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Wildlife as Property Owners A New Conception of Animal Rights

Bradshaw Karen

ISBN: PB: 9780226571362, ISBN: HB: 9780226571225, University of Chicago Press, November 2020
152 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Humankind coexists with every other living thing. People drink the same water, breathe the same air, and share the same land as other animals. Yet, property law reflects a general assumption that only people can own land. The effects of this presumpt...

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Dogs

What Is a Dog?

Coppinger Raymond, Coppinger Lorna

ISBN: PB: 9780226478227, ISBN: HB: 9780226127941, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 colour plates, 13 halftones, 4 line drawings

Of the world's dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are five times as many dogs who are their own masters – neighborhood dogs, dump...

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Wattana An Orangutan in Paris

Herzfeld Chris

ISBN: HB: 9780226168593, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 22 halftones

She likes tea, sews, draws on papers and is a self-taught master of tying and untying knots. But she is not a crafty woman of the DIY set: she is Wattana, an orangutan who lives in the Jardin des Plantes Zoo in Paris. And it is in Paris where Chris H...

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Wolves on the Hunt The Behavior of Wolves Hunting Wild Prey

Mech L. David, Smith Douglas W., MacNulty Daniel R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226255149, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
208 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 28 colour plates, 44 halftones, 3 line drawings, 6 tables

The interactions between apex predators and their prey are some of the most awesome and meaningful in nature – displays of strength, endurance, and a deep coevolutionary history. And there is perhaps no apex predator more impressive and important in...

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Wild Cat Book Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats

Sunquist Fiona, Sunquist Mel

ISBN: HB: 9780226780269, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
280 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 137 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing

From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and cultures. But the dom...

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Wild Mammals in Captivity Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management, Second Edition

Kleiman Devra G., Thompson Katerina V., Kirk Baer Charlotte

ISBN: PB: 9780226440101, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
592 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 67 tables, 100 halftones, 39 line illus.

Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on "Wild Mammals in Captivity" as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a...

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Wild Justice The Moral Lives of Animals

Bekoff Marc, Pierce Jessica

ISBN: PB: 9780226041636, ISBN: HB: 9780226041612, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
208 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 halftones

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. Yet what are we to make of a female gorilla in a German...

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