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Ritter, Erika

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Dog By the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath: and Other Paradoxes Of Human-animal Relationships, The

Key Porter Books (Jan 03, 2009)

9781554700769

| Hardcover

320 pages | 157 x 239 mm | English

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Dewey 591

LC Classification QL85 .R58 2009

Subject

Animal Welfare
Human-animal Relationships
Nature / Animal Rights
Nature / Animals
Pets / Essays

Plot

Evaluates the contradictory attitudes that people have about animals, exploring such disparate facts as a belief that pets are part of a family in spite of high meat consumption, in a report that draws on interviews with philosophers, farmers, and other commentators. Original.