methods with interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks that decenter humans in historical narratives. These exciting approaches come with core methodological challenges for scholars seeking to better understand the past from non-anthropocentric perspectives.Whether in a large public archive, a small private collection, or the oral histories of living memories, stories of animals are mediated by the humans who have inscribed the records and organized archival collections. In oral histories, the place of animals in the past are further refracted by the frailty of human memory and recollection. Only traces remain for researchers to read and interpret.Bringing together seventeen original essays by a leading group of international scholars, Traces of the Animal Past showcases the innovative methods historians use to unearth and explain how animals fit into our collective histories. Situating the historian within the narrative, bringing transparency to methodological processes, and reflecting on the processes and procedures of current research, this book presents new approaches and new directions for a maturing field of historical inquiry.
£54.40
University of Calgary Press Traces of the Animal Past: Methodological
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the relationships between humans and animals is essential to a full understanding of both our present and our shared past. Across the humanities and social sciences, researchers have embraced the 'animal turn,' a multispecies approach to scholarship, with historians at the forefront of new research in human-animal studies that blends traditional research methods with interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks that decenter humans in historical narratives. These exciting approaches come with core methodological challenges for scholars seeking to better understand the past from non-anthropocentric perspectives.Whether in a large public archive, a small private collection, or the oral histories of living memories, stories of animals are mediated by the humans who have inscribed the records and organized archival collections. In oral histories, the place of animals in the past are further refracted by the frailty of human memory and recollection. Only traces remain for researchers to read and interpret.Bringing together seventeen original essays by a leading group of international scholars, Traces of the Animal Past showcases the innovative methods historians use to unearth and explain how animals fit into our collective histories. Situating the historian within the narrative, bringing transparency to methodological processes, and reflecting on the processes and procedures of current research, this book presents new approaches and new directions for a maturing field of historical inquiry.
£31.41
Wits University Press Death and Compassion: The Elephant in Southern
Book SynopsisExamines what literature reveals about human attitudes towards elephants and who shows compassion towards them. Elephants are in dire straits – again. They were virtually extirpated from much of Africa by European hunters in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but their numbers resurged for a while in the heyday of late-colonial conservation efforts in the twentieth. Now, according to one estimate, an elephant is being killed every fifteen minutes. This is at the same time that the reasons for being especially compassionate and protective towards elephants are now so well-known that they have become almost a cliché: their high intelligence, rich emotional lives including a capacity for mourning, caring matriarchal societal structures, that strangely charismatic grace. Saving elephants is one of the iconic conservation struggles of our time. As a society we must aspire to understand how and why people develop compassion – or fail to do so – and what stories we tell ourselves about animals that reveal the relationship between ourselves and animals. This book is the first study to probe the primary features, and possible effects, of some major literary genres as they pertain to elephants south of the Zambezi over three centuries: indigenous forms, early European travelogues, hunting accounts, novels, game ranger memoirs, scientists’ accounts, and poems. It examines what these literatures imply about the various and diverse attitudes towards elephants, about who shows compassion towards them, in what ways and why. It is the story of a developing contestation between death and compassion, between those who kill and those who love and protect.Death and Compassion is the first study to probe various literary genres. It examines what these literatures imply about human attitudes towards elephants and who shows compassion towards them. It is the story of a developing contestation between death and compassion, between those who kill and those who love and protect.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Compassion for elephants? Chapter 1 No simple sort of mirror: Compassion and the pre-colonial Chapter 2 Experiment and devastation: Travelogue and the advent of zoology Chapter 3 A most delightful mania: Hunters’ tales Chapter 4 Not very good at remorse: Elephants in fiction Chapter 5 A tear rolled down her face: Teen fiction and the elephant mind Chapter 6 Bosses of the bushveld: Game ranger memoirs Chapter 7 Repeatedly folded frontier: The ‘field-research memoir’ Chapter 8 The cult of the remnant: The elephants of Knysna and Addo Chapter 9 The elephant was unhappy: Poetry as compassion Afterword Bibliography Index
£23.75
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Corruption and Economic Development
Book SynopsisCorruption is an almost universal and persistent feature of the modern state. Commentators primarily view corruption as a major obstacle to development, whereas dissenting voices claim that corruption has the power to facilitate trade that would otherwise not have taken place. This comprehensive collection presents the most significant works contributing to our understanding of this debate, focusing on the key conceptual and theoretical issues and discussing anti-corruption policies. Alongside an original introduction by the editors, this collection is a highly valuable asset to scholars and academics alike.Trade Review‘The distinctive feature of this new collection of articles on corruption and development is its coverage of the recent empirical literature, which is where most of the notable research advances in the area have occurred over the past decade. The editors provide a thoughtful assessment of the theoretical literature and how it connects with the emerging empirical contributions.’ -- Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Jayasri Dutta and Toke Aidt PART I SURVEYS 1. Pranab Bardhan (1997), ‘Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues’, Journal of Economic Literature, XXXV (3), September, 1320–46 2. Jakob Svensson (2005), ‘Eight Questions about Corruption’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (3), Summer, 19–42, A1–A3 3. Toke S. Aidt (2003), ‘Economic Analysis of Corruption: A Survey’, Economic Journal, 113 (491), November, F632–F652 4. Vito Tanzi (1998), ‘Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures’, IMF Staff Papers, 45 (4), December, 559–94 PART II MEASUREMENT 5. Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi (2006), ‘Measuring Governance Using Cross-Country Perceptions Data’, in Susan Rose-Ackerman (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Chapter 2, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 52–104 6. James E. Foster, Andrew W. Horowitz and Fabio Méndez (2012), ‘An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory and Applications’, World Bank Economic Review, 26 (2), June, 217–35 7. Benjamin A. Olken (2009), ‘Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality’, Journal of Public Economics, 93 (7-8), August, 950–64 8. Axel Dreher, Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston (2007), ‘Corruption Around the World: Evidence from a Structural Model’, Journal of Comparative Economics, 35 (3), September, 443–66 PART III THEORY 9. Francis T. Lui (1985), ‘An Equilibrium Queuing Model of Bribery’, Journal of Political Economy, 93 (4), August, 760–81 10. Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1993), ‘Corruption’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108 (3), August, 599–617 11. Toke S. Aidt and Jayasri Dutta (2008), ‘Policy Compromises: Corruption and Regulation in a Democracy’, Economics and Politics, 20 (3), November, 335–60 12. Christopher Bliss and Rafael Di Tella (1997), ‘Does Competition Kill Corruption?’, Journal of Political Economy, 105 (5), October, 1001–23 13. Gary S. Becker and George J. Stigler (1974), ‘Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers’, Journal of Legal Studies, 3 (1), January, 1–18 14. Jean Tirole (1986), ‘Hierarchies and Bureaucracies: On the Role of Collusion in Organizations’, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2 (2), Fall, 181–214 15. Daron Acemoglu and Thierry Verdier (2000) ‘The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption’, American Economic Review, 90 (1), March, 194–211 16. Jens Chr. Andvig and Karl Ove Moene (1990), ‘How Corruption May Corrupt’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 13 (1), 63–76 17. Theo Eicher, Cecilia García-Peñalosa and Tanguy van Ypersele (2009), ‘Education, Corruption, and the Distribution of Income’, Journal of Economic Growth, 14 (3), September, 205–31 18. Bård Harstad and Jakob Svensson (2011), ‘Bribes, Lobbying, and Development’, American Political Science Review, 105 (1), February, 46–63 PART IV CROSS NATIONAL EVIDENCE ON THE CAUSES OF CORRUPTION 19. Daniel Treisman (2007), ‘What Have We Learned About the Causes Of Corruption from Ten Years of Cross-National Empirical Research?’, Annual Review of Political Science, 10, 211–44 20. Sascha O. Becker, Peter H. Egger and Tobias Seidel (2009), ‘Common Political Culture: Evidence on Regional Corruption Contagion’, European Journal of Political Economy, 25 (3), September, 300–10 21. Nauro F. Campos and Francesco Giovannoni (2007), ‘Lobbying, Corruption and Political Influence’, Public Choice, 131 (1-2), April, 1–21 PART V EVIDENCE ON THE CORRUPTION-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS 22. Paolo Mauro (1995), ‘Corruption and Growth’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110 (3), August, 681–712 23. Nathaniel H. Leff (1964), ‘Economic Development Through Bureaucratic Corruption’, American Behavioral Scientist, 8 (3), November, 8–14 24. Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Laurent Weill (2010), ‘Is Corruption an Efficient Grease?’, World Development, 38 (3), March, 244–59 25. Martin Paldam (2002), ‘The Cross-Country Pattern of Corruption: Economics, Culture and the Seesaw Dynamics’, European Journal of Political Economy, 18 (2), June, 215–40 26. Toke Aidt, Jayasri Dutta and Vania Sena (2008), ‘Governance Regimes, Corruption and Growth: Theory and Evidence’, Journal of Comparative Economics, 36 (2), June, 195–220 27. Erich Gundlach and Martin Paldam (2009), ‘The Transition of Corruption: From Poverty to Honesty’, Economics Letters, 103 (3), June, 146–8 PART VI LAB, FIELD AND QUASI-NATURAL EXPERIMENTS 28. Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson (2004), ‘Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119 (2), May, 679–705 29. Benjamin A. Olken (2007), ‘Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia’, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (2), April, 200–49 30. Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel (2007), ‘Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets’, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (6), December, 1020–48 31. Abigail Barr and Danila Serra (2010), ‘Corruption and Culture: An Experimental Analysis’, Journal of Public Economics, 94 (11–12), December, 862–69 32. Ritwik Banerjee, Tushi Baul and Tanya Rosenblat (2015), ‘On Self Selection of the Corrupt into the Public Sector’, Economics Letters, 127, February, 43–6 33. Claudio Ferraz and Frederico Finan (2008), ‘Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (2), May, 703–45 Index
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Collective Ink Vegan Ethic, A – Embracing a Life of Compassion
Book Synopsis"If veganism is about doing your best to not harm any sentient life, we must logically extend that circle of compassion to human animals as well," writes Mark Hawthorne in this practical, engaging guide to veganism and animal rights. Along with proven advice for going and staying vegan, an overview of animal exploitation, and answers to common questions about ethical eating (such as "Isn't 'humane meat' a good option?" and "Don't plants feel pain?"), A Vegan Ethic draws on the work and experiences of intersectional activists to examine how all forms of oppression - including racism, sexism, ableism, and speciesism - are connected by privilege, control, and economic power. By recognizing how social justice issues overlap, we can develop collaborative strategies for finding solutions.Trade ReviewNow, more than ever, we need a smart and compassionate guide to connect animal activists with others working for social justice. A Vegan Ethic is that guide. It powerfully shows why we will be stronger when we work together for a better world for all. I hope every animal activist reads this book! -- Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University, author of "Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with Other Animals" Concise, accessible, and informative, A Vegan Ethic reminds us that compassion is not divisible, and neither should our activism be. Mark Hawthorne's empowering book explores why and how we can achieve social justice goals by working together and treating ourselves and others with compassion and respect. (And don't miss the helpful question-and-answer section!) -- Carol J Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
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CABI Publishing Companion Animal Economics: The Economic Impact
Book SynopsisSuccinct, highly readable and thought provoking, this important new text is designed to raise awareness of the potential economic impact of companion animals in the UK. It discusses the potential benefits and costs of companion animals to the economy and highlights the need for this matter to be thoroughly researched, given the potential scale of impact and the potential costs of ignoring this matter. The book includes: - case studies to illustrate the savings to the NHS that might be associated with companion animal ownership; - links to up-to-date tables and content that might form templates for use in other countries; and - highly readable information written by expert authors and key opinion leaders in the field. Inspired by the seminal Council for Science and Society (CSS) Report, Companion Animals in Society (1988), this work updates and extends its evaluation of the economic impact of companion animals on society and lays a benchmark for future development. This pivotal new book is important for policy makers at national and international levels and all those involved in animal welfare.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Methodology 3: Key Features of the Council for Science and Society Report (CSS) 1988 4: Updates on the Economic Impact of Companion Animals to the UK 5: Indirect Costs: Extending the Scope of Economic Value 6: Conclusion: Illustrating the Perceived Economic Impact of Companion Animals -: Acknowledgement -: Afterword
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CABI Publishing Tourism and Animal Welfare
Book SynopsisAnimals are among the most sought after tourist attractions and the impact on them is a matter of concern to an increasing number of people. Tourism and Animal Welfare uniquely addresses the issue of animal welfare within the tourism experience. It explores important foundations such as the meaning of 'animal welfare' and its relation to ethics, animal rights and human obligations to animals. It also explores the nature and diversity of the position and role of animals within tourism. 'Tales from the front line' is the section of the book that provides the reader with the views and experiences of animal welfare organisations, individual leaders, tourism industry organisations and operators, and academic experts. These case studies and opinion pieces will encourage the reader to consider their own position regarding animals in tourism and their welfare. The book: · is written by an authoritative author team that draws from the fields of tourism studies (Neil Carr) and animal welfare science (Donald Broom); · contains 14 case studies written by internationally recognised experts and iconic individuals in the field of animal welfare; · is written in an engaging style and features full colour illustrations. From students and academics to vets and those working within the tourism industry, this book will provide an engaging and thought-provoking read. It will also appeal to those with an interest in animal welfare, particularly in relation to the tourism industry.Table of Contents1: Introduction PART I: A CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATION 2: Animal Sentience, Ethics and Welfare 3: The Position of Animals in Tourism 4: Animal Welfare and Tourism: Are the Aims Mutually Exclusive or Potentially Inclusive? PART II: TALES FROM THE FRONT LINE: ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANIMAL TOURISM PROVIDERS 5: Public Aquariums in the 21st Century – What’s Next, Before It’s Too Late? 6: A Tale of Two Zoos: Tourism and Zoos in the 21st Century 7: A Comparison of Tourism and Food-provisioning Among Wild Bottlenose Dolphins at Monkey Mia and Bunbury, Australia 8: The Tourism Industry and Shark Welfare 9: Tourism, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare 10: Managing Tourism’s Animal Footprint 11: Elephants and Tourism 12: Lessons from Winnie-the-Pooh: How Responsible Bear Tourism Can Teach Us Respect and Compassion, and Benefit Bears 13: Donkeys and Mules and Tourism 14: Cats and Dogs International 15: Animal Welfare – Driving Improvements in Tourism Attractions 16: Animal Welfare and Tourism: The Threat to Endangered Species 17: Sport Hunting Tourism 18: Ethical Hunting PART III: 19: The Future and Moving Forward Together
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CABI Publishing Tourism and Animal Welfare
Book Synopsis"This text is long overdue and timely. Carr and Broom have placed the issues firmly in the broader context of the relationship between our species and the others which share this planet with us...As they argue it is possible for tourists and the travel and tourism sector to take and exercise responsibility to drive change, Carr and Broom's text helps us to understand the issues and the context and to make better-informed choices." Harold Goodwin Responsible Tourism Partnership Animals are among the most sought after tourist attractions and the impact on them is a matter of concern to an increasing number of people. Tourism and Animal Welfare uniquely addresses the issue of animal welfare within the tourism experience. It explores important foundations such as the meaning of 'animal welfare' and its relation to ethics, animal rights and human obligations to animals. It also explores the nature and diversity of the position and role of animals within tourism. 'Tales from the front line' is the section of the book that provides the reader with the views and experiences of animal welfare organisations, individual leaders, tourism industry organisations and operators, and academic experts. These case studies and opinion pieces will encourage the reader to consider their own position regarding animals in tourism and their welfare. The book: · is written by an authoritative author team that draws from the fields of tourism studies (Neil Carr) and animal welfare science (Donald Broom); · contains 14 case studies written by internationally recognised experts and iconic individuals in the field of animal welfare; · is written in an engaging style and features full colour illustrations. From students and academics to vets and those working within the tourism industry, this book will provide an engaging and thought-provoking read. It will also appeal to those with an interest in animal welfare, particularly in relation to the tourism industry.Table of Contents1: Introduction PART I: A CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATION 2: Animal Sentience, Ethics and Welfare 3: The Position of Animals in Tourism 4: Animal Welfare and Tourism: Are the Aims Mutually Exclusive or Potentially Inclusive? PART II: TALES FROM THE FRONT LINE: ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANIMAL TOURISM PROVIDERS 5: Public Aquariums in the 21st Century – What’s Next, Before It’s Too Late? 6: A Tale of Two Zoos: Tourism and Zoos in the 21st Century 7: A Comparison of Tourism and Food-provisioning Among Wild Bottlenose Dolphins at Monkey Mia and Bunbury, Australia 8: The Tourism Industry and Shark Welfare 9: Tourism, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare 10: Managing Tourism’s Animal Footprint 11: Elephants and Tourism 12: Lessons from Winnie-the-Pooh: How Responsible Bear Tourism Can Teach Us Respect and Compassion, and Benefit Bears 13: Donkeys and Mules and Tourism 14: Cats and Dogs International 15: Animal Welfare – Driving Improvements in Tourism Attractions 16: Animal Welfare and Tourism: The Threat to Endangered Species 17: Sport Hunting Tourism 18: Ethical Hunting PART III: 19: The Future and Moving Forward Together
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Emerald Publishing Limited The XL Bully Ban
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Future of Animal Law
Book SynopsisThis unique book establishes potential future avenues within the law to enhance the welfare of animals and grant them recognized legal status. Charting the direction of the animal-human relationship for future generations, it explores the core concepts of property law to demonstrate how change is possible for domestic animals. As an ethical context for future developments, the concept of a ‘right of place‘ is proposed and developed.The Future of Animal Law focuses on dogs as companion animals who provide the political motivation for legislative change, contextualizing the role of companion animals within the concept of family and the future implications of this position. It compares the US approach with materials from other common law jurisdictions, illustrating how a number of existing laws support the claim that companion animals are already on the path to personhood. David Favre recommends model language for new animal friendly laws in addition to suggesting amendments to existing legislation including the US federal Animal Welfare Act. Forward thinking and innovative, this indispensable book will engage all those with an interest in the issues around enhanced welfare and rights for animals, including students, scholars, and lawyers involved in animal law, as well as leaders of non-profit organizations.Trade Review‘This impressive book brings together and adds to the unique, creative, and thoughtful legal possibilities David Favre has posited for achieving meaningful improvements in the lives of animals. Built on a carefully argued ethical framework and focussing on companion animals - especially dogs - as a means of emotional and political engagement - Favre addresses a significant gap in much animal law scholarship. He is able to shift from a diagnosis of shortcomings in the law affecting animals to a rich account of a host of legal reforms - both modest and significant - which might be pursued. The book is highly readable, clear-sighted, and ultimately optimistic about the prospects of legal change for the betterment of the animals with which we share our lives and the planet.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to The Future of Animal Law : it’s a dog’s world 2. The arc of history: anti-cruelty, animal welfare, and animal rights 3. The modification of property law 4. The ethical framework for legal rights 5. Green shoots in law for companion animals 6. Animals in international law 7. Sovereign power and constitutional law in developing animal law 8. New legislation for the animals 9. Animal action in the courts 10. Private actions concerning ownership of animals 11. Final thoughts on the future of animal law Index
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Liverpool University Press The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence
Book SynopsisMany philosophers, including Aquinas, Locke, Schopenhauer and Kant, have assumed that there is a link between cruelty to animals and violence to people. During the last 40 years, evidence for this view has steadily accumulated as a result of statistical, psychological, and medical investigations, and there is now a substantial body of supporting empirical evidence. "The Link Between Animal Abuse & Human Violence" brings together international experts from seven countries to examine in detail the relationships between animal abuse and child abuse, the emotional development of the child, family violence, and serial murder. It considers the implications for legal and social policy, and the work of key professionals. Sections include critical overviews of existing research, discussion of ethical issues, and a special focus on the abuse of wild animals. This book is essential reading for all those who have a stake in the debate, either because their academic work relates to the issues involved, or because their professional role involves contact with the abused or the abusers, both human and animal, including child care officers, community carers, law enforcement officers, health visitors, veterinarians, anti-cruelty inspectors, animal protection officers, social scientists, lawyers, psychologists, and criminologists. This is the most up-to-date, authoritative, and comprehensive volume on the link between animal abuse and human violence.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Does Animal Abuse Really Benefit Us?; Introduction; Measuring Animal Cruelty & Case Histories; Types of Cruelty: Animals & Childhood Cruelty, Domestic Violence, Child & Elder Abuse; A Lifespan Perspective on Human Aggression & Animal Abuse; Empathy as an Indicator of Emotional Development; Emotional Abuse of Children & Animals; Cruelty, Children & Animals: Historically One, Not Two, Causes; Examining Childrens Exposure to Violence in the Context of Animal Abuse; Women-Battering, Pet Abuse, & Human-Animal Relationships; The Role of Animals in Public Child Welfare Work; Developmental Animal Cruelty & its Correlates in Sexual Homicide Offenders & Sex Offenders; Reducing the Links False Positive Problem; Is Human Rights Speciesist?; Responding Ethically to Animal Abuse; The New Canaries in the Mine: The Priority of Human Welfare in Animal Abuse Prosecution; The Structure of Evil; 'Vile attentions': On the Limits of Sympathetic Imagination; An FBI Perspective on Animal Cruelty; Laws & Policy to Address the Link of Family Violence; Dealing with Animal Offenders; Implications for Criminal Law, Sentencing Policy & Practice; A Legal Duty to Report Suspected Animal Abuse -- Are Veterinarians Ready?; The Role of Veterinarians & Other Animal Welfare Workers in the Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse; Animal Cruelty & Child Welfare -- The Health Visitor's Perspective; Overview of Research; Hunting as an Abusive Sub-culture; Hunting as a Morally Suspect Activity; Dolphin Drive Hunts & the Socratic Dictum: 'Vice harms the doer'; Index.
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Liverpool University Press Laws, Policies, Attitudes and Processes That
Book SynopsisPuppies -- nubile, tender, and pure -- have become endeared to U.S. society, and to some extent, the world. Puppies are the holy grail of animal companions to Americans. They are glorified above other animals and protected by numerous laws, yet they are systematically, lawfully, and illegally abused, tortured, and killed. A vast array of opinions, policies, protocols, rules, regulations, and laws govern treatment or mistreatment of puppies demonstrating that appreciation for puppies is neither ubiquitous, nor superseding. Puppies may be subjected to painful product testing in the U.S., but not in Europe, despite their glorified status above other animals. This book details the myriad of laws, policies, attitudes, misfortunes, and processes shaping puppies' lives in America. Specialized topics such as Bestiality, Child Grooming, Pornography, Film, Mythology, and Art are addressed to build an argument that overall, treatment of puppies in the U.S. reflects priorities, needs, values, and morals which are contextually based on human desires, capabilities, survival mechanisms, altruism, American family life, and the economy. The randomized yet selective treatment of puppies typifies American culture, and to some extent other cultures, at least in the American purview. The author analyzes physiological comparisons between humans and dogs to discover why Americans may be so interested in puppies. The foundations of this research are law, social and behavioral science, policies, history, politics, animal studies, animal welfare, criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, and current events.
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CABI Publishing Animal and Human Health and Welfare: A
Book SynopsisScientists within human and animal science have extensively discussed the philosophy of medicine, but never have both sides communicated on their concepts of health, quality of life and welfare, with each other. This book aims to help clarify the difficult but central notions of health and welfare by comparing the human and animal variants of these concepts. Split into three parts this book starts by presenting a background of some of the major theories of human health and welfare, followed by a detailed discussion of theories on animal welfare and health. While the final part of the book tests a comprehensive conceptual framework of a holistic kind, which focuses on the individual's ability to achieve its vital goals.Trade Review"In this book, Lennart Nordenfelt makes a careful and thoughtful analysis of these concepts, based on a thorough reading of the veterinary and animal science literature combined with his own deep understanding of the parallel debates in the human health field. His analysis moves a cluttered and conflicted topic onto a higher plane." David Fraser, University of British Columbia, Canada"Table of Contents1: Some Theories of Human Health and Welfare 2: An Overview of Historical Conceptions of Human Health 3: A Starting-point: Two Modern Streams of Philosophy of Human Health and Disease 4: The Place of Evolutionary Theory in the Philosophy of Health and Welfare 5: Two Classic Theories of Human Welfare 6: A Background to the Analysis of Welfare or Quality of Life in the Human Sciences 7: Some Contemporary Theories of Human Welfare or Quality of Life 8: Theories of Animal Health and Welfare 9: Ideas on Animal Health 10: Some Examples of Ideas on Animal Welfare 11: Biological Theories of Animal Welfare 12: Theories of Welfare, Ethics and Values 13: Theories of Welfare in Terms of Subjective Well-Being 14: On Animal Minds: A Digression 15: On Quality of Life in Animals 16: The Idea of Welfare as Fulfillment of Preferences 17: Theories of Welfare in Terms of Needs 18: Theories of Welfare in Terms of Natural Behaviour 19: On Complex Views of Animal Welfare 20: On Conflicts Between Individual and Systemic Welfare 21: Welfare and Time 22: Summing up the Analysis 23: A Holistic Approach to Animal Health and Welfare 24: Towards a Holistic Theory of Health in Animal Science 25: Towards a Happiness Theory of Welfare in the Animal Context Appendix: On Amartya Sen’s theory of functionings and capabilities
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CABI Publishing Long Distance Transport and Welfare of Farm
Book SynopsisLong-distance transport can cause both physical and mental problems in animals and promoting animal welfare will be beneficial to both the animals and the agricultural and processing industries. In conjunction with the World Society for the Protection of Animals, this volume brings together studies from well-known animal scientists and researchers to reviews the implications and necessity of long-distance animal transport for slaughter. Authoritative reports on regional practices are combines with discussions of the science, economics, legislation and procedures involved in this practice.Table of Contents1: Foreword by Temple Grandin, Colorado State University, USA 2: Science of Animal Welfare, M C Appleby, World Society for the Protection of Animals, UK 3: Economic Aspects, AgraCEAS Consulting LDT, University of London, UK 4: Physiology of Disease, X Manteca, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain 5: Meat Quality, G A Maria, University of Zaragoza, Spain 6: Enforcement of Transportation Regulations: The EU as Case Study, V A Cussen, World Society for the Protection of Animals, UK 7: The Welfare of Livestock During Sea Transport, C Phillips, University of Queensland, Australia 8: The Welfare of Livestock During Road Transport, D Broom (and colleagues), Cambridge University Animal Welfare Information Centre, UK 9: Africa, K Menzer, The Cadmus Group, USA 10: North America, M Enderbretson, Animal Protection Institute, USA 11: South America, C Gallo and T A Tadich, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile 12: Asia, L Collins and P Brooke, Compassion in World Farming, UK 13: Australia and New Zealand, M Fischer, Kotare Bioethics, New Zealand; B Jones, RSPCA Australia 14: Europe, S Corson, Positive Pet Behaviour, UK; L Anderson, ANNEX Consultancy, UK 15: Middle East, A Rahman, Commonwealth Veterinary Association, India 16: Appendix, Excerpt from OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code
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CABI Publishing Animal Abuse: Helping Animals and People
Book SynopsisAnimal abuse affects everybody working in animal-related industries, and constitutes a significant part of veterinary caseloads and animal shelter work. Based on the author's experience as a shelter worker and veterinarian, this book provides advice and assistance to those working with animal abuse. Beginning with definitions and types of abuse that occur worldwide in domestic, industry, leisure and cultural settings, the book goes on to detail current topics of debate such as foie gras production, pedigree dog breeding, links between animal abuse and domestic violence, and the fascinating subject of veterinary forensics - the scientific investigation of instances of animal abuse. The book's practical focus is developed through interviews with people in a variety of affected roles, international case studies, and discussion of the difficulties that arise; how they can be dealt with and the mental health impacts they can have on those involved. With contributions from world-renowned experts including Phil Arkow and David Bailey, and an introduction by Clive Phillips, Animal Abuse: Helping Animals and People provides practical advice and insights into issues surrounding this emotional subject.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Introduction PART I: ANIMAL ABUSE: DEFINING THE PROBLEM 1: What is Animal Abuse? 2: History of Animal Abuse 3: Why Some People are Cruel to Animals 4: Why Some People Care for Animals PART II: ANIMAL ABUSE IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY 5: Animal Abuse in Food and Fibre Production 6: Animal Abuse in Hunting, Sport, Entertainment and Art 7: Education and Animal Abuse 8: Religion, Philosophy and Ethics – How These Affect our Treatment of Animals 9: Feminist Aspects of Animal Abuse PART III: ANIMAL ABUSE: THE HUMAN ASPECT – HELPING THE PEOPLE INVOLVED 10: One Health 11: Human/Animal Abuse 12: Sheltering Animals & Families Together (SAF-T)™: Working Together to Protect Families and Pets from Abuse 13: CARE Programme (Children and Animals; Respect and Empathy): Pet Therapy for Children from Abusive Homes 14: Mental Health Issues of Working with Animal Abuse PART IV: ANIMAL ABUSE: THE ANIMAL SIDE – HELPING THE ANIMALS INVOLVED 15: Behavioural Consequences of Animal Abuse and its Remedies 16: Reporting Suspected Animal Abuse 17: Prosecuting Animal Cruelty and Neglect Matters 18: Animal Abuse Case Studies and Treatment 19: Humane Euthanasia PART V: THE SCIENCE OF ANIMAL ABUSE: VETERINARY FORENSIC INVESTIGATION 20: Forensics: Introduction to Veterinary Forensics 21: Forensics: Introduction to Veterinary Forensic Investigation 22: Forensics: the Animal as Living Evidence 23: Forensics: Bitemark Analysis PART VI: INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH ANIMAL ABUSE Interview 1: The Veterinarian Interview 2: The Animal Campaigner Interview 3: The Animal Welfare Lawyer Interview 4: The District Attorney Interview 5: The Animal Advocate Interview 6: The RSPCA Scientific Officer Interview 7: The Waterbird Campaigner Interview 8: The Television Journalist Appendix 1: The Glasgow Composite Pain Scale Appendix 2: ASPCA Medical Evaluation/Examination Form Appendix 3: Chandler Edwards’ Non-accidental Injury and Death Form – questions for vets to ask clients when suspecting animal abuse Appendix 4: Professional Quality of Life Scale
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Reaktion Books Animal Encounters Human and Animal Interaction in Britain from the Norman Conquest to World War I
Book SynopsisAn overview of the evolving relations between the human and animal populations of the British Isles from the Norman Conquest to World War I, Animal Encounters shows how interdependent the animal-human relationship has been throughout history.
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Rutgers University Press Near Human: Border Zones of Species, Life, and
Book SynopsisNear Human takes us into the borders of human and animal life. In the animal facility, fragile piglets substitute for humans who cannot be experimented on. In the neonatal intensive care unit, extremely premature infants prompt questions about whether they are too fragile to save or, if they survive, whether they will face a life of severe disability. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out on farms, in animal-based experimental science labs, and in hospitals, Mette N. Svendsen shows that practices of substitution redirect the question of "what it means" to be human to "what it takes" to be human. The near humanness of preterm infants and research piglets becomes an avenue to unravel how neonatal life is imagined, how societal belonging is evaluated, and how the Danish welfare state is forged. This courageous multi-sited and multi-species approach cracks open the complex ethical field of valuating life and making different kinds of pigs and different kinds of humans belong in Denmark. Trade Review"Near Human examines the moral sensibilities and substitution practices through which human and non-human lives come to be valued, sustained, and included within the collectivity – or killed and excluded. In Svendsen’s masterful account, vivid stories from Denmark – about piglets and preemies, scientists and migrants, global exchanges and border closures – speak to fundamental questions about how human lives and societies get shaped, alongside the lives of animals. A breathtaking achievement!" -- Janelle S. Taylor * author of The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram *"In this pathbreaking book, Mette Svendsen shows the ways in which Denmark relies upon pigs as fodder for its welfare state. Expanding the frames of translational medicine, Svendsen shows how the pig figures as a source of health and wealth that sustains the Danish population. The human-animal nexus becomes a prism to explore the boundaries of the nation, its citizenry and the politics of (non)belonging. This compelling and beautifully written book shows just how much can be learned by making other-than-human animals central to medical anthropology." -- Carrie Friese * author of Cloning Wild Life: Zoos, Captivity, and the Future of Endangered Animals *"Near Human examines the moral sensibilities and substitution practices through which human and non-human lives come to be valued, sustained, and included within the collectivity – or killed and excluded. In Svendsen’s masterful account, vivid stories from Denmark – about piglets and preemies, scientists and migrants, global exchanges and border closures – speak to fundamental questions about how human lives and societies get shaped, alongside the lives of animals. A breathtaking achievement!" -- Janelle S. Taylor * author of The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram *"In this pathbreaking book, Mette Svendsen shows the ways in which Denmark relies upon pigs as fodder for its welfare state. Expanding the frames of translational medicine, Svendsen shows how the pig figures as a source of health and wealth that sustains the Danish population. The human-animal nexus becomes a prism to explore the boundaries of the nation, its citizenry and the politics of (non)belonging. This compelling and beautifully written book shows just how much can be learned by making other-than-human animals central to medical anthropology." -- Carrie Friese * author of Cloning Wild Life: Zoos, Captivity, and the Future of Endangered Animals *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Lenore Manderson Prologue Introduction 1 Feeding: Cows, Pigs, and Humans in Interspecies Kinship 2 Killing: Pigs as Sacrificeable Beings 3 Treating: Infants at the Margins of Life 4 Metabolizing: Humans and Nonhumans in a Global Field Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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Trivent Publishing Historical Practices in Horsemanship and
Book SynopsisNew things are forgotten old things – this rediscovery of the past is especially important in horsemanship and equestrian sports. Despite advances in sciences and technology, the physiologies and psychologies of the two principal agents, the equid and the human, have undergone relatively few changes since horse domestication.The studies collected in this volume outline such essential and recurring challenges in equestrianism as gender issues, equine identification, the use of hyperflexion and groundwork in training, as well as many others, from prehistory to this day.Table of Contents Foreword — Jason Kingsley Introduction. Continuities of Equestrian Practices — Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 1: Envisioning Early Equestrianism: Clues from Archaeology and Ancient DNA — Katherine S. Kanne CHAPTER 2: Feminizing the Hippodrome: Finding the Female in a Male World — Carolyn Willekes CHAPTER 3: The Horses of the Bayeux Tapestry: Where the Art of Roman Riding Meets the Middle — Ages Anneli Sundkvist CHAPTER 4: Appraising the Warhorse: Restaurum Equorum in the Reigns of Edward I and II — Emma Herbert-Davies CHAPTER 5: Horse Head Position in Premodern Times: A Textual, Iconographic, and Archeological Analysis — Jennifer Jobst CHAPTER 6: Groundwork with Horses: Learning from Medieval and Early Modern Treatises — Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 7: The Italian Influence on Equestrian Art in Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries — Marcin Ruda CHAPTER 8: An Experimental Case Study of Pluvinel's Horse Training around the Single Pillar — Lisa Marieke Kyre CHAPTER 9: Playing Chicken: The Early History and Modern Revival of an Ancient Game — Jane Badger & Timothy George Dawson CHAPTER 10: Fox-hunting and Classical Horsemanship as Social Performance of Elitism and Power: A Journey Across Time — Sarah Sargent CHAPTER 11: Retrospective: Michel Henriquet on the Vanishing Point of Lightness — Kip Mistral List of Contributors
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Trivent Publishing The Liminal Horse: Equitation and Boundaries
Book SynopsisThe historical horse is at once material and abstract, as is the notion of the border. Borders and frontiers are not only markers delineating geographical spaces but also mental constructs: there are borders between order and disorder, between what is permitted and what is prohibited. Boundaries and liminal spaces also exist in the material, economic, political, moral, legal and religious spheres. In this volume, the contributing authors explore the theme of the liminality of the horse in all of these historical arenas, asking how one reconciles the very different roles played by the horse in human history.Trade ReviewReviewed by the Times Literary Supplement "The ten essays in The Liminal Horse recover some of the forgotten aspects of equine material culture. This varied and wide-ranging collection encompasses Bronze Age horse domestication in southern Scandinavia, horsemanship in the Roman empire, late Iron Age Irish bit design and the first English translation of a section of a thirteenth-century training manual."Table of Contents Foreword, by Elizabeth O'Brien Introduction: The Horse as a Liminal Being, Rena Maguire and Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 1. Horse Training in the Thirteenth Century: Insights from Jordanus Rufus, Jennifer Jobst CHAPTER 2. Crossing Borders in Equestrian Training: Applying Jordanus Rufus's Advice on Training Young Horses Today, Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 3. Housing Horses on the Edge in Later Medieval England, by Duncan L. Berryman CHAPTER 4. Roman Horses, Enemy Horses and Riders: The Testimony of Historia Romana by Nikephoros Gregoras, by Alexia-Foteini Stamouli CHAPTER 5. Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Study of Horse Type Terms in English, French and Spanish, by Cristina Oliveros Calvo CHAPTER 6. Harnessing Horse Power: Then and Now, by Terry Davis CHAPTER 7. Bridles and Bones: Early Cavalry in Southern Scandinavia, by Xenia Pauli Jensen and Jacob Kveiborg CHAPTER 8. Livin' on the Edge: Roman Influences on the Equestrian Equipment of Late Iron Age Ireland, by Rena Maguire CHAPTER 9. Dimisso equo: Horse-Riding Elites on the Frontiers of Rome, by M. C. Bishop CHAPTER 10. Mist on the Border: Emperor Severus and the Netherby Arabians that Never Were, by Miriam A. Bibby Notes on Contributors
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Human Minds and Animal Stories How Narratives Make Us Care About Other Species Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment
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