{"title":"How Do Humans “Think About Thinking About Horses”?, written by Rosalie Jones McVey","authors":"Kristen Guest","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":"4 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141106895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anthropomorphizing Animals: Foxhunting Stories and the Nature Faker Controversy","authors":"Angela Fernandez","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10198","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000This paper uses a selection of foxhunting stories to explore the way in which anthropomorphized foxes were used to communicate pro-hunting messages to their mostly young readers. These justifications also appeared in nonfictional foxhunting sporting literature. Indeed, this literature included some of the same incredible anecdotes that also appeared in the work of nature writers at the turn of the twentieth century such as Charles G.D. Roberts and Ernest Thompson Seton working in a new sympathetic genre called the “animal story.” These writers found themselves under attack because naturalists like John Burroughs, and hunters, including President Theodore Roosevelt, found their stories to be inaccurate and anthropocentric. Roosevelt dubbed them the “nature fakers.” Foxhunting “histories” employed imaginative material and much anthropomorphism but were not attacked for doing so. This tends to indicate that anthropomorphisms were more acceptable when they were facilitating animal exploitation than when they were used to promote the perspective of nonhuman animals.","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":"28 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141117662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Szydlowski, Kristine Hill, Sarah Oxley Heaney, Jes Hooper, Gill Howarth, Irene Perrett, Louise Hayward, Thomas Aiello
{"title":"Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP): A Student Conference in Animal Studies 2023","authors":"M. Szydlowski, Kristine Hill, Sarah Oxley Heaney, Jes Hooper, Gill Howarth, Irene Perrett, Louise Hayward, Thomas Aiello","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":"17 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141119760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can We Ignore Animal Suffering?","authors":"Kristine Hill","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10201","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":" 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141001141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annick Maujean, Marie Downes, E. Sofija, Joshua Byrnes, M. Downes
{"title":"“Caring For Their Pet More Than Themselves”: Attitudes toward Homeless People with a Companion Animal","authors":"Annick Maujean, Marie Downes, E. Sofija, Joshua Byrnes, M. Downes","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10194","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Homelessness is a significant social problem internationally and some people who are homeless rely on their companion animal for comfort and support. It is unknown what attitudes Australian communities have regarding people who are homeless and have a companion animal. This study aims to explore public attitudes and knowledge about the issues homeless people with a companion animal are likely to experience in their daily lives. 125 non-homeless individuals completed an online survey. Qualitative analysis conducted on participants responses to the survey indicate that in general the Australian population is supportive and sympathetic to the plight of homeless people with companion animals. In addition, participants displayed good levels of awareness of the key issues and benefits associated with having a companion animal when homeless. Favorable opinions can influence policy development to support the plight of homeless people with companion animals to find a place to call home.","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":"92 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141004221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fearsome Game, Popular Meat, Symbolic Wealth: Human-Pig Relations in Pre-Islamic Java","authors":"Tom Hoogervorst, Jiří Jákl","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10197","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000The Indonesian island of Java has been at the center of the world’s oldest interactions between humans and pigs. This article scrutinizes the complexities of human-pig relations through premodern texts. Philology remains uncommon in studying the past of nonhuman animals, yet its insights are highly relevant. Old Javanese poems and inscriptions differentiate two species: the Javan warty pig and the Eurasian wild pig. Both influenced human societies, including in the realm of religion, class, and gender. The textual record further reveals that pigs were regularly hunted and consumed by elites and commoners alike, and also played a role in rituals. Full domestication can be dated to the eleventh century and apparently coincided with urbanization and growing population density. By that time, pigs had come to symbolize wealth, as seen from Java’s unique piggybanks. Yet wild populations of pigs persisted and their aggression and fighting skills were both feared and respected.","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141002729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven, written by Rafael Rachel Neis","authors":"Aaron Gross","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10196","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":" 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140684907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“A Trade Like Any Other”? Social and Moral Taint in Animal Dirty Work","authors":"Gabriela Jarzębowska","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10195","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000This article analyzes the discursive practices related to the professional identity of rat exterminators. I build on the framework of “dirty work” to demonstrate that social and moral taint are central elements in the narrativization of these identities. The study reveals that this identity is constructed on two levels: social, which designates identity built in opposition to the perceived negative social reception, and individual, the “internal” work of facing the ethical challenges associated with the profession, especially with killing animals. These two levels of identity work have a common core, which is a belief in the social utility of extermination work. Based on interviews, I identify four strategies used to rationalize eradication of rodents.","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":" 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140689087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madalyn Rantala, Kara I. Gabriel, Jennifer Lipton, J. B. Mulcahy
{"title":"Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction Within Sanctuary-Based Primate Husbandry","authors":"Madalyn Rantala, Kara I. Gabriel, Jennifer Lipton, J. B. Mulcahy","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10193","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Animal-care workers are at risk of compassion fatigue (i.e., experiencing burnout and secondary traumatic stress [STS]) which has been shown to adversely impact employee wellbeing, organizational productivity, and caregiving quality in other caregiving fields. The current cross-cultural analysis explored compassion fatigue among 46 primate sanctuary workers across three continents who completed the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale and Trauma-Informed Organizational Culture (TIOC) survey, and answered questions about their work. Higher compassion satisfaction (CS) and lower compassion fatigue were observed in primate care workers compared to previously published animal-care worker samples. CS negatively correlated with burnout whereas burnout positively correlated with STS. Workplace support positively correlated with CS while supervisory and peer support negatively correlated with burnout. Lastly, African-residing respondents had higher burnout and STS than did European- and North American-residing respondents and more often mentioned conservation concerns and recovery and release of animals as important elements of their work.","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":"17 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140737915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Kelling, Megan L. Wilson, Allison L. Martin, Sarah Barker, S. Mallavarapu
{"title":"Exploring Best Practices in Constructing Dog Adoption Advertisements","authors":"A. Kelling, Megan L. Wilson, Allison L. Martin, Sarah Barker, S. Mallavarapu","doi":"10.1163/15685306-bja10192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10192","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000A primary goal of animal shelters is to adopt animals into permanent homes. Many potential adopters learn about adoptable animals via online advertisements. It remains unclear how to best format these advertisements to increase the likelihood of a successful adoption. Participants (N = 561) completed a questionnaire after viewing fictional dog adoption advertisements in which certain characteristics were systematically varied. Results indicated that characteristics of the advertisements influenced participant opinions. Participants showed preference for advertisements in paragraphs over those written as bullet points. Participants’ perceptions of the dog and their ability to identify potential behavioral challenges were influenced by the type of language used in the advertisements. Participants expressed interest in having additional information in the advertisements, including information about the dog’s behavior. Our findings can help guide the content and structure of dog adoption advertisements to maximize information transfer, meet reader expectations, and result in more successful adoptions.","PeriodicalId":506309,"journal":{"name":"Society & Animals","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140736359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}