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Anthrozoology : human-animal interactions in domesticated and wild animals / Geoff Hosey and Vicky Melfi

Hosey, Geoffrey R. ; Melfi, Vicky

First edition

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019

Oxford : Oxford University Press

1 Online-Ressource : Illustrations (black and white)

Oxford scholarship online

This edition previously issued in print: 2018

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-19-181522-5 ; 978-0-19-875362-9

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Anthrozoology, the study of human-animal interactions (HAIs), has experienced substantial growth during the past 20 years and it is now timely to synthesise what we know from empirical evidence about our relationships with both domesticated and wild animals. Two principal points of focus have become apparent in much of this research. One is the realisation that the strength of these attachments not only has emotional benefits for people, but confers health benefits as well, such that a whole area has opened up of using companion animals for therapeutic purposes. The other is the recognition that the interactions we have with animals have consequences for their welfare too, and thus impact on their quality of life. Consequently we now study HAIs in all scenarios in which animals come into contact with humans.