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The Ethics of Animal Shelters
The Ethics of Animal Shelters
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Animal shelters and protection organizations face ethical dilemmas and decision-making in treating animals, limited funding, resources, and labor. The Ethics of Animal Shelters provides practical recommendations and philosophical analyses to address these challenges, such as killing shelter animals, diets, medical procedures, adoption policies, and transforming social attitudes and norms.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 328 pages
Publication date: 06 July 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Ethical dilemmas and decision-making are a persistent feature of the everyday operations of animal shelters and animal protection organizations. These organizations frequently face difficult decisions about how to treat the animals in their care, decisions that are made all the more difficult by limited funding, material resources, and human labor. Moreover, animal protection organizations must also determine how to act within and toward the wider social and institutional environment in which non-human animals are routinely exploited.
The first section of The Ethics of Animal Shelters contains practical recommendations developed by ethicists in response to the ethical challenges identified by employees of the Montreal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. These challenges arise across the organization's activities, including its internal structure; shelter operations; public campaigns and advocacy work; dealing with the public, animal agriculture, and governmental agencies; and their work with feral animals.
The second section offers philosophical analyses of the ethical challenges unique to animal shelters. Issues explored include the killing of shelter animals; shelter animals' diets; medical decision-making procedures; adoption policies; and the role shelters might play in transforming social attitudes and norms.
In conclusion, ethical dilemmas and decision-making are critical components of the work of animal shelters and animal protection organizations. These organizations must navigate complex ethical challenges while striving to provide the best possible care for the animals in their care. By developing practical recommendations and engaging in philosophical analysis, these organizations can work towards creating a more humane and ethical world for all animals.
Weight: 398g
Dimension: 140 x 210 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197678640
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