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By:Animal Care Panel. Animal Facilities Standards Committee
Published on 1963 by
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Guide for laboratory animal facilities and care
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Animal Welfare & Human Values
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By:Rod Preece,Lorna Chamberlain
Published on 1993-06-24 by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 9780889202276
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As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society’s jurisdiction. They have been, in turn, puzzled, exasperated and horrified at humanity’s cruelty to our fellow sentient beings. The issues discussed in this book are the most contentious in animal welfare disputes — animal experimentation, fur-farming and trapping, the use of animals for human entertainment and the conditions under which animals are raised for human consumption. They are complex issues and should be thought about fairly and seriously. The authors, standing squarely on the side of the animals, suggest “community” and “belonging” as concepts through which to understand our relationships to other species. They ground their ideas in Wordsworth’s “primal sympathy” and Jung’s “unconscious identity” with the animal realm. The philosophy developed in this book embraces common sense and compromise as the surest paths to the goal of animal welfare. It requires respect and consideration for other species while acknowledging our primary obligations to our fellow humans.
Cybernetics Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
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By:Norbert Wiener
Published on 1961-01-01 by MIT Press
ISBN 9780262730099
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|It appers impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a ‘ must’ book for those in every branch of science . . . in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications. |It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist.| -- John B. Thurston, |The Saturday Review of Literature| Acclaimed one of the |seminal books . . . comparable in ultimate importance to . . . Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill,| |Cybernetics| was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the |past four decades, | which may have a substantial impact on public thought and action in the years ahead.| -- |Saturday Review|
Friday, September 28, 2018
The chemistry and technology of marine animal oils with particular reference to those of Canada
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By:Horace Nicholas Brocklesby
Published on 1941 by
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Control of Diets in Laboratory Animal Experimentation
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By:Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.). Committee on Laboratory Animal Diets
Published on 1978 by National Academies
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Is God a Vegetarian?
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By:Richard A. Young
Published on 1999 by Open Court Publishing
ISBN 9780812693935
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Young, |gives us a fresh reading of the Jewish and Christian traditions on animal-related issues, correcting misguided Christian views on the relation between humans and animals, while facing up to the hard questions for Christians who want to embrace vegetarianism as a morally responsible way of life.|--Cover.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Four Minus One
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Published on 1972 by
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The Washington Theater Club presents |Four Minus One,| |Animal| by Oliver Hailey, |The Deadly Delilah| by Raleigh Bond, |The Basement| by Harold Pinter, with James Brochu, Edmund Day, Bruce A. Goldstein, Lucy Lee Flippen, Jack Halstead, Mickey Hartnett, Susan Lipton, Ronn Robinson, John Seitz, Nelson Smith, Eric Tavaris, directed by Davey Marlin-Jones and Bill Walton, production stage manager B.C. May, designer T.C. Behrens, associate designer John H. Paull, lighting designer Michael J. Rosati, costume designer Madeleine Grigg.
Animal Traps and Trapping
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By:James A. Bateman
Published on 2003-10-01 by COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS
ISBN 9780954211776
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This is James Bateman's classic account of the history of animal traps which has become the standard work on the history of animal trapping. Animals of all kinds are covered, including mammals, birds, insects, fish and crustaceans.
Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology7
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By:William Howard Miller,Craig E. Griffin,Karen L. Campbell,George H. Muller
Published on 2013 by Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 9781416000280
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Rev. ed. of: Muller & Kirk's small animal dermatology. 6th ed. / Danny W. Scott, William H. Miller, Jr., Craig E. Griffin. c2001.
Animal Cruelty
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By:Linda Merz-Perez,Kathleen M. Heide
Published on 2004 by Rowman Altamira
ISBN 9780759103047
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Practitioners in the animal welfare field, law enforcement circles, and social services arena have often maintained that childhood cruelty to animals is a forerunner to violence against people. Does this behavior serve as a red flag with respect to extremely violent offenders, such as serial killers? Is it part of the cycle of violence associated with domestic abuse? Perez and Heide provide the first scientific examination of this relationship and examine issues of cruelty across different types of animals (pet, wild, stray, farm). The authors evaluate both qualitative and quantitative data to identify correlations between childhood cruelty and adult violent behavior, utilizing interviews and criminal records of violent and nonviolent inmates in a maximum security prison. Their findings will be of importance to a diverse audience, including researchers and practitioners in the field of juvenile justice, violence and domestic abuse, social welfare, animal welfare and animal rights and developmental psychologists and counselors, as well as law enforcement officers, district attorneys and judges, county and municipal officials, animal control officers, veterinarians, and school administrators, especially those concerned with intervention and prevention strategies.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Animal Adaptions for Survival
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By:Elizabeth Rose
Published on 2005-12-15 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 9781404228177
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Describes how animals adapt to survive changes in their environment.
Between Pets and People
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By:Alan M. Beck,Aaron Honori Katcher
Published on 1996 by Purdue University Press
ISBN 9781557530776
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Since the first edition of Between Pets and People in 1983, the authors' then-startling contention that pets benefit our mental and physical health has found wide acceptance. Evidence in our daily lives - in television pet food ads, in doctor's offices outfitted with aquaria - attests to how widely the belief in pets' therapeutic influence is now held. This revised edition of Between Pets and People, with additional data and case studies and expanded references - including a listing of Internet resources - and a foreword by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, analyzes the surprisingly complex relationships we have with our pets. This book contains an important lesson for everyone - to accept ourselves and others in the uncritical way that pets accept us, and come to terms with our own animal nature.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Animal Experimentation
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By:Vaughan Monamy
Published on 2000-09-14 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9780521667869
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What are the moral and ethical dimensions of animal research? What obligations do we have toward our animal subjects? In this important new book, students, researchers, and interested general readers will find a non-intimidating, readily comprehensible introduction to all the principal ethical issues and arguments in the animal experimentation debate. Vaughan Monamy covers the history and ethics of experimentation; discusses the moral status of animals and the obligations of researchers; and introduces alternatives to animal research. Although the work is aimed at those involved in the conduct, support, and teaching of animal-based research, its clarity of style will reach lay people and experts with equal ease. Monamy does justice to both the arguments that support and oppose animal experimentation, making this a balanced and objective study of a critical issue in contemporary biomedical science.
ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
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By:S.G. GOODRICH
Published on 1859 by
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General animal ecology
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By:T. N. Ananthakrishnan,T. R. Viswanathan
Published on 1976 by
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In Nature's Interests?
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By:Gary E. Varner
Published on 2002-03-21 by Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780195348521
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This book offers a powerful response to what Varner calls the |two dogmas of environmental ethics|--the assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. Allowing that every living organism has interests which ought, other things being equal, to be protected, Varner contends that some interests take priority over others. He defends both a sentientist principle giving priority to the lives of organisms with conscious desires and an anthropocentric principle giving priority to certain very inclusive interests which only humans have. He then shows that these principles not only comport with but provide significant support for environmental goals.
Schooling the Symbolic Animal
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By:Bradley A. Levinson
Published on 2000 by Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 9780742501201
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This anthology introduces some of the most influential literature shaping our understanding of the social and cultural foundations of education today. Together the selections provide students with a range of approaches for interpreting and designing educational experiences worthy of the multicultural societies of our present and future. The reprinted selections are contextualised in new interpretive essays written specifically for this volume.
Clinical Small Animal Care
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By:Kimm Wuestenberg
Published on 2012-05-01 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 9780813805146
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|Clinical Small Animal Care: Promoting Patient Health through Preventative Nursing| is an introduction to the principles of day-to-day veterinary practice, with coverage ranging from the initial assessment, fluid therapy monitoring, and perioperative management to care of animals with specific diseases. The book offers concrete guidance on best practices for promoting patient health in veterinary care, emphasizing specific techniques to prevent complications before they happen. A practical, clinically relevant resource for veterinary technicians, |Clinical Small Animal Care| provides step-by-step descriptions of the core tasks associated with examining, nursing, and monitoring small animal patients. Taking a hands-on approach to the fundamentals of clinical practice, the book gives specific advice for how to perform tasks associated with patient care. Chapters begin with basic information on topics such as husbandry and nutrition, then move into more specialized information on applied nursing and the care of tubes and catheters. The final section presents information on caring for animals with a variety of conditions organized by body system. |Clinical Small Animal Care: Promoting Patient Health through Preventative Nursing| offers veterinary technicians and nurses with achievable steps for improving health in their small animal patients. Key features Provides practical how-to guidance on performing tasks associated with veterinary care Focuses on avoiding complications, ensuring that the treatment doesn't introduce new health issues Offers step-by-step descriptions of the basic skills required of veterinary technicians and assistants Gives hands-on, clinically relevant information for assessing, treating, and monitoring small animal patients Covers topics ranging from basic hygiene and feeding to perioperative management and hospice care Includes access to a companion website with images available for download and editable forms at www.wiley.com/go/wuestenberg Related titles |Veterinary Technician's Manual for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care|Edited by Christopher Norkus9780813810577 |Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses|By Charlotte Donohoe9780813814841 |Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control|Edited by Linda Caveney and Barbara Jones with Kimberly Ellis9780813815343
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Animal-assisted Interventions for Individuals with Autism
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By:Merope Pavlides
Published on 2008-04-15 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 9781846427954
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This book looks at how therapies involving animals can be used to help individuals with autism to develop skills, including sensory and social skills, to manage challenging behaviors, and improve quality of life. Whether participating in therapeutic horseback riding, utilizing a trained service dog, visiting a dolphin therapy center, or simply experiencing companion animal therapy, people with autism can reap a multitude of benefits from interaction with furry, feathered, and finned friends. Merope Pavlides relates the success stories of different animal-assisted interventions, as well as noting the challenges of working with particular animal species. She also emphasizes the importance of tailoring interventions to the specific needs of the individual and of monitoring progress. With recommendations for resources and further reading, this book will be of great interest to people with autism, their parents, and the professionals who work with them.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Animal Welfare
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By:John Webster
Published on 2008-04-15 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 9781405171458
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There has been a recent explosion of active concern in matters of animal welfare. The science behind animal welfare has progressed significantly, new codes of practice and legislation have come into to being, and innovative methods to assess welfare schemes for food production have emerged. Part of a major animal welfare series, Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden is John Webster’s new and groundbreaking work on animal welfare. Building on his first book, the highly acclaimed Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden, it not only critically reviews areas of development, but looks to how animal welfare can be improved in the future. Special consideration is given to: Defining animal welfare (‘fit and happy’) and establishing a systematic approach for its evaluation (the ‘five freedoms’); Providing a sound ethical framework that affords proper respect to animals within the broader context of our duties as citizens to the welfare of society; Developing comprehensive, robust protocols for assessing animal welfare and the provisions that constitute good husbandry; Introducing an education policy that will increase human awareness of animal welfare problems and promote action to reduce suffering. This book is part of the UFAW/Wiley-Blackwell Animal Welfare Book Series. This major series of books produced in collaboration between UFAW (The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare), and Wiley-Blackwell provides an authoritative source of information on worldwide developments, current thinking and best practice in the field of animal welfare science and technology. For details of all of the titles in the series see www.wiley.com/go/ufaw.
Animal and Shaman
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By:Julian Baldick
Published on 2000 by I.B.Tauris
ISBN 9781860644313
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Many of the religious practices of historical peoples, for example the Huns, Romans, Turks and Mongols derive from much older Asian traditions. The Huns, for example, practised divination through examining the bones of livestock, something which shares many affinities with the Inner Eurasian tradition of interpreting the future through studying the scorch marks on the burnt shoulder blades of sheep. This comparative study of pre-Christian and pre-Muslim religious practices of Central Asia focuses in particular on the role of animals and shamans, as well as different forms of worship and spirituality among various cultural groups: Inner Eurasia, Turks, Mongols, Tunguz and Manchus.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Thinking Animals
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By:Kari Weil
Published on 2012-05-01 by Columbia University Press
ISBN 9780231519847
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Animal studies has emerged as a major field within the humanities, despite its challenge to the very notion of the “human” that shapes humanities scholarship. Kari Weil investigates the rise of animal studies and its singular reading of literature and philosophy through the lens of human-animal relations and difference, providing not only a critical introduction to the field but also an appreciation of its thrilling acts of destabilization. Weil explores the mechanisms we use to build knowledge of other animals, to understand ourselves in relation to other animals, and to represent animals in literature, philosophy, theory, art, and cultural practice. Examining real and imagined confrontations between human and nonhuman animals, she charts the presumed lines of difference between human beings and other species and the personal, ethical, and political implications of those boundaries. Her considerations recast the work of such authors as Kafka, Mann, Woolf, and Coetzee, and such philosophers as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Deleuze, Agamben, Cixous, and Hearne, while incorporating the aesthetic perspectives of such visual artists as Bill Viola, Frank Noelker, and Sam Taylor-Wood and the “visual thinking” of the autistic animal scientist Temple Grandin. Weil addresses theories of pet keeping and domestication; the importance of animal agency; the intersection of animal studies, disability studies, and ethics; and the role of gender, shame, love, and grief in shaping our attitudes toward animals. Exposing humanism’s conception of the human as a biased illusion, and embracing posthumanism’s acceptance of human and animal entanglement, Weil unseats the comfortable assumptions of humanist thought and its species-specific distinctions.
Animal Minds and Human Morals
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By:Richard Sorabji
Published on 1995 by Cornell University Press
ISBN 9780801482984
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Sorabji surveys a vast range of Greek philosophical texts and considers how classical discussions of animals' capacities intersect with central questions, not only in ethics but in the definition of human rationality as well.
My Little Animal Book
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By:Jo Rigg
Published on 2006-11-14 by Macmillan
ISBN 9780312497316
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Presents pictures of different animals arranged into such groups as farm babies, pets, African animals, reptiles, and bugs. On board pages.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Animals and Society
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By:Margo DeMello
Published on 2012 by Columbia University Press
ISBN 9780231152945
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Considering that much of human society is structured through its interaction with non-human animals, and since human society relies heavily on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, human--animal studies has become a rapidly expanding field of research, featuring a number of distinct positions, perspectives, and theories that require nuanced explanation and contextualization. The first book to provide a full overview of human--animal studies, this volume focuses on the conceptual construction of animals in American culture and the way in which it reinforces and perpetuates hierarchical human relationships rooted in racism, sexism, and class privilege. Margo DeMello considers interactions between humans and animals within the family, the law, the religious and political system, and other major social institutions, and she unpacks the different identities humans fashion for themselves and for others through animals. Essays also cover speciesism and evolutionary continuities; the role and preservation of animals in the wild; the debate over zoos and the use of animals in sports; domestication; agricultural practices such as factory farming; vivisection; animal cruelty; animal activism; the representation of animals in literature and film; and animal ethics. Sidebars highlight contemporary controversies and issues, with recommendations for additional reading, educational films, and related websites. DeMello concludes with an analysis of major philosophical positions on human social policy and the future of human--animal relations.
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