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The Ethics of Animal Shelters

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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. This resource offers philosophical analyses of the ethical challenges unique to animal shelters…

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Animal protection 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. 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. This resource 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. 341 p.

 

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Authors expertises affiliations

  • Valéry Giroux, Editor. Associate Director of “Centre de Recherche en Éthique” (CRÉ), University of Montréal, QC (Canada).
  • Angie Pepper, Editor. Lecturer in Philosophy. University of Roehampton, London (UK).
  • Kristin Voigt, Editor. Associate Professor. McGill University, Montréal, QC (Canada).
  • Publication date (digital version): 2023-04 – Oxford University Press; Copyright © 2023 by Oxford University Press.