Loving animals : toward a new animal advocacy / Kathy Rudy.
"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 disco...
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Minneapolis :
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A change of heart
- What's behind animal advocacy?
- The love of a dog: of pets and puppy mills, mixed-breeds and shelters
- The animal on your plate: farmers, vegans, and locavores
- Where the wild things ought to be: sanctuaries, zoos, and exotic pets
- From object to subject: animals in scientific research
- Clothing ourselves in stories of love: affect and animal advocacy
- Conclusion: Trouble in the pack.