Filling the Ark: Animal Welfare in Disasters
Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 (Original item from 2009)
General Animal Protection | Animal Welfare or Living Conditions
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Short Description:
When disasters strike, people are not the only victims. Hurricane Katrina raised public attention about how disasters affect dogs, cats, and other animals considered members of the human family. In this short book, sociologist Leslie Irvine goes beyond Katrina to examine how disasters like oil spills, fires, and other calamities affect various animal populations—on factory farms, in research facilities, and in the wild.
Abstract:
Filling the Ark argues that humans cause most of the risks faced by animals and urges for better decisions about the treatment of animals in disasters. Furthermore, it makes a broad appeal for the ethical necessity of better planning to keep animals out of jeopardy. Irvine not only offers policy recommendations and advice for evacuating animals, she also makes the case for rethinking our use of animals, suggesting ways to create more secure conditions.
The message of Filling the Ark is that once we realize how we make animals vulnerable to disasters, we can begin to question and change the practices that put them at risk.
Spot Check Number:
1246
Sponsor:
University of Colorado
Animal Type:
Various
Record Type:
Book
Research Method:
Unknown or Not Applicable
Geographic Region:
Worldwide
Year Conducted:
2009
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