| Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Descript |
xii, 356 pages ; 24 cm |
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Nonfiction. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Dogs -- A wolf among men -- The generic dog -- The first breeders -- England goes to the dogs -- A breed is born -- Pity the pit bull -- Let sleeping dogs lie -- Cats -- Of mice and men (and cats) -- Cat cult culture -- Putting the evil in medieval -- Catching a break -- Life in the great indoors -- Alley cat blues -- Fancy cats -- Cows -- The cheeseburger: a natural history -- Sex and the single cow -- Frankencattle? -- Three dairies, act one: the raw deal -- Three dairies, act two: cows in the machine -- Three dairies, act three: emerald pastures -- The moo-niverse -- Horses -- Life on a horse ranch -- In the beginning -- Horses and humans -- When horsemen ruled the world -- Arabians, from breed to greed -- The all-American horse -- Conclusion -- A baker's dozen best practices of pet animal breeders. |
| Summary |
"Human values and choices determine an animal's lot in life even before he or she is born. Just as a sculptor's hands shape clay, so human morals shape our animals-for good and for ill. The little-examined, yet omnipresent act of breeding lies at the core of Gavin Ehringer's eye-opening book." -- dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Domestic animals -- History.
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Animal breeding.
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Human-animal relationships.
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Dogs -- Breeding.
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Cats -- Breeding.
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Cattle -- Breeding.
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Horses -- Breeding.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
1681775565 |
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9781681775562 |
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