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New York's poop scoop law: Dogs, the dirt, and due process
Books | Contributor(s): Michael Brandow
It's hard to imagine eight million people trying to avoid dog refuse on the streets of New York City on a daily basis. Likewise, it's harder not to imagine New Yorkers from all walks of life picking up after their canines. Using plastic bags or trendy, mechanized devices, pet owners...
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Inside Animal Hoarding: The Case of Barbara Erickson and her 552 Dogs
Books | Contributor(s): Arnold Arluke, Celeste Killeen
Inside Animal Hoarding profiles one of the largest and most intriguing cases of animal hoarding in recent history. Celeste Killeen's investigation pries open the door to Barbara Erickson's hidden and closely guarded life, offering an in-depth view of animal hoarding. The chaos and...
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Independent Vision: Dorothy Harrison Eustis and the story of The Seeing Eye
Books | Contributor(s): Miriam Ascarelli
Mention the words "Seeing Eye," and most people will associate them with guide dogs for the blind and partially-sighted. Mention the name "Dorothy Harrison Eustis," and most people will not recognize it, even though she is the woman responsible for founding The Seeing Eye,...
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Children and Animals: Exploring the Roots of Kindness and Cruelty
Books | Contributor(s): Frank R. Ascione
Animal abuse has been an acknowledged problem for centuries, but only within the past few decades has scientific research provided evidence that the maltreatment of animals often overlaps with violence toward people. The variants of violence, including bullying or assaults in a schoolyard,...
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Brute Force: Animal Police and the Challenge of Cruelty
Books | Contributor(s): Arnold Arluke
"In one instance, an officer investigated a case on an extremely thin dog - a sixty-pound Rottweiler - that should have weighed about one hundred pounds. 'The dog was skin and bones, so weak he couldn't even get up. The person told me he was minding the dog for his son because his...
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Brood Bitch: A mother's reflection
Books | Contributor(s): Celia Townsend Wells
Brood Bitch is a mother's reflection inspired by her hand-raising a litter of Pembroke Welsh corgis whose own mother died after a Caesarian delivery. Devastated by the loss of her only companion and awed by the task of saving the puppies, the author is surprised to discover she enjoys this...
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Bridging the Bond: The Cultural Construction of the Shelter Pet
Books | Contributor(s): Tami L. Harbolt
What happens behind the doors of the animal shelter? This book will introduce the reader to the work culture of animal shelter employees, volunteers, activists, educators, and pets. By weaving together her own personal memoirs with interviews with workers, the author describes the traditions,...
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Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship
Books | Contributor(s): Alan M. Beck, Aaron Katcher
Pets play a greater role in our emotional and physical health than ever before, according to this volume. The book by Alan M. Beck of Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine and Aaron H. Katcher, psychiatrist and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, explores the emotional...
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Assessing the Human-Animal Bond: A Compendium of Actual Measures
Books | Contributor(s): David C Anderson
This book gathers, in one place, those measures presently used to study the human-companion animal bond. The measures chosen for inclusion are the most heavily used by researchers, as well as measures that appear to be innovative or relate to the different aspects of the human-companion animal...
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Animals in Schools: Processes and Strategies in Human-Animal Education
Books | Contributor(s): Helena Pederson
Animals in Schools explores important questions in the field of critical animal studies and education by close examination of a wide range of educational situations and classroom activities. How are human- animal relations expressed and discussed in school? How do teachers and students develop...
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Animal Control Management: A new look at a public responsibility
Books | Contributor(s): Stephen Aronson
This book is the first of its kind to discuss in detail the actual management of local animal control programs as opposed to the care of the animals. The book covers those financial, personnel, legal, health, and safety issues that animal control directors and management staff need to know in...
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Afternoons with Puppy: Inspirations from a Therapist and his Animals
Books | Contributor(s): Aubrey H. Fine, Cynthia J. Eisen
Afternoons with Puppy is a heartwarming account of dynamic relationships and outcomes involving a therapist, his therapy animals, and his patients over the course of almost two decades. It is a narrative of Dr. Fine's experiences and the growing respect for the power of the animals effect...
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A Perfect Harmony: The Intertwining Lives of Animals and Humans throughout History
Books | Contributor(s): Roger A. Caras
Caras views humanity's ascent from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to modern apartment-dwelling cat-and dog-owners as inextricably woven with animals. As beasts of burden, means of transport, and protein source, animals made possible agricultural surpluses, triggered cultural cross-pollination,...
