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Anthrozoology : a study of human-animal interactions / edited by Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Standardized Title:
- Anthrozoology (Oxford University Press)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-animal relationships.
- Animals--Effect of human beings on.
- Animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 pages)
- Edition:
- New product edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Anthrozoology, the study of human-animal interactions (HAIs), has experienced substantial growth during the past 20 years and it is now timely to synthesise what we know from empirical evidence about our relationships with both domesticated and wild animals. Two principal points of focus have become apparent in much of this research. One is the realisation that the strength of these attachments not only has emotional benefits for people, but confers health benefits as well, such that a whole area has opened up of using companion animals for therapeutic purposes. The other is the recognition that the interactions we have with animals have consequences for their welfare too, and thus impact on their quality of life. Consequently we now study HAIs in all scenarios in which animals come into contact with humans.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-181522-5
- 0-19-106806-3
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