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Underdogs - Pets, People, and Poverty (Paperback): Arnold Arluke, Andrew Rowan Underdogs - Pets, People, and Poverty (Paperback)
Arnold Arluke, Andrew Rowan
R1,070 Discovery Miles 10 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Underdogs looks into the rapidly growing initiative to provide veterinary care to underserved communities in North Carolina and Costa Rica and how those living in or near poverty respond to these forms of care. For many years, the primary focus of the humane community in the United States was to control animal overpopulation and alleviate the stray dog problem by euthanizing or sterilizing dogs and cats. These efforts succeeded by the turn of the century, and it appeared as though most pets were being sterilized and given at least basic veterinary care, including vaccinations and treatments for medical problems such as worms or mange. However, in recent years animal activists and veterinarians have acknowledged that these efforts only reached pet owners in advantaged communities, leaving over twenty million pets unsterilized, unvaccinated, and untreated in underserved communities. The problem of getting basic veterinary services to dogs and cats in low-income communities has suddenly become spotlighted as a major issue facing animal shelters, animal rescue groups, animal control departments, and veterinarians in the United States and abroad. In the past five to ten years, animal protection organizations have launched a new focus trying to deliver basic and even more advanced veterinary care to the many underserved pets in the Unites States. These efforts pose a challenge to these groups as does pet keeping to people living in poverty across most of the world who have pets or care for street dogs.

y le susurre al caballo (Spanish, Paperback): Tamara Esposito y le susurre al caballo (Spanish, Paperback)
Tamara Esposito; Photographs by Mariana Domic; David Castro
R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
le york (French, Paperback): Francois Kiesgen De Richter le york (French, Paperback)
Francois Kiesgen De Richter
R336 Discovery Miles 3 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
La Chimica Delle Malattie - Perche non dovresti mangiare carne (Italian, Paperback): Carlos L Partidas La Chimica Delle Malattie - Perche non dovresti mangiare carne (Italian, Paperback)
Carlos L Partidas
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Quimica Das Doencas - Por que voce nao deve comer carne (Portuguese, Paperback): Carlos L Partidas A Quimica Das Doencas - Por que voce nao deve comer carne (Portuguese, Paperback)
Carlos L Partidas
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Comment elever son chiot - L'ultime guide pratique de l'education canine: Comment choisir, socialiser et eduquer son... Comment elever son chiot - L'ultime guide pratique de l'education canine: Comment choisir, socialiser et eduquer son chiot pas a pas, mois par mois, avec les bases d'un dressage rapide et efficace (French, Paperback)
Zak Canin
R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Of Victorians and Vegetarians - The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain (Paperback): James Gregory Of Victorians and Vegetarians - The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain (Paperback)
James Gregory
R1,383 Discovery Miles 13 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nineteenth-century Britain was one of the birthplaces of modern vegetarianism in the west, and was to become a reform movement attracting thousands of people. From the Vegetarian Society's foundation in 1847, men, women and their families abandoned conventional diet for reasons as varied as self-advancement, personal thrift, dissatisfaction with medical orthodoxy and repugnance for animal cruelty. They joined in the pursuit of a perfect society in which food reform combined with causes such as socialism and land reform, stimulated by the concern that carnivorism was in league with alcoholism and bellicosity. Gregory provides a thorough exploration of the movement, with its often colourful and sometimes eccentric leaders and grass-roots supporters. He explores the rich culture of branch associations, competing national societies, proliferating restaurants and food stores and experiments in vegetarian farms and colonies. Of Victorians and Vegetarians examines the wider significance of Victorian vegetarians, embracing concerns about gender and class, national identity, race and empire and religious authority. Vegetarianism embodied the Victorians' complicated response to modernity in its hostility to aspects of the industrial world's exploitation of technology, rejecting entrepreneurial attempts to create the foods and substitute artefacts of the future. Hostile, like the associated anti-vivisectionists and anti-vaccinationists, to a new 'priesthood' of scientists, vegetarians defended themselves through the new sciences of nutrition and chemistry. Of Victorians and Vegetarians uncovers who the vegetarians were, how they attempted to convert their fellow Britons (and the world beyond) to their 'bloodless diet' and the response of contemporaries in a variety of media and genres. Through a close study of the vegetarian periodicals and organisational archives, extensive biographical research and a broader examination of texts relating to food, dietary reform and allied reform movements, James Gregory provides us with the first fascinating foray into the impact of vegetarianism on the Victorians, the history of animal welfare, reform movements and food history.

Comment elever son chiot - l'ultime guide de l'education canine (French, Paperback): Zak Canin Comment elever son chiot - l'ultime guide de l'education canine (French, Paperback)
Zak Canin
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
le border collie (French, Paperback): Kiesgen De Richter le border collie (French, Paperback)
Kiesgen De Richter
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Compasi n - Con Pasi n (Spanish, Paperback): Celso Alonso Compasi n - Con Pasi n (Spanish, Paperback)
Celso Alonso
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kosmologie der W rde - Der Genozid an den Tieren (German, Paperback): Grischa Thomas W Eichfuss Kosmologie der W rde - Der Genozid an den Tieren (German, Paperback)
Grischa Thomas W Eichfuss
R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Por Que No Deberias Comer Carne - Enfermedades Creadas (Spanish, Paperback): Carlos L Partidas Por Que No Deberias Comer Carne - Enfermedades Creadas (Spanish, Paperback)
Carlos L Partidas
R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Every Twelve Seconds - Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight (Paperback): Timothy Pachirat Every Twelve Seconds - Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight (Paperback)
Timothy Pachirat
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A political scientist goes undercover in a modern industrial slaughterhouse for this twenty-first-century update of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle This is an account of industrialized killing from a participant's point of view. The author, political scientist Timothy Pachirat, was employed undercover for five months in a Great Plains slaughterhouse where 2,500 cattle were killed per day-one every twelve seconds. Working in the cooler as a liver hanger, in the chutes as a cattle driver, and on the kill floor as a food-safety quality-control worker, Pachirat experienced firsthand the realities of the work of killing in modern society. He uses those experiences to explore not only the slaughter industry but also how, as a society, we facilitate violent labor and hide away that which is too repugnant to contemplate. Through his vivid narrative and ethnographic approach, Pachirat brings to life massive, routine killing from the perspective of those who take part in it. He shows how surveillance and sequestration operate within the slaughterhouse and in its interactions with the community at large. He also considers how society is organized to distance and hide uncomfortable realities from view. With much to say about issues ranging from the sociology of violence and modern food production to animal rights and welfare, Every Twelve Seconds is an important and disturbing work.

Animales sagrados de la India (Spanish, Paperback): Enrique Gallud Jardiel Animales sagrados de la India (Spanish, Paperback)
Enrique Gallud Jardiel
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Belly Rubbins For Bubbins - The Story of a Rescue Dog (Paperback): Jason Kraus Belly Rubbins For Bubbins - The Story of a Rescue Dog (Paperback)
Jason Kraus; Illustrated by Connor DeHaan; Designed by Connor DeHaan
R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
That Sheep May Safely Graze - Rebuilding Animal Health Care in War-Torn Afghanistan (Paperback): David M Sherman That Sheep May Safely Graze - Rebuilding Animal Health Care in War-Torn Afghanistan (Paperback)
David M Sherman
R1,136 Discovery Miles 11 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The very mention of Afghanistan conjures images of war, international power politics, the opium trade, and widespread corruption. Yet the untold story of Afghanistan's seemingly endless misfortune is the disruptive impact that prolonged conflict has had on ordinary rural Afghans, their culture, and the timeless relationship they share with their land and animals. In rural Afghanistan, when animals die, livelihoods are lost, families and communities suffer, and people may perish. That Sheep May Safely Graze details a determined effort, in the midst of war, to bring essential veterinary services to an agrarian society that depends day in and day out on the well-being and productivity of its animals, but which, because of decades of war and the disintegration of civil society, had no reliable access to even the most basic animal health care. The book describes how, in the face of many obstacles, a dedicated group of Afghan and expatriate veterinarians working for a small non governmental organization (NGO) in Kabul was able to create a national network of over 400 veterinary field units staffed by over 600 veterinary para professionals. These paravets were selected by their own communities and then trained and outfitted by the NGO so that nearly every district in the country that needed basic veterinary services now has reliable access to such services. Most notably, over a decade after its inception and with Afghanistan still in free fall, this private sector, district-based animal health program remains vitally active. The community-based veterinary para professionals continue to provide quality services to farmers and herders, protecting their animals from the ravages of disease and improving their livelihoods, despite the political upheavals and instability that continue to plague the country. The elements contributing to this sustainability and their application to programs for improved veterinary service delivery in developing countries beyond Afghanistan are described in the narrative.

les plus belles races de chiens (French, Paperback): Francois Kiesgen De Richter les plus belles races de chiens (French, Paperback)
Francois Kiesgen De Richter
R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Linha Do Tempo - Rela  es Entre Humanos E OS Outros Animais: Misticismo, Teocentrismo, Antropocentrismo, Biocentrismo... Linha Do Tempo - Rela es Entre Humanos E OS Outros Animais: Misticismo, Teocentrismo, Antropocentrismo, Biocentrismo (Portuguese, Paperback)
Sergio Augusto
R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le guide du chiot berger allemand - Le guide du chiot berger allemand (French, Paperback): Pilou Le guide du chiot berger allemand - Le guide du chiot berger allemand (French, Paperback)
Pilou
R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Guide Du Chiot Malinois (French, Paperback): Pilou Le Guide Du Chiot Malinois (French, Paperback)
Pilou
R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
le guide du chiot laekenois (French, Paperback): Pilou le guide du chiot laekenois (French, Paperback)
Pilou
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Guide Du Chiot Groenendeal (French, Paperback): Pilou Le Guide Du Chiot Groenendeal (French, Paperback)
Pilou
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Guide Du Chiot Tervueren (French, Paperback): Pilou Le Guide Du Chiot Tervueren (French, Paperback)
Pilou
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
le border collie (French, Paperback): Francois Kiesgen De Richter le border collie (French, Paperback)
Francois Kiesgen De Richter
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hunting and the Ivory Tower - Essays by Scholars Who Hunt (Hardcover): Douglas Higbee, David Bruzina Hunting and the Ivory Tower - Essays by Scholars Who Hunt (Hardcover)
Douglas Higbee, David Bruzina; Foreword by Robert Demott
R1,135 R1,001 Discovery Miles 10 010 Save R134 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Seventeen hunter-scholars explore the hunting experience and question common negative stereotypes Despite the academy having a reputation for supporting broad and open inquiry in scholarship, some academics have not extended this open-minded support to colleagues' personal pursuits. A variety of scholars enjoy hunting, which has been stereotyped by some as an activity of the unsophisticated. In Hunting and the Ivory Tower, Douglas Higbee and David Bruzina present essays by seventeen hunter-scholars who explore the hunting experience and question negative assumptions about hunting made by intellectuals and academics who do not hunt. Higbee and Bruzina suspect most academics' understanding of hunting is based on brief television news reports of hunter-politicians and commercials for reality TV shows such as Duck Dynasty. The editors contend that few scholars appreciate the complexities of hunting or give much thought to its ethical, ecological, and cultural ramifications. Through this anthology they hope to start a conversation about both hunting and academia and how they relate. The contributors to this anthology, all academics from a variety of disciplines, have firsthand hunting experience. Their essays vary in style and tone from the scholarly to the personal and represent the different ways in which scholars engage with their avocation. The essays are grouped into three sections: the first focuses on the often-fraught relation between hunters and academic culture; the second section offers personal accounts of hunting by academics; and the third portrays hunting from an explicitly academic point of view, whether in terms of value theory, metaphysics, or history. Combined, these essays render hunting as a culturally rich, deeply personal, and intellectually satisfying experience worthy of further discussion. A foreword is provided by Robert DeMott, the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is a teacher, writer, critic, and internationally respected expert on novelist John Steinbeck.

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