Some we love, some we hate, some we eat : why it's so hard to think straight about animals /: why it's so hard to think straight about animals. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hal Herzog.
• Other Names: Herzog, Hal
• Contents: Introduction: Why is it so hard to think straight about animals? -- Anthrozoology : the new science of human-animal interactions -- The importance of being cute : why we think what we think about creatures that don't think like us -- Pet-o-philia : why do humans (and only humans) love pets? -- Friends, foes, and fashion statements : the human-dog relationship -- "Prom queen kills first deer on sixteenth birthday" : gender and the human-animal relationship -- In the eyes of the beholder : the comparative cruelty of cockfights and Happy Meals -- Delicious, dangerous, disgusting, and dead : the human-meat relationship -- The moral status of mice : the use of animals in science -- The cats in our houses, the cows on our plates : are we all hypocrites? -- The carnivorous yahoo within ourselves : dealing with moral inconsistency.
• Publisher Details: New York : Harper
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages)
• Subjects: 304.2/7; Human-animal relationships; Interdisciplinary research; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Human-animal relationships; Interdisciplinary research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062010704; 0062010700
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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