Full Description
This Handbook fills a large gap in current scholarly literature on animal abuse studies. It moves considerably beyond the debate that has traditionally dominated the discourse of animal abuse - the link between one-on-one interpersonal violence and animal abuse - and towards those institutionalised forms of animal abuse which are routine, everyday, socially acceptable and invisibilised. Chapters from expert contributors raise issues such as: the use of animals as edibles; vivisection; animal sexual assault; animals used in sport and hunting; animal trafficking; the use of animals by youth gangs, by other groups and in war; species extinction; and the passivity of national and international organisations in combating animal abuse. The Handbook is a unique text: it is essential reading for students, researchers, academics, activists and policy makers involved in understanding and preventing animal abuse.
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Breeding and Selling Domestic Animals.- 3. Physical Cruelty to Companion Animals.- 4. Animal Sexual Assault.- 5. Animal Neglect.- 6. Animal Hoarding.- 7. Status Dogs.- 8. Breeding and Rearing Farmed Animals.- 9. Animal Slaughter.- 10. Collecting of Wildlife.- 11. International Trade in Animals and Animal Parts.- 12. Animal Abuse resulting from Wildlife Habitat Destruction.- 13. Animal Racing.- 14. Hunting and Shooting.- 15. Fish/Animals in Aquariums.- 16. Animal Fighting.- 17. Abuse of Shelter Animals in Laboratory Experimentation.- 18. Animal Abuse in Science.- 19. Harms to Police Dogs.- 20. Conservation and Invasive Alien Species.- 21. Legal and Illegal Theriocide of Trafficked Animals.- 22. Animals in War.- 23. Interventions with Animal Abuse Offenders
