Fellow Creatures

Fellow Creatures
Author: Christine Marion Korsgaard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2018
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0198753853

Presents a compelling new view of our moral relationships to the other animals

Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals

Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals
Author: Karen A. Terio
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 1424
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 012809219X

Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals is a comprehensive resource that covers the pathology of wildlife and zoo species, including a wide scope of animals, disease types and geographic regions. It is the definitive book for students, biologists, scientists, physicians, veterinary clinicians and pathologists working with non-domestic species in a variety of settings. General chapters include information on performing necropsies, proper techniques to meet the specialized needs of forensic cases, laboratory diagnostics, and an introduction into basic principles of comparative clinical pathology. The taxon-based chapters provide information about disease in related groups of animals and include descriptions of gross and histologic lesions, pathogenesis and diagnostics. For each group of animals, notable, unique gross and microscopic anatomical features are provided to further assist the reader in deciding whether differences from the domestic animal paradigm are "normal." Additional online content, which includes text, images, and whole scanned glass slides of selected conditions, expands the published material resulting in a comprehensive approach to the topic. - 2019 PROSE Awards - Winner: Category: Textbook/Biological and Life Sciences: Association of American Publishers - Presents a single resource for performing necropsies on a variety of taxa, including terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates - Describes notable, unique gross and microscopic anatomical variations among species/taxa to assist in understanding normal features, in particular those that can be mistaken as being abnormal - Provides consistent organization of chapters with descriptions of unique anatomic features, common non-infectious and infectious diseases following brief overviews of the taxonomic group - Contains full-color, high quality illustrations of diseases - Links to a large online library of scanned slides related to topics in the book that illustrate important histologic findings

Animals and why They Matter

Animals and why They Matter
Author: Mary Midgley
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1984
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0820320412

Animals and Why They Matter examines the barriers that our philosophical traditions have erected between human beings and animals and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism, and age discrimination. Mary Midgley's profound and clearly written narrative is a thought-provoking study of the way in which the opposition between reason and emotion has shaped our moral and political ideas and the problems it has raised. Whether considering vegetarianism, women's rights, or the "humanity" of pets, this book goes to the heart of the question of why all animals matter.

A Theory of Justice for Animals

A Theory of Justice for Animals
Author: Robert Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0199936315

At the same time, he argues that humans have a greater interest in life and liberty than most species of nonhuman animals.

Report

Report
Author: West Virginia. State Board of Agriculture
Publisher:
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1910
Genre:
ISBN:

Animal Wise

Animal Wise
Author: Virginia Morell
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013
Genre: Animal behavior
ISBN: 0307461440

Explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising examination into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.

Between Pets and People

Between Pets and People
Author: Alan M. Beck
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1996
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781557530776

Since the first edition of Between Pets and People in 1983, the authors' then-startling contention that pets benefit our mental and physical health has found wide acceptance. Evidence in our daily lives - in television pet food ads, in doctor's offices outfitted with aquaria - attests to how widely the belief in pets' therapeutic influence is now held. This revised edition of Between Pets and People, with additional data and case studies and expanded references - including a listing of Internet resources - and a foreword by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, analyzes the surprisingly complex relationships we have with our pets. This book contains an important lesson for everyone - to accept ourselves and others in the uncritical way that pets accept us, and come to terms with our own animal nature.

Animal Ethics in Context

Animal Ethics in Context
Author: Clare Palmer
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 023112905X

It is widely agreed that because animals feel pain we should not make them suffer gratuitously. Some ethical theories go even further: because of the capacities that they possess, animals have the right not to be harmed or killed. These views concern what not to do to animals, but we also face questions about when we should, and should not, assist animals that are hungry or distressed. Should we feed a starving stray kitten? And if so, does this commit us, if we are to be consistent, to feeding wild animals during a hard winter? In this controversial book, Clare Palmer advances a theory that claims, with respect to assisting animals, that what is owed to one is not necessarily owed to all, even if animals share similar psychological capacities. Context, history, and relation can be critical ethical factors. If animals live independently in the wild, their fate is not any of our moral business. Yet if humans create dependent animals, or destroy their habitats, we may have a responsibility to assist them. Such arguments are familiar in human cases-we think that parents have special obligations to their children, for example, or that some groups owe reparations to others. Palmer develops such relational concerns in the context of wild animals, domesticated animals, and urban scavengers, arguing that different contexts can create different moral relationships.

The Animal Code

The Animal Code
Author: Danny Crossman
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2011
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1921875097

Illustrates the myriad ways in which humans exploit animals, making a compelling case for people to recognise animals' needs and feelings. In a breakthrough concept, The Animal Code.sets out a clear guide for how each of us can treat animals with respect . and also help our environment.