Humans and animals : a geography of coexistence / / Julie Urbanik and Connie L. Johnston, editors

• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, California : , : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, , [2017]; �2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 466 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 590
• Soggetto topico: Human-animal relationships; Human geography; Zoogeography
• Persona (resp. second.): UrbanikJulie <1971->; JohnstonConnie L.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Advertising, animals in -- Advocacy -- Agency -- Animal assisted activities -- Animal assisted therapy -- Animal cultures -- Animal geography -- Animal law -- Animal Liberation Front (ALF) -- Animals -- Anthropomorphism -- Aquaculture -- Aquariums -- Are, animals in -- Bees -- Bestiality -- Biodiversity -- Biogeography -- Biotechnology -- Black market animal trade -- Bluefin tuna -- Body modification -- Bovine growth hormone -- Breed specific legislation -- Bullfighting -- Bushmeat -- Canadian seal hunt -- Canned hunting -- Cats -- Chimpanzees -- Circuses -- Climate change -- Cockroaches -- Communication and language -- Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) -- Coral reefs -- Cruelty -- Deforestation -- Designer breeds -- Dissection -- Dogs -- Dolphins -- Domestication -- Domestic violence and animal cruelty -- Earthworms -- Eastern religions, animals in -- Ecotourism -- Elephants -- Emotions, animal -- Empathy -- Endangered species -- Ethics -- Ethology -- Evolution -- Exotic pets -- Extinction -- Factory farming -- Feral animals -- Fighting for human entertainment -- Fisheries -- Fishing -- Flagship species -- Fox hunting -- Fur/fur farming -- Geography -- Great apes -- Greyhound racing -- Habitat loss -- Hoarding, animal -- Horse racing -- Horses -- Human-animal bond -- Human-animal studies -- Humane education -- Humane farming -- Humans -- Human-wildlife conflict -- Hunting -- Husbandry -- Hybrid -- Indicator species -- Indigenous religions, animals in -- Indigenous rights -- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) -- Intelligence -- Invasive species -- Ivory trade -- Keystone species -- Literature, animals in -- Livestock -- Mad cow disease -- Marine mammal parks -- Meat eating -- Meat packing -- Microbes -- Military use of animals -- Mosquitoes -- Multispecies ethnography -- Non-food animal products -- Northern spotted owl -- Nuisance species -- OncoMouse -- Pastoralism -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) -- Personhood -- Pets -- Pit bulls -- Poaching -- Polar bears -- Popular media, animals in -- Puppy mills -- Race and animals -- Research and experimentation -- Rights -- Sentience -- service animals -- Sharks -- Shelters and sanctuaries -- Slaughter -- Social construction -- Spay and neuter -- Species -- Speciesism -- Stereotypic behavior -- Taxidermy -- Tigers -- Tracking -- Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) -- Trophy hunting -- Veganism -- Vegetarianism -- Veterinary medicine -- Vivisection -- Welfare -- Western religions, animals in -- Whaling -- Wildlife -- Wildlife forensics -- Wildlife management -- Wildlife rehabilitation and rescue -- wolves -- Working animals -- World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) -- Xenotransplantation -- Zoogeomorphology -- Zoology -- Zoonotic diseases -- Zoophilia -- Zoos.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book takes a look at the coexistence of humans and animals in the 21st century and how their sometimes disparate needs affect environments, politics, economies, and culture worldwide.
• Titolo autorizzato: Humans and animals
• ISBN: 979-82-16-10009-6; 978-1-4408-3834-7; 978-1-4408-3835-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910156195203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II