Anthrozoology : human-animal interactions in domesticated and wild animals / edited by Geoff Hosey and Vicky Melfi.

Anthrozoology, the study of human-animal interactions (HAIs), has experienced substantial growth during the past 20 years and it is now timely to synthesize what we know from empirical evidence about our relationships with both domesticated and wild animals. Two principal points of focus have become...

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Uniform Title:Anthrozoology (Oxford University Press)
Other Authors: Hosey, Geoffrey R. (Editor), Melfi, Vicky (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Human-animal relationships.
Animals and civilization.
Animals > Effect of human beings on.
Physical Description:xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Contributors. 1 Introduction / Geoff Hosey and Vicky Melfi : Introduction
  • Defining what we mean
  • What is the distribution of HARs through the animal kingdom?
  • Why do we care about HAI, HAR and HAB? 2 Companion animals / James A. Serpell : What is a companion animal?
  • A brief history of companion animals
  • Companion animals today
  • The benefits of companion animal ownership
  • Indirect benefits of companion animals
  • The costs of companion animal ownership
  • Conclusions and future areas of research. 3 Agricultural animals / Susanne Waiblinger : Historical and present role of agricultural animals for humans
  • Human-animal interactions and human-animal relationships in agriculture
  • Effects of the HAR on animal and human welfare and on productivity
  • Wider ranging implications for society and environment
  • Future areas for research
  • Concluding remarks
  • Box 3.1 Animals, humans and the environment / Werner Zollitsch. 4 Human-animal interactions in the research environment / Kristine Coleman and Allison Heagerty : Introduction
  • Animals in research facilities
  • Implications of human-animal interactions
  • Wider implications of human-animal interactions
  • Future areas for research. 5 Zoo animals / Samantha Ward and Sally Sherwen : Context
  • Implications of HAI in this context
  • Wider ranging implications for society and the environment
  • Future areas for research
  • Conclusions. 6 Wild animals and tourists / Ralf Buckley : Introduction
  • Species and roles
  • Human-animal interactions
  • Social and environmental implications
  • Conclusions and future research priorities
  • Box 6.1 Local private tourism contributions to conservation of wild animals
  • Box 6.2 Global contributions of park tourism to threatened species populations
  • Box 6.3 Population viability analysis to calculate net outcomes of ecotourism on threatened species
  • Box 6.4 Key factors in tourist experiences during encounters with wild animals
  • Box 6.5 Some examples of close-range tourist encounters with wild animals. 7 Human-animal relationships in the urban wild / Seth Magle : Introduction
  • Animals in urban areas
  • Types of human-animal interactions
  • Implications of human-urban wildlife interactions
  • Wider implications of urban wildlife-human interactions
  • Future areas for research
  • Box 7.1 Human-macaque interactions / Annie Kwiatt. 8 The importance of HAIs, HARs, and HABs / Vicky Melfi and Geoff Hosey : Introduction
  • The HAR: a single phenomenon?
  • The costs and benefits of HARs
  • Building a HAR
  • The HAB: why would animals form bonds with humans?
  • What can HARs tell us about society?
  • Dominion: duty of care or a resource for our use?
  • Box 8.1 Starlings: friend or pest? Index.