Format:
Online-Ressource
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9783662458341
Series Statement:
Animal welfare volume 15
Content:
This timely book describes and analyses a neglected area of the history of concern for animal welfare, discussing the ends and means of the capture, transport, housing and training of performing animals, as well as the role of pressure groups, politics, the press and vested interests. It examines primary source material of considerable interdisciplinary interest, and addresses the influence of scientific and veterinary opinion and the effectiveness of proposals for supervisory legislation, noting the current international status and characteristics of present-day practice within the commercial sector. Animal performance has a long history, and at the beginning of the twentieth century this aspect of popular entertainment became the subject not just of a major public controversy but also of prolonged British parliamentary attention to animal welfare. Following an assessment of the use of trained animals in the more distant historical past, the book charts the emergence of criticism and analyses the arguments and evidence used by the opponents and proponents in Britain from the early twentieth century to the present, noting comparable events in the United States and elsewhere
Note:
Includes bibliographical reference and index
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Series Preface; Reference; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Legacy of Animal Performance; 2.1 From the Classical World to the Nineteenth Century; 2.2 Emerging Opposition; References; (Articles in periodicals are anonymous or untitled unless otherwise shown); Chapter 3: Open Debate in the British Parliament and Beyond; 3.1 Parliamentary Enquiries, Bills, and Legislation; 3.2 Select Committee Witnesses and Reliability of Evidence; 3.3 Press and Political Interest; 3.4 Professionals´ Perceptions of the RSPCA, PADL, and Public Opinion
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3.5 Organized Defence of Animal Performance3.6 Commercial Pressures and the Manager´s Perspective; 3.7 Racial Prejudice in the Controversy; 3.8 The Employee´s Environment: Job Security and Tipping; 3.9 The Question of Dignity and of Effects on Children; 3.10 Human Casualties; References; (Articles in periodicals are anonymous or untitled unless otherwise shown.); Chapter 4: Means and Ends; 4.1 Capture, Transport and Captivity; 4.2 Wild, `Docile´ and Domesticated Animals and the Age Factor in Training; 4.3 Unnatural and Terrifying Acts?; 4.4 Taming and Training: By Fear or `Kindness´?
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4.5 Training for Quick Results and Performance to Timetable4.6 Black Sheep; 4.7 Health, Veterinary Opinion and Psychological Suffering; References; (Articles in periodicals are anonymous or untitled unless otherwise shown); Chapter 5: Unfinished Business; 5.1 Secrecy, Inspection and Licensing Proposals; 5.2 The Effect of the Law; 5.3 Attempts at New Legislation; References; (Articles in periodicals are anonymous or untitled unless otherwise shown); Chapter 6: Agitation After the Act; 6.1 Edmund MacMichael and the Performing Animals´ Defence League
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6.1.1 Confrontation with Ernest Bell and Realignment6.1.2 The Campaign Against Bertram Mills, Lord Lonsdale, Billy Smart and Others; 6.1.3 Relations with Sir Robert Gower and the RSPCA; 6.1.4 Problems with the Establishment; 6.2 Performing Animals in Film; 6.3 Animal Performance and Applied Science; References; (Articles in periodicals are anonymous or untitled unless otherwise shown); Chapter 7: Conclusion; Reference; Index
Additional Edition:
3662458349
Additional Edition:
9783662458334
Additional Edition:
9783662458341
Additional Edition:
Print version The Welfare of Performing Animals : A Historical Perspective
Language:
English
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