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The Call of the Wild (Paperback): Jack London The Call of the Wild (Paperback)
Jack London
R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Call of the Wild (Paperback): Jack London The Call of the Wild (Paperback)
Jack London
R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
After the Forests - Thailand's Captive Elephants and Their People (Paperback): Nikki Savvides After the Forests - Thailand's Captive Elephants and Their People (Paperback)
Nikki Savvides
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pets and People - The Ethics of Our Relationships with Companion Animals (Paperback): Christine Overall Pets and People - The Ethics of Our Relationships with Companion Animals (Paperback)
Christine Overall
R1,437 Discovery Miles 14 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Animal ethics is generating growing interest both within academia and outside it. This book focuses on ethical issues connected to animals who play an extremely important role in human lives: companion animals ("pets"), with a special emphasis on dogs and cats, the animals most often chosen as pets. Companion animals are both vulnerable to and dependent upon us. What responsibilities do we owe to them, especially since we have the power and authority to make literal life-and-death decisions about them? What kinds of relationships should we have with our companion animals? And what might we learn from cats and dogs about the nature and limits of our own morality? The contributors write from a variety of philosophical perspectives, including utilitarianism, care ethics, feminist ethics, phenomenology, and the genealogy of ideas. The eighteen chapters are divided into two sections, to provide a general background to ethical debate about companion animals, followed by a focus on a number of crucial aspects of human relationships to companion animals. The first section discusses the nature of our relationships to companion animals, the foundations of our moral responsibilities to companion animals, what our relationships with companion animals teach us, and whether animals themselves can act ethically. The second part explores some specific ethical issues related to crucial aspects of companion animals' lives-breeding, reproduction, sterilization, cloning, adoption, feeding, training, working, sexual interactions, longevity, dying, and euthanasia.

Man is the Cruelest Animal - Essays on the Human-Animal Link (Paperback): Lyle Munro Man is the Cruelest Animal - Essays on the Human-Animal Link (Paperback)
Lyle Munro
R1,307 R1,086 Discovery Miles 10 860 Save R221 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Animal Wisdom Tales - Messages of Love from Pets and Wild Animals (Paperback): Suzanne Thibault Animal Wisdom Tales - Messages of Love from Pets and Wild Animals (Paperback)
Suzanne Thibault
R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
100 Reasons for Vegan - Ethical Badass Correct! (Paperback): Sebastian Schafer 100 Reasons for Vegan - Ethical Badass Correct! (Paperback)
Sebastian Schafer; Barbara Schafer
R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wolves at the Door - Migration, Dehumanization, Rewilding the World (Paperback): Peter Arnds Wolves at the Door - Migration, Dehumanization, Rewilding the World (Paperback)
Peter Arnds
R1,048 Discovery Miles 10 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In view of the current rhetoric surrounding the global migrant crisis - with politicians comparing refugees with animals and media reports warning of migrants swarming like insects or trespassing like wolves - this timely study explores the cultural origins of the language and imagery of dehumanization. Situated at the junction of literature, politics, and ecocriticism, Wolves at the Door traces the history of the wolf metaphor in discussions of race, gender, colonialism, fascism, and ecology. How have 'Gypsies', Jews, Native Americans but also 'wayward' women been 'wolfed' in literature and politics? How has the wolf myth been exploited by Hitler, Mussolini and Turkish ultra-nationalism? How do right-wing politicians today exploit the reappearance of wolves in Central Europe in the context of the migration discourse? And while their reintroduction in places like Yellowstone has fuelled heated debates, what is the wolf's role in ecological rewilding and for the restoration of biodiversity? In today's fraught political climate, Wolves at the Door alerts readers to the links between stereotypical images, their cultural history, and their political consequences. It raises awareness about xenophobia and the dangers of nationalist idolatry, but also highlights how literature and the visual arts employ the wolf myth for alternative messages of tolerance and cultural diversity.

Egalite (Paperback): Timothy Eves Egalite (Paperback)
Timothy Eves
R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Addresses and Essays on Vegetarianism (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Anna Bonus Kingsford Addresses and Essays on Vegetarianism (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Anna Bonus Kingsford
R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Some Fantastic Place - Essays on Non-humans and Yahoomans (Paperback): Randy Shields Some Fantastic Place - Essays on Non-humans and Yahoomans (Paperback)
Randy Shields
R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Some Fantastic Place - Essays on Non-humans and Yahoomans (Paperback): Randy Shields Some Fantastic Place - Essays on Non-humans and Yahoomans (Paperback)
Randy Shields
R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Engaging with Animals - Interpretations of a Shared Existence (Paperback): Georgette Leah Burns, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Mandy... Engaging with Animals - Interpretations of a Shared Existence (Paperback)
Georgette Leah Burns, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Mandy Paterson
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Humans and nonhuman animals engage with each other in a multitude of fascinating ways. They have always done so, motivated by both necessity and choice. Yet, as human population numbers increase and our impact on the planet expands, this engagement takes on new meanings and requires new understanding.In Engaging with Animals: Interpretations of a Shared Existence experts in the field of human-animal studies investigate, from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the ways in which humans and other animals interact. Grouped into three broad sections, the chapters focus on themes ranging from attitudes, ethics and interactions to history, art and literature, and finally animal welfare outcomes. While offering different interpretations of human-non-human interactions, they share a common goal in attempting to find pathways leading to a mutually beneficial and shared co-existence.

Cheering for the Underdog - A Rescue Dog's Quest (Paperback): Justo Borrero Cheering for the Underdog - A Rescue Dog's Quest (Paperback)
Justo Borrero; Alexandra Bach-Weidmuller
R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Family Are the Friends You Choose (Paperback, Revised edition): Marthe Kiley-Worthington Family Are the Friends You Choose (Paperback, Revised edition)
Marthe Kiley-Worthington
R856 Discovery Miles 8 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cat Who Came to Dinner - A True Rags to Riches Story (Paperback): Elizabeth Downey The Cat Who Came to Dinner - A True Rags to Riches Story (Paperback)
Elizabeth Downey
R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Journey with Ernie - Lessons from a Turkey Dog (Paperback): Heidi Speece My Journey with Ernie - Lessons from a Turkey Dog (Paperback)
Heidi Speece
R326 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Save R20 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
BrodyMonster - A Perfectionist and the World's Most Imperfect Terrier (Paperback): Liz Maritz BrodyMonster - A Perfectionist and the World's Most Imperfect Terrier (Paperback)
Liz Maritz
R340 R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Save R18 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
'I Can't Watch Anymore' - The Case for Dropping Equestrian from the Olympic Games (Paperback): Julie Taylor 'I Can't Watch Anymore' - The Case for Dropping Equestrian from the Olympic Games (Paperback)
Julie Taylor
R495 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R32 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alarms and Excursions in Arabia - The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman. (Paperback): Ibn Al... Alarms and Excursions in Arabia - The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman. (Paperback)
Ibn Al Hamra; Thomas Bertram
R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Infamous - Tiger King: The Ultimate Exotic Edition (Paperback): Michael Frizell Infamous - Tiger King: The Ultimate Exotic Edition (Paperback)
Michael Frizell; Contributions by Joe Paradise; Edited by Darren G Davis
R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Conservation Collection AU - Critically Endangered - Reptiles (Paperback): Hannah Rowland Conservation Collection AU - Critically Endangered - Reptiles (Paperback)
Hannah Rowland; Illustrated by Sophie Corso
R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Re/Thinking Chickens - The Discourse around Chicken Farming in British Newspapers and Campaigners' Magazines, 1982 - 2016... Re/Thinking Chickens - The Discourse around Chicken Farming in British Newspapers and Campaigners' Magazines, 1982 - 2016 (Paperback)
Elena Lazutkaite; Preface by Judith Still
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Total Revolution? An Outsider History Of Hardline - From Vegan Straight Edge And Radical Animal Rights To Millenarian Mystical... Total Revolution? An Outsider History Of Hardline - From Vegan Straight Edge And Radical Animal Rights To Millenarian Mystical Muslims And Antifascist Fascism (Paperback)
Phoenix X Eeyore
R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Tales of Detective Super Skunk Saving America - Saving America (Paperback): Barbara J Satterfield Tales of Detective Super Skunk Saving America - Saving America (Paperback)
Barbara J Satterfield
R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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