Animal Welfare & Human ValuesWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 24. jun. 1993 - 334 sider As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society’s jurisdiction. They have been, in turn, puzzled, exasperated and horrified at humanity’s cruelty to our fellow sentient beings. The issues discussed in this book are the most contentious in animal welfare disputes — animal experimentation, fur-farming and trapping, the use of animals for human entertainment and the conditions under which animals are raised for human consumption. They are complex issues and should be thought about fairly and seriously. The authors, standing squarely on the side of the animals, suggest “community” and “belonging” as concepts through which to understand our relationships to other species. They ground their ideas in Wordsworth’s “primal sympathy” and Jung’s “unconscious identity” with the animal realm. The philosophy developed in this book embraces common sense and compromise as the surest paths to the goal of animal welfare. It requires respect and consideration for other species while acknowledging our primary obligations to our fellow humans. |
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... hunters , farmers and governmental decision - makers as well as those committed to significant improvements in the lives of the members of the animal realm . This is a book for those who want to think seriously and fairly about complex ...
... hunters and gatherers developed tools and weapons for more effective hunting , skinning and food production and thus furthered the process of making human life distinctly different from the lives of other species . The 5 One: The Status ...
... hunter needed to conquer his adversary . Early humans could rarely ignore the fact that they were animals not very different from the species on which they preyed . For most of the time the hunters and gatherers felt themselves an ...
... hunter . Yet he said of the porpoises , " what fine fellows they are ! I have the greatest respect for them ; I would as soon kill a man as a phoca . ' Indeed , in Scott's The Antiquary there is a notable battle in which the porpoises ...
... hunters , anglers , and animal trophy collectors cry out for the research of some ambitious doctoral student in psychology . If ambivalence pervades the times closest to our own it was of somewhat greater scarcity in the Renaissance ...
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Animal Experimentation The Alternatives | 73 |
Animal Experimentation Legislation and Assessment | 85 |
Hunting Fishing and Fowling | 103 |
Animals in Entertainment Zoos Aquaria and Circuses | 185 |
Of Farms and Factories | 211 |
Companion Animals | 229 |
The Community of Sentient Beings | 243 |
The Philosophy of Animal Rights | 265 |
The Philosophy of Animal Protection | 283 |
Epilogue Ode to Sensibility | 307 |
Select Bibliography | 317 |
Frivolous Fur Veneration and Environmentalism | 123 |
Frivolous Fur Trappers Clubbers and Farmers | 139 |
Animals in Entertainment Racing Riding and Fighting | 161 |
Index | 321 |