The Ethics of Captivity

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In the United States roughly 2 million people are incarcerated; billions of animals are held captive (and then killed) in the food industry every year; hundreds of thousands of animals are kept in laboratories; thousands are in zoos and aquaria; millions of "pets" are captive in our homes.

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Full title :The Ethics of Captivity / edited by Lori Gruen.

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Publication Date:2014

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

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Description:xii, 276 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

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ISBN:9780199977994, 0199977992, 9780199978007, 019997800X
oclc:ocn870290956
LC Classification:HV4708
Dewey Decimal:179/.3

Canis familiaris: companion and captive / Alexandra Horowitz -- Cetacean captivity / Lori Marino -- Captive elephants / Catherine Doyle -- Captive chimpanzees / Stephen R. Ross -- Rabbits in captivity / Margo DeMello -- Captivity in the context of a sanctuary for formerly farmed animals / Miriam Jones -- Life behind bars / John Bryant, James Davis, David Haywood, Clyde Meikle, and Andre Pierce -- Political captivity / Lauren Gazzola -- For their own good: captive cats and routine confinement / Clare Palmer and Peter Sandøe -- Born in chains? The ethics of animal domestication / Alasdair Cochrane -- The confinement of animals used in laboratory research: conceptual and ethical issues / Robert Streiffer -- Captive for life: conserving extinct in the wild species through ex situ breeding / Irus Braverman -- Sanctuary, not remedy: the problem of captivity and the need for moral repair / Karen S. Emmerman -- Dignity, captivity, and an ethics of sight / Lori Gruen -- Coercian and captivity / Lisa Rivera.

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Animal rights Animaux -- Droits Autonomie Autonomy Captivité -- Aspect moral Captivity -- Moral and ethical aspects Dignité Dignity Djurrätt Einschließung Ethik Gefangenschaft Unfreiheit