Loving animals : toward a new animal advocacy / Kathy Rudy.

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" The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family members--animal lovers outside the fray--extremist positions in which all human-animal interaction is suspect often discourag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudy, Kathy
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Animal welfare.
Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal rights.
Animal rights activists.
NATURE / Animal Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
Physical Description:xxii, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ContentsIntroduction: A Change of Heart1. What's behind Animal Advocacy?
  • 2. The Love of a Dog: Of Pets and Puppy Mills, Mixed-Breeds and Shelters
  • 3. The Animal on Your Plate: Farmers, Vegans, and Locavores
  • 4. Where the Wild Things Ought to Be: Sanctuaries, Zoos, and Exotic Pets
  • 5. From Object to Subject: Animals in Scientific Research
  • 6. Clothing Ourselves in Stories of Love: Affect and Animal AdvocacyConclusion: Trouble in the PackAcknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.