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Predator free 2050 and pedagogy: Teaching about introduced predators in Aotearoa New Zealand
Contributor(s):: Palmer, Alexandra, Birdsall, Sally
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To Protect or to Kill? Environmental Contingent Self-Worth Moderates Death Prime Effects on Animal-Based Attitudes
| Contributor(s):: Fairlamb, S., Stan, A. E., Lovas, K.
Lifshin et al. found that death primes increased support for killing animals, suggesting that the killing of animals serves a terror management function. The present research adds to this by suggesting that protecting animals can also serve a terror management function when people see such...
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Affiliative Bonds and Cruel Behavior in Childhood Interspecific Relationships: A Conceptual Framework on the Psychodynamics of Affect Regulation
| Contributor(s):: Mezzalira, Selene, Scandurra, Cristiano, Santaniello, Antonio, Mezza, Fabrizio, Saturnino, Claudia, Cristiano, Serena, Pizzo, Rosa, Maldonato, Nelson Mauro, Menna, Lucia Francesca, Bochicchio, Vincenzo
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Embodied Violence Towards Nonhuman Animals in Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey
| Contributor(s):: Stevens, Valerie L.
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The Moral Foundations of Care and Authority and the Perception of Animal Mind in Relation to Violence Against Animals
| Contributor(s):: Potocka, Agnieszka
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The Link between Animal Cruelty and Violent Crime Victimization: An Assessment of the Lifetime Impact of Animal Cruelty on Secondary Victims
| Contributor(s):: Ahern, Amber
Animal cruelty and the secondary victimization of humans caused by animal cruelty are significant social problems. The dissertation presented a comparative research study on the developmental, psychological, and emotional symptomatology experienced by crime victims who had prior experiences...
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The challenges and future development of animal welfare education in the UK
| Contributor(s):: Muldoon, J. C., Williams, J. M.
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Safe Haven Conundrum: The Use of Special Bailments to Keep Pets Out of Violent Households
| Contributor(s):: Joan MacLeod Heminway, Patricia Graves Lenaghan
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Skinning the Cat: How Mandatory Psychiatric Evaluations for Animal Cruelty Offenders Can Prevent Future Violence
| Contributor(s):: Ashley Kunz
In 2017, the Texas legislature amended Texas Penal Code § 42.092, which governs acts of cruelty against non-livestock animals. The statute in its current form makes torturing, killing, or seriously injuring a non-livestock animal a third degree felony, while less serious offenses carry...
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College Students' Experiences of Nonhuman Animal Harm in the United States and The Bahamas
| Contributor(s):: Fielding, W., Cronin, T. W., Risley-Curtiss, C.
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"Animals May Take Pity on Us": Using Traditional Tribal Beliefs to Address Animal Abuse and Family Violence Within Tribal Nations
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More than Just Collateral Damage: Pet Shootings by Police
| Contributor(s):: Courtney G. Lee
The Department of Justice estimates that American police officers shoot 10,000 pet dogs in the line of duty each year. It is impossible to ascertain a reliable number, however, because most law enforcement agencies do not maintain accurate records of animal killings. The tally may be...
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Mandated Reporting of Suspected Animal Harm by Australian Veterinarians: Community Attitudes
| Contributor(s):: Acutt, Donna, Signal, Tania, Taylor, Nik
Research demonstrates that animal abuse is linked with various forms of interpersonal violence and that veterinarians themselves are concerned about this link. However, Australian veterinarians are not currently mandated to report cases of suspected animal abuse (AA), a position outlined by the...
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Fleeing with Fido: an Analysis of What Canadian Domestic Violence Shelters Are Communicating Via their Websites about Leaving an Abusive Relationship when Pets Are Involved
| Contributor(s):: Gray, Allison, Barrett, Betty Jo, Fitzgerald, Amy, Peirone, Amy
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People of Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities and Their Animal Companions: Experiences of Family Violence in a Binational Sample.
| Contributor(s):: Damien W. Riggs, Nik Taylor, Tania Signal, Heather Fraser, Catherine Donovan
A significant body of research in the field of human-animal studies has focused on animals who live alongside humans within the home, with such animals often considered family members. To date, however, this research has focused almost exclusively on the experiences of heterosexual cisgender...
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Leaving A Mark, An Animal-Assisted Intervention Programme for Children Who Have Been Exposed to Gender-Based Violence: A Pilot Study
| Contributor(s):: Muela, A., Azpiroz, J., Calzada, N., Soroa, G., Aritzeta, A.
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The link between recurrent childhood animal cruelty and recurrent interpersonal violence
| Contributor(s):: Caleb E. Trentham
In the early 1960s, researchers began to examine the potential link between childhood animal cruelty and future interpersonal violence. Findings since then have been inconsistent in establishing a relationship between the two. This may be due to researchers failing to measure the recurrency of...
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The Linkage of Animal Abuse with Interpersonal Violence: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing?
| Contributor(s):: Heather Piper
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Review of Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights
| Contributor(s):: Mylan Engel Jr.
In their recent book, Sherry Colb and Michael Dorf defend the following ethical theses: (1) sentience is sufficient for possessing the right not to be harmed and the right not to be killed; (2) killing sentient animals for food is almost always seriously wrong; (3) aborting pre-sentient fetuses...
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Cougar-human entanglements on Vancouver Island : relational agency and space
| Contributor(s):: Rosemary-Claire Magdeleine Solange Collard
Vancouver Island is home to what is estimated to be the densest cougar population in North America. Over the last century and a half, cougar and human residents of the Island have not co-existed peacefully. From government-sponsored bounty hunts of cougars to cougar attacks on children,...
