The lives and deaths of shelter animals

Monster is an adult pit bull, muscular and grey, who is impounded in a large animal shelter in Los Angeles. Like many other dogs at the shelter, Monster is associated with marginalized humans and assumed to embody certain behaviors because of his breed. And like approximately one million shelter ani...

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Main Author: Guenther, Katja M
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford Stanford University Press 2020
Edition:1
Subjects:
Animal rights > United States
animal shelter
Animal shelters > United States > Sociological aspects
animal studies
animal welfare
Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
class
companion animals
Euthanasia of animals > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
gender
Power (Social sciences) > United States
race
resistance
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
social inequalities
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Volunteer workers in animal shelters > United States
volunteerism
animal shelter
social inequalities
race
gender
animal welfare
volunteerism
animal studies
class
resistance
companion animals
ISBN:1503612031, 9781503612037, 9781503612860, 1503612864
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Summary:Monster is an adult pit bull, muscular and grey, who is impounded in a large animal shelter in Los Angeles. Like many other dogs at the shelter, Monster is associated with marginalized humans and assumed to embody certain behaviors because of his breed. And like approximately one million shelter animals each year, Monster will be killed. The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals takes us inside one of the country's highest-intake animal shelters. Katja M. Guenther witnesses the dramatic variance in the narratives assigned different animals, including Monster, which dictate their chances for survival. She argues that these inequalities are powerfully linked to human ideas about race, class, gender, ability, and species. Guenther deftly explores internal hierarchies, breed discrimination, and importantly, instances of resistance and agency.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-286) and index
ISBN:1503612031
9781503612037
9781503612860
1503612864
DOI:10.1515/9781503612860