Animal Welfare & Human ValuesWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1993 M06 24 - 334 páginas 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. |
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... perhaps best left unrecognized . There are a number of people , however , whose contributions have been such that we owe them a special debt of gratitude : Sandra Woolfrey , director of WLU Press , who first suggested the book be ...
... perhaps either to conjure up in reality what was depicted in art or to appease and claim the souls of the game . It is estimated that these ritualistic and highly skilled works of art are some 20,000 or more years old . Certainly there ...
... perhaps surprising reflection on the propensity of a significant proportion of the male populations of Western civilizations to continue to hunt for game today to note that the economic necessity of the hunt was beginning to wane some ...
... perhaps more surprisingly , to mongooses , scorpions , frogs and dung beetles . In and around Egypt among one or more tribes at one time or another we find the inhabitants praying to gods which resembled crocodiles , antelopes , rams ...
... Perhaps , though , this is not so different from the Western tradition . While the Romans gleefully sacrificed gladiators , Christians , and animals , they expressed due reverence for the Stoicism which preached virtue and claimed in ...
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Animal Experimentation The Alternatives | 73 |
Animal Experimentation Legislation and Assessment | 85 |
Hunting Fishing and Fowling | 103 |
Animals in Entertainment Zoos Aquaria and Circuses | 185 |
Of Farms and Factories | 211 |
Companion Animals | 229 |
The Community of Sentient Beings | 243 |
The Philosophy of Animal Rights | 265 |
The Philosophy of Animal Protection | 283 |
Epilogue Ode to Sensibility | 307 |
Select Bibliography | 317 |
Frivolous Fur Veneration and Environmentalism | 123 |
Frivolous Fur Trappers Clubbers and Farmers | 139 |
Animals in Entertainment Racing Riding and Fighting | 161 |
Index | 321 |