Author: Elan Abrell
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452961921
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A 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.
Saving Animals
Author: Elan Abrell
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452961921
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A 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.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452961921
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A 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.
Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
Author: Jeff Sebo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190861010
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Both an urgent call to action and a survey of what ethical and effective action will require, this book will be invaluable for scholars, advocates, policy-makers, and anyone interested in what kind of world we should attempt to build and how.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190861010
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Both an urgent call to action and a survey of what ethical and effective action will require, this book will be invaluable for scholars, advocates, policy-makers, and anyone interested in what kind of world we should attempt to build and how.
Rescued
Author: Allen Anderson
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577317637
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Rescued tells the inspiring stories of dedicated organizations and heroic volunteers who saved animals and reunited them with loved ones after Hurricane Katrina. Heart-wrenching experiences and dramatic action photos open a portal into the unheralded world of animal shelters, sanctuaries, and charities that are emerging nationwide and becoming an important social movement. Chock-full of lifesaving information, this book prepares you to quickly and safely evacuate with animals in any emergency.
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577317637
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Rescued tells the inspiring stories of dedicated organizations and heroic volunteers who saved animals and reunited them with loved ones after Hurricane Katrina. Heart-wrenching experiences and dramatic action photos open a portal into the unheralded world of animal shelters, sanctuaries, and charities that are emerging nationwide and becoming an important social movement. Chock-full of lifesaving information, this book prepares you to quickly and safely evacuate with animals in any emergency.
Saving Animals After Earthquakes
Author: Joyce Markovics
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617722898
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes the rescue efforts involved in saving the lives of animals affected by an earthquake, including puppies, farm animals, and pandas.
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617722898
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes the rescue efforts involved in saving the lives of animals affected by an earthquake, including puppies, farm animals, and pandas.
Saving Animals from Hurricanes
Author: Stephen Person
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617722901
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Look inside this book to meet the everyday heroes who found ways to save animals from Hurricane Katrina and the floods that followed.
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617722901
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Look inside this book to meet the everyday heroes who found ways to save animals from Hurricane Katrina and the floods that followed.
Saving Animal Babies
Author: Amy Shields
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426310404
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Details the characteristics of favorite cute animals, from roly-poly polar bears and waddling penguins to funny monkeys and energetic tiger cubs.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426310404
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Details the characteristics of favorite cute animals, from roly-poly polar bears and waddling penguins to funny monkeys and energetic tiger cubs.
Saving Our Animal Friends
Author: Susan McGrath
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439139694
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes ways people help some wild animals in need of human protection, particularly in keeping their environments safe for them to live without injury.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439139694
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes ways people help some wild animals in need of human protection, particularly in keeping their environments safe for them to live without injury.
Saving Animals After Tornadoes
Author: Stephen Person
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617724580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Describes the rescue efforts involved in saving the lives of animals affected by a tornado.
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617724580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Describes the rescue efforts involved in saving the lives of animals affected by a tornado.
Save Our Species: Endangered Animals and How You Can Save Them
Author: Dominic Couzens
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008438625
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Whether you would like to learn how to build a bird box, dig a hedgehog tunnel or implement broader environmental changes in your community, this practical guide to saving our most endangered species will teach you how you can help on an individual, local and national level.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008438625
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Whether you would like to learn how to build a bird box, dig a hedgehog tunnel or implement broader environmental changes in your community, this practical guide to saving our most endangered species will teach you how you can help on an individual, local and national level.
Back from the Brink
Author: Nancy F. Castaldo
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1328476677
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
True stories of how scientists are saving endangered species, with photos included: “Readers will be moved by Castaldo’s appreciation for these animals.” —Booklist (starred review) In this book, the acclaimed author of Sniffer Dogs details the successful efforts of scientists to bring threatened animals back from the brink of extinction. How could capturing the last wild California condors help save them? Why are some states planning to cull populations of the gray wolf, despite this species only recently making it off the endangered list? How did a decision made during the Civil War to use alligator skin for cheap boots nearly drive the animal to extinction? Back from the Brink answers these questions and more as it delves into the threats to seven species, and the scientific and political efforts to coax them back from the brink. This rich, informational look at the problem of extinction offers a source of hope—all of these animals’ numbers are now on the rise—and will inspire young wildlife lovers and aspiring scientists. Winner of the Crystal Kite Award and a Sigurd F. Olsen Best Nature book Honorable Mention
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1328476677
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
True stories of how scientists are saving endangered species, with photos included: “Readers will be moved by Castaldo’s appreciation for these animals.” —Booklist (starred review) In this book, the acclaimed author of Sniffer Dogs details the successful efforts of scientists to bring threatened animals back from the brink of extinction. How could capturing the last wild California condors help save them? Why are some states planning to cull populations of the gray wolf, despite this species only recently making it off the endangered list? How did a decision made during the Civil War to use alligator skin for cheap boots nearly drive the animal to extinction? Back from the Brink answers these questions and more as it delves into the threats to seven species, and the scientific and political efforts to coax them back from the brink. This rich, informational look at the problem of extinction offers a source of hope—all of these animals’ numbers are now on the rise—and will inspire young wildlife lovers and aspiring scientists. Winner of the Crystal Kite Award and a Sigurd F. Olsen Best Nature book Honorable Mention