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Zoo Veterinarians: Governing Care on a Diseased Planet

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Despite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities. Drawing on in-depth interviews and observations of zoo and aquarium veterinarians, mainly in Europe and North America, Zoo Veterinarians: Governing Care on a Diseased Planet highlights the recent transformation that has occurred in the zoo veterinarian profession…

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Despite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities. Drawing on in-depth interviews and observations of zoo and aquarium veterinarians, mainly in Europe and North America, Zoo Veterinarians: Governing Care on a Diseased Planet highlights the recent transformation that has occurred in the zoo veterinarian profession during a time of ecological crisis, and what these changes can teach us about our rapidly changing planet. 165 p.

Series: Law, Science and Society

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Authors expertises affiliations

  • Irus Braverman. Professor of Law, Adjunct Professor in Geography. State University at Buffalo, NY (USA). Author and editor of “Zooland: The Institution of Captivity”; “Wild Life: The Institution of Nature”.
  • Publication date (digital version): 2020-10 – Routledge (imprint of Taylor & Francis Group).

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4 May 2021

Braverman takes us on a journey into the world of zoo and aquarium veterinarians as they grapple with the scientific and ethical challenges of caring for wild animals in an increasingly human-made world. Inspiring and troubling in equal measure, Zoo Veterinarians shows us how necessary and how hard it is to balance the wellbeing of individual, species, and ecosystems, to engage responsibly with the fleshy materiality of diverse animals, and to build bridges between veterinary experts and all the rest of us who care deeply about the fate of wild animals.

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Etienne Benson
4 May 2021

Animal welfare—or conservation? Irus Braverman takes us behind the scenes in zoos and aquariums to witness the daily work of the ultimate general practitioner: the veterinarian who may daily need to treat a dozen different species. In an era of ecological crisis, she passionately argues the importance of interdisciplinary meddling and open conversation between experts and outsiders.

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John Law
4 May 2021

Zoo Veterinarians incisively underscores the need for global health frameworks to adopt a multispecies orientation that brings medicine into closer conversation with the social sciences to understand diseases and their possible cures.

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