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Citizen canine : our evolving relationship with cats and dogs /

Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens? Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grimm, David, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, [2014]
Edition:First Edition.
Subjects:
Pets > History.
Pets > Social aspects > History.
Animal rights.
Human-animal relationships > History.
Pets > history.
Dogs.
Cats.
Bonding, Human-Pet.
Animal Rights.
Animal Welfare.
Human-animal relationships.
Pets.
Pets > Social aspects.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The pet republic
  • Wolves and wildcats
  • The rise of the pet
  • Canine Einsteins
  • The eye of the storm
  • The protected pet
  • My cat is not a toaster
  • Civil rights for pets
  • The perils of personhood
  • Citizen Canine
  • The meowist revolution
  • The road ahead
  • A brief history of cats and dogs.