Livestock : food, fiber, and friends / Erin McKenna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenna, Erin, 1965- author.

Series:

Animals voices, animal worlds.

Animals Voices, Animal Worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare.

Livestock.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, 2018.

Summary:

Most livestock in America currently live in cramped and unhealthy confinement, have few stable social relationships with humans or others of their species, and finish their lives by being transported and killed under stressful conditions.In Livestock , Erin McKenna allows us to see this situation and presents alternatives.

Contents:

Respectful relationships: a pragmatist ecofeminist take on living with livestock

Fish and pragmatist philosophy: developing a Deweyan ethic

Beef cattle: animal welfare and Leopold's land ethic

In mixed company: deep ecology, meat consumption, and conservation

Ruminating with ruminants: rodeos, rights, and respectful use

Sheep and goats: an ecofeminist critique of Wendell Berry and Barbara Kingsolver

Dairies: animal welfare and Val Plumwood

Pork production: pigs and pragmatism

Poultry production: chickens, "chicks," and Carol Adams

Better options moving forward: examining slaughter and limiting consumption.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8203-5189-X

OCLC:

1028188135