How Shelter Pets are Brokered for Experimentation - Understanding Pound Seizure (Hardcover)

Back in the 1940s, the practice referred to as Opound seizureO became a common practice in taxpayer-funded animal shelters across the country. Whether for cosmetic testing, human or animal drug testing, medical technique and tool testing, or biochemical testing, these once-family pets are subjected to experimentation that often ends in death. While many states fail to keep accurate data, the number of pets that become victims of pound seizure easily reaches the thousands and though most citizens are unaware of the practice, it may very well be happening at their local animal shelter. Pound seizure remains a dirty little secret in American society, but the practice is moving toward extinction with the help of local citizens advocating for change at their shelter, as well as animal rescue and welfare organizations providing assistance and advocacy. Learning more about the practice, as well as alternatives, will help give readers a fuller picture of whatOs happening in American animal shelters and what they can do to stem the tide of dealers and brokers sweeping off animals to their almost-certain demise.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	Allie Phillips
Dimensions:	240 x 162 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-1-4422-0211-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General
LSN:	1-4422-0211-4
Barcode:	9781442202115

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