Pet politics [electronic resource]: the political and legal lives of cats, dogs, and horses in Canada and the United States / Susan Hunter and Richard A. Brisbin Jr.
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| Language: | English |
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West Lafayette, Indiana :
Purdue University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | New directions in the human-animal bond
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Pet Politics: The Political and Legal Lives of Cats, Dogs, and Horses in Canada and the United States |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Why study pet politics?
- The evolution of pet policy
- What is a pet? popular conceptions of animals and the pet policy agenda
- The formation of a pet policy agenda: activists and organized interests
- Making pet policy: anti-cruelty laws
- Making pet policy: kennel licensing legislation
- Making pet policy: the disposition of unwanted horses
- Making pet policy : roaming and feral cats
- Making pet policy: breed-specific laws
- The enforcement of pet legislation
- The meaning of pet politics and policy.